Division of Health and Physical Education
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
PE 415 - Lifespan Motor Development Instructor: Dr. Brian Caster
Fall Term, 2005 (CRN 10908) Office: NPE 219
Location: Std 102b Phone: (503)838-8364
Days: TuTh Time: 12:30-1:50 (541)753-6264
e-mail: casterb@wou.edu
Office
Hrs: MWF 9:00 – 10:00 am
WF 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Course Description This course will provide students of physical education and exercise
science with a knowledge base in the study of changes in motor behavior across
the lifespan, the processes that underlie these changes, and the factors that
affect them.
Course Objectives
Students successfully completing
this course will be able to competently:
1. Demonstrate
knowledge of the human developmental process across the lifespan.
2. Debate
current trends and issues in motor development research.
3. Distinguish
developmental issues from other motor skill issues.
4. Describe
current theories used to study human motor development.
5. Distinguish
between roles of genetics and extrinsic factors on growth and aging.
6. Identify
developmental and aging changes in physiological, skeletal and neuromotor
systems.
7. Identify
elements and developmental progression of basic movement patterns, including stability, locomotion, upper &
lower extremity ballistic skills and manipulative skills.
8. Understand
the role of changes in visual, kinesthetic and auditory systems in motor skill development.
9. Discuss
the interactions between cognitive and motor development across the lifespan.
10. Understand
and apply interactions among individual, environmental and task constraints to
problems of motor development.
Text: Haywood & Getchell (2005). Life Span Motor Development (4th ed).
(NOTE: 3rd Edition, 2001 is acceptable)
Requirements
1. Written
Assignments
Weekly
written assignments will involve observation and practical application relative
to
specific motor development topics.
2. Exams
Students
will be tested on information covered in lecture and readings. Exams will
consist of essay questions which provide for comparison and contrast among
principles and for practical application.
The midterm and final are weighted equally, and represent a test of
knowledge over respective components of the course (final is not comprehensive).
Grading
The above requirements will
contribute to the final grade as follows:
Written
Assignments: 20%
Midterm
Exam: 40%
Final
Exam: 40%
Letter grades will be assigned to
your overall percentage grade as follows (decimal values of .5 and greater will
be rounded up):
A:
93-100 A-: 90-92 B+: 88-89 B:
83-87 B-: 80-82
C+: 78-79 C: 73-77 C-: 70-72 D+:
68-69 D: 63-67 D-: 60-62 F:
0-59
Weekly Topics and Readings
Week# Reading Topic(s)
Week 1 Introduction to Motor Development
Chapter
1 Fundamental Concepts
Chapter
2 Theoretical
Foundations
Chapter
17 Interactions Among Constraints
Week 2 Physical Growth and Aging
Chapter
3 Physical Growth,
Maturation and Aging
Chapter
4 Development and
Aging of Body Systems
Week 3 Impact of Perceptual-Motor Development
Chapter
9 Sensory-Perceptual
Development
Chapter
10 Perception and Action
in Development
Week 4 Physical Fitness over the Lifespan
Chapter
14 Development of
Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Chapter
15 Development of
Strength and Flexibility
Chapter
16 Development of Body
Composition
Week 5 Catch-up & Review for Midterm
Midterm Exam (exact date announced in
class)
Week 6 Chapter 5 Early
Motor Development
Week 7 Chapter 6 Development
of Human Locomotion
Week 8 Chapter 7 Development
of Ballistic Skills
Week 9 Chapter 8 Development
of Manipulative Skills
Week 10 Additional Topics; Catch-up & Review for Final
Week 11 Final Exam Thursday, Dec 8th, 10:00am