MOTOR ACTIVITY DURIN LIFESPAN

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

T11001

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

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

Disciplinary Sector:

Teaching Methods for Physical Activities

Is part of:

MOTOR ACTIVITY DURIN LIFESPAN

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BERTOLLO MAURIZIO

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites to the course are relate to the personal knowledge of biological/scientific, mathematical/logical and physical educational areas acquired during secondary school. Moreover, the first year’s course of motor learning and control represents an important prerequisite.

Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide the fundamental knowledge about motor skill development at every stage of the life. Introduce the effects of exercises on grown and maturation; provide information about planning and organization of physical activity during lifespan. Specifically, students should know the psychophysical characteristics of the child, the adolescent, the elderly person and of the adult facing motor and sports activities; to know how to assess child’s and elderlys’ motor skills, to know the technique of the exercises, to know how to assess and suggest them; to know how to individualize a long-term or short-term program of movement and physical activity in the gym or in the natural environments, keeping in mind the psychophysical unity of the person; to comprehend the importance of physical activities to gain a better quality of life.
Critical and judgment skills (Dublin Descriptor 3) will be developed through the didactic strategies used which include practical experiences in the gym and reflections on the exercises carried out.
The ability to communicate (Dublin 4 descriptor) what has been learned will be enhanced through group interaction and the design and programming of specific activity programs based on examples carried out in class.
The ability to continue the study autonomously over the course of life (descriptor of Dublin 5) is stimulated through the reference to scientific databases such as Scopus, WoS and Google Scholar and to the reference bibliography of each of the two courses in order to stimulate a Continuing Education process.

Contents

The course will be divided in two parts: the first part will deal with topics related to physical exercises during childhood while the second part with physical exercises during adulthood and elderly age. In particular students will deepen lifespan motor skills development, planning and administration of physical and motor activities at all ages and in every framework: institutional (e.g. school), sports, leisure time.

Extended Syllabus

- Motor development and capacities’ susceptible phases- Motor learning in childhood- Elements on how to teach motor activities- Organization of the activities in childhood: routes and circuits, popular dances, rhythms, examples and hints of motor activities- motivation in motor activities- Sports in juvenile ages- Phases of talent development and Coté and Gagnè model- Adults and preventive, recreational and competitive motor activities- Gentle gymnastics, Pilates, Feldenkrais, Yoga, Zilgrei-The lesson: how to structure it, common interventional protocols at all ages

Recommended Bibliography

CARRARO A, BERTOLLO M. (2005). Le Scienze Motorie e Sportive nella Scuola Primaria. (pp. 1-426). ISBN: 88-7178-414-6. PADOVA: CLEUP (ITALY).BERTOLLO M. (2004). Dalle capacità alle competenze motorie. In: CARRARO, A. LANZA M. Insegnare apprendere in educazione fisica. (pp.109-154). ROMA ARMANDO (ITALY). PESCE, MARCHETTI, MOTTA, BELLUCCI (2015) Joy of moving. Movimenti e immaginazione. Calzetti e Mariucci editore.AUTORI VARI (2005). Guida alla promozione dell’attività fisica nella popolazione anziana.Azienda provinciale per i servizi sanitari. Azienda autonoma di Trento. Servizio sanitario provinciale. Trento (www.apss.tn.it)Moreover, teachers will provide students with more didactic material that will also be available on the Department’s web-site. Additional material:CLAUDIA POGGIA (2014) Percorsi di motricità consapevole Esercizi per adulti e anziani: Metodo Feldenkrais® e altre proposte, TRENTO: ERICKSONLABBROZZI D., ROBAZZA C., BERTOLLO M., BUCCI I., BORTOLI L. (2013). Pubertal development, physical self-perception, and motivation toward physical activity in girls. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE, vol. 36, p. 759-765, ISSN: 0140-1971, doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.06.002LABBROZZI D, BORTOLI L, BERTOLLO M, BUCCI I, DORIA C, ROBAZZA C (2012). Age-related differences in actual and perceived levels of physical activity in adolescent girls. PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS (ISSN:0031-5125), 114: 723 – 734.BORTOLI L. BERTOLLO M. COMANI C. ROBAZZA C. (2011) Competence, Achievement Goals, Motivational Climate, and Psychobiosocial States in Youth Sport.JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE, vol. 29(2):171-80.LABBROZZI D, BORTOLI L, BERTOLLO M., ROBAZZA C (2010). La relazione fra sviluppo puberale e livelli di attività fisica: Sintesi delle ricerche e prospettive di studio. IL GIORNALE ITALIANO DI PSICOLOGIA DELLO SPORT, vol. 7; p. 11-16, ISSN: 1722-8530Some materials are available on the website of the couurse

Teaching Methods

The course will be developed in a practical and theoretical form through open discussion and students’ participation in motor experiences and situations.Frontal lessons and practical activities in the gym will be provided.Frontal lessons will consist of discussions about the above-mentioned topics of the contents of the course, using visual instruments and stimulating students’ active participation. Video-registered material will be also analyzed and discussed.Gym activities will consist of simulations of several motor situations (individual, group and team).

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

See the guidelines for the integrated course. Multiple choice written test. Fifteen questions will be presented on a screen. For each question 4 possible answers will be presented of which only one answer is correct. To each correct answer is assigned a score of 1 while each wrong answer is assigned a score of -0.2. Answers left blank are not evaluated.The test is passed if a total score of 9 is obtained. The time for the test is 30 minutes for the entire integrated course (15+15)

Contacts/More Information

For some topics of the course and especially for the practical part of it, experts and trainees will support the teacher. Students will be assisted by the teacher for any topics’ development or questions prior asking for an appointment via email: m.bertollo@unich.it

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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