MM13 – Teaching Physical Education: Motor Development, Learning and Implications for Teaching

Teaching Physical Education: Motor Development, Learning and Implications for Teaching

The micro module is specifically focused on motor skill vertical development from Fundamental Motor Skills to specialized motor skills and on problems concerning teaching motor tasks in primary school, levels of motor task complexity, students’ improvement, and tasks progression level, and discusses the role of the motor task in the teaching-learning process in the context of children’s motor skills.

Suggested Number of ECTs

1

Total Workload

2 hours

Lecture - 1 hour

Seminar/Workshop/Tutorial - 1 hour

TEACHING METHODOLOGIES
Lecture – expositive and reflexive teaching
Group Work (workshop) - small group of 25 students – Problem-solving / debates/ discussion
Real practical lessons with primary pupils in the gym/observation/ discussion

FACILITIES

Lecture room, Workshops room
Gym with adequate material to the 1st cycle national syllabus references

Dimensions Core

D1K1, D1K2, D1K3
D2S1, D2S2, D2S3

Dimensions Extended

D1K4, D1K5, D1K6, D1K7,
D1S1, D1S2, D1S3,D1C1, D1C2, D1C3, D1C4, D2K1, D2K2, D2K3, D2K4, D2K5 D2S4, D2S5, D2S6, D2S7, D2S8,
D2C1

Indicative Content
Particularities of the Motor Development and Learning of children between 3 and 10 years old and their implications for the Teaching and Learning of PE.
- PE Curricular Project in the 1st cycle (5–9-year-olds) of basic education: it's content and organization.

Integration of PE in the Curriculum Development Plan for the 1st cycle.

MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES

LO1 Identify the biological and social characteristics of motor development in childhood;
LO5 plan and evaluate the learning contents of the PE program in the 1st cycle (5–9-year-olds), ensuring the differentiation of teaching according to the educational needs of children;