SP2010 - Principles of Motor Learning and Motor Control

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Only Available to students other than listed as approved by the Director of the Institute of Sport and Exercise Science.

This subject provides the introduction of describing and analysing skill classification, measurement of motor performance, theories of motor control, motor learning, practice and feedback.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate an ability to conduct tests of motor function and to evaluate problems in motor learning and control;
• analyse the factors affecting the process of motor skill learning and motor performance;
• describe basic principles of theoretical and practical aspects of motor control.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Prerequisites:

SP1001 and SP2003

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2012
Coordinator:	Dr Robert Crowther
Lecturers:	Dr Robert Crowther, Dr Andrew Edwards.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 10 hours tutorials 16 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (30%); assignments (20%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2012
Coordinator:	Dr Robert Crowther
Lecturers:	Dr Robert Crowther, Dr Andrew Edwards.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 10 hours tutorials 16 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (30%); assignments (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.