AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Acquisition of basic skills related to the methods and techniques of motor activity. Understanding of physiological and biomechanical processes at the base of the motor skill learning facilities. Knowledge of the principles of skilled human performance.

Expected Learning results:

At the end of the course, the student will be able to

• Know the principles of motor performance, the nomenclature relating to movement and the skills characterizing the motor task

• Apply the principles of skillful human performance

• Critically evaluate the motor patterns of the subjects under examination

• Distinguish the contexts and motor fields of action

• Compare different ways of motor learning

• Cassifying the motor skills that characterize a motor task

• Build / design motor intervention strategies

• Describe analytically the methodologies used for the different age groups

• Explain methods of intervention and motor programs underlying the teaching methodology

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons in the classroom 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Introduction to motor performance: The movement, postures and movement patterns. Coordination and conditional skills. Motor skills and learning stages. Individual differences and motor abilities.

Principles of skilled human performance: Information processing and decision making. Memory and memorisation process of motor acts. Contribution of sensory and sensitive systems to the skilled performance

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schmidt. Controllo motorio e apprendimento. La ricerca sul comportamento motorio. Calzetti e Mariucci

Casolo. Lineamenti di teoria e metodologia del movimento umano. Vita e pensiero

slides of the lectures by the teacher

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DANIELA AMICIZIA (President)

VINCENZO CASCINO

EMANUELA LUISA FAELLI

CHIARA FIORILLO

GIANCARLA SOLA

DONATELLA PANATTO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

1 TERM

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination. It will include an interview on the topics scheduled and presented during the lessons

In case of certification of specific learning disability, disability or other special educational needs, the University legislation and regulations on disability and SLD are applied (https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa/studenti-disabilit%C3% A0-normative).

See also the "Other information" section of this syllabus.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

 The teacher is able,thanks the oral presentation, to evaluate the acquired knowledge by the student and his ability to connect the different contents of the course program, as well as the ability to expose a motor topic, basic knowledge of the methodology of the activity motor skills and skills related to motor behavior

FURTHER INFORMATION

In case of certification of specific learning disability, disability or other special educational needs, please contact both the Department contact person, Prof. Nicola Girtler, and the lecturer at the beginning of the lectures to agree on teaching and exam methods which, in compliance of the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory/dispensatory tools recognized by the University SLD Student Service.