A Survey On The Development Of Orienteering Courses In Shaanxi Province College

Orienteering is mental and physical intelligent sports project, with an integration of massive participation, interests, information, competitiveness and education of national defense. It can not only keep physical fitness, but also can train people to think independently, solve independently and react to pressure quickly. Orienteering is suitable for students, and it can train independent analysis, problem-solving ability and good logical thinking ability. Meanwhile, students participate in the embrace of nature; we can fully enjoy the beautiful natural scenery, and doing exercises in the sunlight, fresh air and other natural conditions is conducive to health. It not only can increase the physical fitness of students, the ability of independent analysis, the ability to solve problems, but also can develop the survivability of students, the sense of competition, teamwork spirit. That is why orienteering sports root in schools. To comprehensively improve the overall quality and survivability of students has become an inevitable trend, which represents the physical education college keep pace with the times and "student-centered" education ideas are applied to concrete action. Developing Orienteering sports in college physical education will be conducive to improving student's motivation and increase the effectiveness of training, help students develop Physical Fitness in speed, endurance, flexibility, jumping ability. At the same time courage, resourcefulness and other fine qualities can also be developed. Students can enrich the knowledge of geography, topography, especially get benefit in self-survivability, intelligence-tapping. It has some military significance at a sense.Being located north-west, because of its unique geographical position and the social, historical and other reasons, Shaanxi Province has certain discrepancies with other provinces and municipalities in economy culture and sports education. Based on the literature review, this study takes the college teachers and students in Shaanxi Province as sample to analyze the present situation and the factors influencing the spread of college orienteering sports in Shaanxi Province with the integrated use of questionnaires, interviews, analysis and mathematical statistics and other research methods. Furthermore, it discusses the effective measures to extensively spread in Shaanxi Province. The results are as follows:1. The penetration of college orienteering sports in Shaanxi Province is relatively low; orienteering has been taught in some schools but in the form of elective course or main course options in the sports department. Currently no school takes orienteering sports as a required course. The materials used in those schools which have taught orienteering sports are not uniform, since it is difficult to find the standardized materials suitable to the college orienteering sports in Shaanxi Province.2. The basic quality of the teachers who are engaged in college orienteering sports in Shaanxi Province is better, but the means for teachers to get professional education in orienteering are fewer and their professional quality is worrying. As to the familiarity of orienteering sports to college students, male students knows more than female students, and male students also show a preference for this campaign.3. The main factors influencing the college orienteering sports are as follows: leader's emphasis, funding, publicity campaigns, the school's policy, teaching staff, school site and equipment as well as the organization of the classroom.4. At present there is no complete, uniform curricula and teaching progress in college orienteering sports in Shaanxi Province.5. Shaanxi Province has rich natural resources, which has provided necessary objective conditions for the extensive application of orienteering sports in collegesThe findings suggest that there is a gap in present situation in application of orienteering sports in colleges in Shaanxi Province and others colleges in other provinces, and in order to make it develop well in Colleges, it'd be better for Shaanxi Province to integrate it with the characteristics of the times and make it perfect in practice. Meanwhile, orienteering sports can train the student's interest toward sports and form the habit of attending the exercises so as to build a firm basis for their lifetime sports.