Objectives and competences
• to acquaint students with up-to-date research in the field of monitoring and assessment of children’s motor development
• to acquaint students’ to use basic research methods required for monitoring and assessment of kinesiometric data
• to enable students for autonomous work in the field of monitoring and assessment of children’s motor development
Content (Syllabus outline)
• characteristics of child’s development as a foundation of the child’s whole and motor progress
• analysis of the child's motor efficiency
• kinesiometry in childhood
• research methods in kinesiology
• specifics in motor development as a means of differentiation and inclusion of motor talented children and children with disabilities in motor development
• guidance of children in sport practice
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures
• individual and group work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
• Applying of basic research methods in kinesiology;
• Observing, testing and evaluating of motor development;
• Preparing motor programme in accordance with motor development;
• Accuracy and consistency in measurement methods.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
• basic knowledge of statistics and methodology
• knowledge of children’s motor structures
• accuracy and consistency in measurement methods
Readings
• Škof, B. s sodelavci (2016). Šport po meri otrok in mladostnikov: pedagoški, didaktični, psiho-socialni, biološki in zdravstveni vidiki športne vadbe mladih. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za šport.
• Kristan, S. (2012). Športni terminološki slovar : delovni izvod za širšo strokovno razpravo. Ljubljana: Fakultetea za šport.
• Schmidt, R.A. in Wrisberg, C.A. (2008). Motor learning and performance: a situation-based learning approach. Champaign: Human Kinetics.
