Course overview
This course introduces students to a developmental model of how young people grow and mature together and the inextricable relationship this has on the emergence of movement capabilities. The course focuses on the early childhood to adolescent stages of human growth and motor development and encourages a holistic view of development. The knowledge and skills acquired throughout the course will enhance capabilities to teach the whole child using movement as a valuable medium. A focus on planning and teaching social dance, fundamental athletics skills and general gymnastics in developmentally appropriate ways, to children in the Primary years of school will be explicitly modelled with the opportunity for students to enhance their own abilities.
- Understanding Motor Development
- Social Factors Impacting MD
- Cognitive Factors Influencing MD
- Childhood Growth and MD
- Fundamental Movement Skills and Competence
- Specialised Movement Skills
- Fine and Gross Motor Behaviours
- Perception Development
- Programming for Development
- Action Plan
Course learning outcomes
- Explain the characteristics and principles of human growth, development and motor behaviour from birth to adolescence.
- Understand and describe the complex process of change in human development and motor behaviour that emerges from the interaction of heredity, task requirements and the environment as it relates to teaching.
- Use the key terms associated with the study of human growth and development appropriately to contribute to small group discussion and learning activities.
- Explain how the periods of life are inextricably linked with the phases of motor development through the Hourglass Model of motor development.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of human growth and motor development from birth to adolescence to plan developmentally appropriate and engaging learning sequences for primary-aged students.
- Demonstrate teaching skills in the developmentally appropriate activities for the early and primary years of schooling.
Availability
Class details
Magill
Group 1
Class number 31415
Section TU02
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 31416
Section TU01
Size 25
Available 25
Mawson Lakes
Group 1
Class number 31417
Section TU02
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 31418
Section TU01
Size 25
Available 25
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