Objectives and competences
• acquaint the students with the structure of kinesiology of sporty talented children;
• acquaint the students with the meaning and the role of child’s competitive sport;
• learn the students how to use basic research methods which are useful for accommodating and valuing sport results.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Sport talented child as a challenge;
• The structure of kinesiologic space for children;
• Influence of morphologic features on the kinesiologic and functional capabilities;
• Role of sport in child’s development;
• Burdens of children during the exercises;
• Planing the work with sporty talented children (Preparation of the program, Accommodation of exercises, Valuing the results);
• Early forms of competitive sports;
• Advantages and disadvantages of competitive sports for children.
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures
• individualwork
• groupwork on Laboratory Work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
• detect sporty talented children;
• prepare the practice program for sporty talented children;
• knowing the basic research methods;
• knowing how to observe, test and value the sensory, kinesiologic and functional capabilities of children;
• orient the children into practising in sport fields suitable for them.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
• being acquainted with the basics of statistics and methodology;
• being acquainted with the kinesilogic structure of children;
• accuracy and consistence when performing measure procedure.
Readings
• Sutherland, M. B. (2015). Nadarjeni v zgodnjem otroštvu: dejavnosti za otroke, stare od 3 do 6 let (1. izd., str. 154). Pedagoška fakulteta, Center za raziskovanje in spodbujanje nadarjenosti (CRSN).
• Kajtna, T., & Jeromen, T. (2013). Šport z bistro glavo: utrinki iz športne psihologije za mlade športnike (2. dopolnjena izd., str. 186). samozal. T. Kajtna; samozal. T. Jeromen.
• Wormhoudt, R. (2018). The athletic skills model: optimizing talent development through movement education (str. XXII, 281). Routledge.
• Krafft, T. von, & Semke, E. (2008). Odkrijmo in razvijmo otrokovo nadarjenost: spoznavanje otrokovih talentov, vprašalniki za vseh deset področij nadarjenosti, številni nasveti, kako jo spodbujati (str. 128). Mladinska knjiga.
• Collins, D., & MacNamara, Á. (2022). Talent development: a practitioner and parents guide (2nd ed., str. VIII, 257). Routledge.
Prerequisits
Every part of the exam must be evaluated positively.
Conditions for admission to the verbal exam:
• Active participation in tutorial
• 100% compulsory participation in tutorial
• positive assessment of seminar paper
Additional information on implementation and assessment seminar paper (30%)
oral exam (70%)
