Syllabus
Lectures:
1. Phylogenetic basis of learning, ontogenetic foundations of learning.
2. Biological concepts and psychological theories of learning.
3. Movement skills. Research in sensorimotor learning.
4. Theory of motor control and theory of motor learning.
5. Neuropsychological foundations of skill acquisition. Mechanisms and agents in sensorimotor learning.
6. Time course of learning, determinants and results of the sensorimotor course of learning.
7. Group dynamics in motor learning. Ways of determining the level of skill acquisition (psychological and physiological instrumentation). Seminars:
1. Reflection, instinct, purposeful behavior and action.
2. Types of learning. (experiments in learning research)
3. Sensorimotor learning in practice. Classification of movement skills, classification criteria.
4. Somato-sensory system. Transfer.
5. Regulation and control of motor skills during learning. Memory.
6. Types of motor learning. Characteristics of the "pupil" (attention, motivation, feedback).
7. Factors influencing learning and performance. Optimal organization and structure of effective learning of new movement skills.
Annotation
The subject builds on the knowledge that students have already acquired during the study of physiology, anthropomotorics, pedagogy and didactics, psychology and sociology, philosophy. Students will gain a broader and deeper insight into the issue of motor learning control in general and motor learning in particular.
They will be introduced to theories of learning, to the biological and social nature of learning. The content of the subject is directed primarily to specific theories of sensorimotor learning, control and regulation of movements when learning movement skills and activities, and to students' acquisition and understanding of application algorithms in pedagogical and physical education practice.