DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLED MOTOR BEHAVIOR

Course Information
TitleΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ ΕΠΙΔΕΞΙΑΣ ΚΙΝΗΤΙΚΗΣ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΦΟΡΑΣ / DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLED MOTOR BEHAVIOR
CodeΚ2Κ
FacultyPhysical Education and Sport Science
SchoolPhysical Education and Sports Sciences (Thessaloniki)
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorGeorgios Grouios
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600015725

Programme of Study: PMS EKPAIDEUSĪ STĪ FYSIKĪ AGŌGĪ KAI STĪN PROSARMOSMENĪ-EIDIKĪ FYSIKĪ AGŌGĪ (2021-sīmera)

Registered students: 32
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses belonging to the selected specializationWinter-10
Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600222299
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students will be able to: • Deepen their fundamental and specialized knowledge of motor behavior available in the scientific community today. • Understand the cognitive mechanisms and processes governing the development of skilled motor behavior. • Promote interdisciplinary knowledge and advance interdisciplinary professional collaboration in the field of movement sciences.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The nature and content of motor behavior Motor behavior as a scientific field Human Movement Motor abilities and motor skills Development of skilled motor behavior Learning skilled motor behavior Control of skilled motor behavior Sensitive periods for learning skilled motor behavior Critical periods for learning skilled motor behavior The plastic brain Neurosciences in formal, non-formal, and informal education Skilled motor behavior in individuals with disabilities or special educational needs Summary and implications
Keywords
Movement, behavior, learning, control, development, brain
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures120✓
Written assigments80✓
Exams50✓
Total250
Student Assessment
Description
Preparation and active participation in the course (10%): Participation and preparedness for the course. Individual written assignment (20%): A written assignment on a topic related to the course content, including a presentation of its summary (10%) during a predetermined contemporary teaching session. Responses to development and critical thinking questions in asynchronous lessons (20%): Providing responses to questions related to the course material. Final examinations (40%): The final assessments that cover the course content. The total assessment weight is 100%.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Adams, J. A. (1987). Historical review and appraisal of research on the learning, retention, and transfer of human motor skills. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 41-74. Bate, M. (1999). Development of motor behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 9, 670-675. Bongaardt, R., and Meijer, O. G. (2000). Bernstein's theory of movement behavior: Historical development and contemporary Relevance. Journal of Motor Behavior, 32, 57-71. Dayan, E., and Cohen, L. G. (2011). Neuroplasticity subserving motor skill learning. Neuron, 72, 443-454. Doyon, J., and Benali, H. (2005). Reorganization and plasticity in the adult brain during learning of motor skills. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 15, 161-167. Gowen, E., and Hamilton A. (2013). Motor abilities in autism: A review using a computational context. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43, 323-44. Hadders-Algra, M. (2018). Early human motor development: From variation to the ability to vary and adapt. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 90, 411-427. Hikosaka, O., Nakamura, K., Sakai‡, K., and Nakahara, H. (2002). Central mechanisms of motor skill learning. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 12, 217-222. Hofsten, C. V. (2004). An action perspective on motor development. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 266-272. Katz, P. S. (1996). Neurons, networks, and motor behavior. Neuron, 16, 245-253. Keil,D., Holmes, P., Bennett, S., Davids, K., and Smith, N. (2000). Theory and practice in sport psychology and motor behaviour needs to be constrained by integrative modelling of brain and behavior. Journal of Sports Sciences, 18, 433-443. Summers, J. J. and Anson, G. J. (2009). Current status of the motor program: Revisited. Human Movement Science 28 566-577. Tan, U. (2007). The psychomotor theory of human mind. International Journal of Neuroscience, 117, 1109-1148. Ulrich, B. D., and Reeve T. G. (2005). Studies in motor behavior: 75 years of research in motor development, learning, and control. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76, (Supplement) S62-S70. Vicari, S. (2006). Motor development and neuropsychological patterns in persons with Down syndrome. Behavior Genetics, 36, 355-364. Willingham, D. B. (1998). A neuropsychological theory of motor skill learning. Psychological Review, 8, 558-584. Wolpert, D. M., nd Flanagan, J. R. (2010). Motor learning. Current Biology, 20, R467–R472. Wulf, G., Shea, C., and Lewthwaite, R. (2010). Motor skill learning and performance: A review of influential factors. Medical Education, 44, 75-84.
Last Update
23-10-2023