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HSE204 - Motor Learning and Development

Year:

2020 unit information

Important Update:

Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester.

Last updated: 2 June 2020

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online) with significant campus requirements

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Ashlee Hendy
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in H343, D324, D333, D394, M320 and E377.

Other students who would like to enrol in this unit must submit their request to Health-enquire@deakin.edu.au. Enrolment quotas apply.

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010

Incompatible with:

Nil

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

4 x topic modules (delivered online) plus 5 x 1 hour seminars plus 7 x 2 hour practicals

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

4 x topic modules (delivered online) plus 5 x 1 hour seminars (delivered online) plus 2 x 1 day practical intensives scheduled on two weekends in trimester.

Content

This unit provides an introduction to concepts in human motor learning, motor control, motor development and physical growth. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms and fundamental processes underlying the learning of motor skills and to show how motor development is influenced by physical growth. Application of motor learning, motor development and physical growth concepts, to selected aspects of skill acquisition and remediation of skill in work, sport and everyday living are considered.

 

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit
At the completion of this Unit, successful students can:

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Apply principles of motor learning to the development of motor skills.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO2

Analyse approaches to understanding motor control.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Compare the different uses of feedback in motor skill learning.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Analyse the design of practice environments.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Contrast factors affecting motor development.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO6

Recognise physical and motor performance changes across the lifespan.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

Assessment

Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)		 Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Practical reports 4 reports - 500 words each 40%
  • Laboratory report 1 and 2 - week 6
  • Laboratory report 3 and 4 - week 10
Assessment 2: Online MCQs 4 MCQs 5% each - total 20%
  • Weeks 3, 6, 9, 11 
Assessment 3: Examination 2 hours 40%
  • Examination period 

 

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSE204 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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