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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Provides students with knowledge of growth, development and ageing in the context of physical activity and exercise.
Unit content
- Fundamental concepts and theoretical perspectives in motor development.
- Infant motor development.
- Development of human locomotion.
- Development of ballistic and manipulative skills.
- Development and ageing of the body systems.
- Development of physical fitness and motor competence.
- Sensory-perceptual development.
- Perception and action in development.
- Interacting constraints in development.
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | discuss the major theoretical perspectives in motor development |
| 2 | detail the development of motor skills across the lifespan |
| 3 | describe the structural, physiological and perceptual-motor changes that occur across the lifespan |
| 4 | identify the effects of exercise and physical activity on growth, development and ageing |
| 5 | analyse human growth and development peer-reviewed scientific research |
| 6 | integrate growth and development knowledge and skills with other areas of sport and exercise science |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- discuss the major theoretical perspectives in motor development
- detail the development of motor skills across the lifespan
- describe the structural, physiological and perceptual-motor changes that occur across the lifespan
- identify the effects of exercise and physical activity on growth, development and ageing
- analyse human growth and development peer-reviewed scientific research
- integrate growth and development knowledge and skills with other areas of sport and exercise science
Prescribed texts
- Haywood, KM & Getchell, N, 2019, Lifespan Motor Development , 7th edn, Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.