Studies On The Initiation Of Orienteering Courses In Academic Institutions

Physical education is one of the key gradients of the system of overall quality education in academic institutions; consequently, the structure of physical education courses are rather important. Orienteering, as a fresh sports option, which is blended with the feasibility of execution routines and the enthusiasm of natural outdoor sports, has the intrinsic advantage of cultivating the imagination and creativity of the attendants, and raise their potentiality and make them challenge and surpass their physical limits. Also, orienteering, being a trend of academic physical education with sufficient practicability, could help perfectly integrate the physical education and intelligence education.This paper uses reference query methods to extract ideas from various papers, books, journals, and reference sources on international orienteering and academic orienteering, and summarizes the definition and theory on orienteering and provides an analysis on its role in physical education activities in academic institutions. Moreover, through both theoretical argumentation and practice in the complementation of orienteering with the overall quality education, the paper shows the effects that orienteering has on improving the overall qualities of students.The analysis and discussion on the topic is presented though 4 main aspects:1. Feasibility and necessity of the initiation of orienteering2. Necessity and effects of the initiation of orienteering3. Problems in and strategies for the initiation of orienteering4. Studies and prospects on setting the orienteering coursesIt's easy to organize orienteering games, and it's good to enhance the orientation ability in the wild and mapping ability and, the boldness, intelligence and physical strength as well, so that its development is put with more and more emphasis by the national education authorities. This paper offers theoretical support for and guidance on both the practice of orienteering in academic institutions and the advocation on the establishment of orienteering courses. So this paper discusses the effects of orienteering in academic physical education and active effects on the mental health of students, also it serves to provide some theoretical guidance on the establishment of orienteering courses.