OVERVIEW

This course teaches the basis of motor activity in developmental age and offers ideas for methodology and teaching methods which can be useful for a first orientation in the diverse fields of professional intervention. The lessons present topics related to the subject in developmental age (infancy, primary school, secondary school I and II grade) that will be points of reference for future teachers.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The educational objectives of the teaching are aimed at deepening the teaching methodologies of physical activity during the growth period, as well as understanding the effects of physical activity on intellectual, social, cognitive, and motor development.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understanding the physiological and biomechanical processes underlying motor skill learning structures.

Skills on the role of the teacher-educator-coach.

Mastery of the methodological tools for designing and conducting basic motor activities in various educational contexts, both scholastic and extracurricular, sporting and recreational.

Relational skills for the correct use of communication skills adapted to the different age groups of the subjects.

At the end of the course, you will have to:

• Know the principles of motor performance and the nomenclature relating to movement in childhood and adolescence
• Evaluate the evolution of motor patterns in children
• Compare the effects of different ways of motor learning
• Build / design motor intervention strategies according to developmental age groups
• Describe analytically the methodologies used for the different age groups
• Explain methods of intervention and motor programs underlying the teaching methodology

PREREQUISITES

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TEACHING METHODS

The course includes frontal lessons carried out in the classroom.

At the end of each lesson, Educational Innovation tools will be used to facilitate the consolidation of the information given during the lesson just completed.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Motor skills in developmental age.

Motor learning and the constituent aspects of movement.

Didactic approaches in motor activity in developmental age.

Figure and role of the teacher.

Aspects of sports communication.

Feedback and reinforcement.

motor activity and body scheme.

Role of motor activity in motor, cognitive and social development.

The game.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Francesco Casolo. Didattica delle attività motorie per l’età evolutiva. Vita e pensiero.

Slides.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ALBERTO IZZOTTI (President)

ILARIA REPETTO (President)

EMANUELA LUISA FAELLI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The lessons will take place in the 2nd semester, in March.

The class schedule will be available at the following link: https://easyacademy.unige.it › portalestudenti

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will be Written: multiple choice quiz.

This teaching is part of the integrated course of " Physical activity for health and prevention in developmental age”. The quiz will consist of 15 closed-ended questionnaires and it will last 20 minutes.

Each correct question will be awarded 2 points out of 30 while each incorrect question will correspond to 0 points out of 30.

The exam of the integrated course will be considered passed if all three tests have achieved a score of at least 18/30.

The final grade of the integrated course will derive from the weighted average of the grades obtained in the different modules that are part of the integrated course.

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 written exam will verify the acquisition of the basic knowledge of the teaching. The questions will allow to evaluate the ability to apply the acquired knowledge in theoretical and practical fields. You will have to be able to connect and integrate the knowledge learned during the lessons with the knowledge acquired during individual study. The written exam (multiple choice quiz) will mainly focus on the topics covered during theoretical lessons and will aim to evaluate not only the achievement of an adequate level of basic knowledge, but also the acquisition of the ability to analyse critically the questions that will be asked during the exam.

FURTHER INFORMATION

In case of certification of specific learning disability, disability or other special educational needs, please contact both the School 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.