Motor Development and LearningLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student masters the psychomotor development from infancy to old age and the factors affecting it. The student is able to search relevant information independently. The student knows the principles of motor learning and different control systems as well as their applications to physiotherapy.

Content

Psychomotor development of infants.
Perceptual motor development of toddlers and school-age children.
Physical development of adolescents.
Aging and functional ability.
Concepts of motor learning, motor behavior and motor control.
Theories, levels and phases of motor learning.
Factors affecting motor learning, e.g. motivation, state of alertness, concentration, memory.
Feedback: KP, KR, internal, external, periodic feedback, delaying etc.
Skills, abilities, motions, performances; closed, open skills, continuous – non-continuous motions, Gentile taxonomy.
Exercise; exercise parts vs. whole, randomized vs. standard, environment, transfer.

Qualifications

The student knows the structure of the human body and the related central concepts.
The student recognizes factors affecting human health and wellbeing.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Excellent (5) and Very good (4)
The student participates actively in class activities. In his/her learning assignment, s/he is able to connect the learned issues and discusses the subjects introduced during the course (motoric development and learning), rationalizing carefully and using sources which are relevant to the subject and possibly utilizing video analysing etc. The use of concepts is structured. The presentation of the learning assignment is illustrative and well structured.

Good (3)
The student participates actively in class activities. In the learning assignment s/he discusses central issues connected to the course contents from the point of view of both the motoric development and learning. In the learning assignment, the student has aimed at rationalizing the chosen issues, using relevant sources and recognising the concenpts. The use of sources and video analysing etc is narrower. The presentation is illustrative and clear.

Satisfactory, Sufficient (2-1)
The student participates actively in class activities. In learning assignment, the student introduces relevant but separate issues. S/he has used either only a few or secondary sources and the entity is not consistent. Video monitoring etc is not used in written report. The presentation is fragmented and misses the point.
Fail (0)
Student does not participate actively in class activities.
Learning assignment lacks sources, the issues are introduces inaccurately, discussion of motoric development or learning is missing. The presentation is incomplete.
After getting “fail” from the learning assignment, the student has a possibility to complete the course by taking a book-based exam.
Grading scale for the book-based exam is 0-5