Learning and Teaching of SkillsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student will be able to apply key theories of motor control, perceptual-motor learning, and motor skill acquisition in learning and teaching physical, psychological, and social skills in sports and exercise. The student will be capable of designing learning environments and tasks that promote the acquisition of motor skills, as well as guiding the learning of motor skills for various learners and groups. The student will be able to measure and analyze motor skills and utilize national and international research on skill acquisition.

Competencies emphasized in the course: learning to learn, ethics, internationalization and multiculturalism, proactive development.

Content

Theme 1: Theory of skill learning and teaching: motor control, ecological theory of skill, information processing theory, deliberate practice, nonlinear pedagogy, di?erential learning, perception-decision-action, explicit and implicit learning.
Theme 2: Skill analysis: movement analysis, guidance and programming of motor skills, identi?cation and support of di?erent stages of learning, utilization of biomechanical principles in skill teaching, individual di?erences in skills, utilization of research evidence