THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF HUMAN MOVEMENT

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

T20001

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Teaching Methods for Physical Activities

Is part of:

MOTOR CONTROL AND LEARNING

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ROBAZZA Claudio

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

The program will enable also those students without specific knowledge in the area of motor control and learning to reach the educational objectives. Thus, there are not prerequisites.

Objectives

According to the Dublin descriptors, the educational objectives are aimed to provide students with the fundamental notions of theory and methods of human movement in a cognitive-behavioral and ecological perspective (knowledge and understanding). The acquisitions of the course will be the bases that enable students to understand the theoretical contents and master applied issues in the education, re-education, sports, and leisure contexts (applying knowledge and understanding).
At the end of the course the students will be able to understand the mechanisms of perception, attention, memory, information processing, and decision making for movement execution, control, and learning, as well as the effective ways of communicating, providing feedback, correcting errors, motivating, and teaching motor skills (communication skills).

Contents

Human movement and classification of motor abilities and skills.
Development of motor abilities and fundamental motor skills in the different ages throughout life.
Information processing mechanisms in the execution and control of movement.
Motor learning according to different theoretical perspectives.
Teaching motor skills: principles and applications.
Motivation and emotion associated with motor activities and sport.
Teaching styles.

Extended Syllabus

Introduction to kinesiology and human movement and sport sciences.
Human movement and its classifications.
Abilities, skills, competences, and individual differences.
The development of fundamental skills.
Information processing in movement execution: stimuli identification, response selection, and response programming.
Open and closed-loop control systems.
Perceptual systems.
Motor memory.
Memory systems.
Motor program and movement parameters.
Selection and programming of motor response.
Motor response control systems.
Anticipation.
Attention and arousal.
General concepts of motor learning.
Cognitive and dynamic approaches in the theory of movement.
Stages of motor learning and their different classifications.
Task presentation: instructions and modeling.
Feedback and error correction.
Methodological aspects for motor learning: quantity of practice, distribution, variability, contextual interference, mental practice, part-whole practice, transfer, strategies and metastrategies.
Performance optimization strategies.
Motivational orientation and motivational climate.
Reproductive teaching styles and productive teaching styles.

Recommended Bibliography

Materials available on the website of the study course:

Blume, D. D. (1981). Le capacità coordinative: definizione e possibilità di svilupparle. Trad. it. in Didattica del Movimento, 42/43, 60-82, 1986.

Bortoli, L. (2004). Stili e strategie di insegnamento. In A. Carraro e M. Lanza (a cura di), Insegnare/apprendere in educazione fisica: problemi e prospettive (pp. 187-210). Roma: Armando.

Bortoli, L., Bertollo, M., e Robazza, C. (2005). Sostenere la motivazione nello sport giovanile: Il modello TARGET. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia dello Sport, 3, 69-72.

Bortoli, L., e Robazza, C. (2007). Il clima motivazionale in educazione fisica. Educazione Fisica e Sport nella Scuola, 207/208, 41-53.

Bortoli, L., e Robazza, C. (2016). La didattica: L'insegnamento delle tecniche. In C. Mantovani (a cura di), Insegnare per allenare: Metodologia dell'insegnamento sportivo (pp. 141-173). Roma: Edizioni SDS.

Bortoli, L., e Robazza, C. (2016). L'apprendimento delle abilità motorie. In C. Mantovani (a cura di), Insegnare per allenare: Metodologia dell'insegnamento sportivo (pp. 109-139). Roma: Edizioni SDS.

Manno, R. (1984). Le capacità coordinative. Rivista di Cultura Sportiva, 1, 24-33.

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