Sports Tutoring (2cr)

Code: NN00HG77-3001

General information

Enrolment period: 01.08.2025 - 22.08.2025; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 25.08.2025 - 07.12.2025; Implementation is running.

Credits: 2 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Campus: TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages: Finnish; English

Seats: 0 - 30

Teachers: Laura Hilden

Person in charge: Laura Hilden

Course: NN00HG77

Objectives (course unit)

After completing the course unit, the student:

- knows how to plan, organise, and market sports events and activities.
- knows how to activate students to do sports to promote their health
- knows how to plan, guide, and evaluate group activities and encounter students from diverse backgrounds.
- is familiar with the sports culture and university sports.

Content (course unit)

The course unit is intended for students of Tampere University of Applied Sciences, who act as a sports tutor. In the Tampere Universities’ community, a sports tutor offers peer support, enables sports hobbies, and encourages fellow students in their sporty activities. The sports tutor drafts a tutoring plan, participates in the activities for at least one semester and writes an essay reflecting on his or her experiences of being a sports tutor.

Sports tutors are introduced to the roles and tasks of a sports tutor, Tampere Universities’ sports services and other sporting possibilities in the Tampere region.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Sports tutors write an essay/report for which they are given instructions. A reflective essay/report, which must be returned by the end date of the course, is required for successful completion of the course.
The report (min. 2 pages) must include the following aspects among other things:
- description of the operations and operational environment
- assessment of learning, e.g., based on different situations and cases
- how the experience has promoted learning, getting ready for a profession/working life and graduation
The report is submitted to the teacher responsible for the course by the agreed date.

In the case of a failing grade, the student has not returned the reflective essay/report by the due date as specified in the assignment.

Location and time

Registration for the course 1.-22.8.2025.
Work as a sports tutor 25.8-7.12.2025.
Induction session for the course 10.9.2025.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment of the course is based on a report/reflective essay on sports tutoring, which must be returned to the teacher responsible of course by the agreed deadline.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

The course includes a joint, compulsory attendance induction for participants. After the induction, the student will work independently as a sports tutor.