| Type: | Undergraduate Subject |
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| Code: | SPEX12-311 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine |
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| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
This subject introduces the primary theories and applications of motor control and learning. Various motor control theories will be examined concerning the role of sensory and motor function and how this interaction may impact our health and ability to perform activities of daily living, exercise, and play sport. Students will examine a range of factors that influence the assessment of motor function and how best to assist clients in improving their motor learning and skill acquisition.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Identify the strengths and limitations of techniques to assess processes of motor learning and control.
- Explain the changes in motor function or motor performance that may occur with motor learning and development across the lifespan.
- Discuss the common theoretical models proposed to explain motor control and the processes of motor learning.
- Assess aspects of an individual’s motor function in physical activity and exercise contexts including applying risk management and risk assessment concepts associated with the motor learning and control of exercise science.
- Describe the structure and function of the neuromuscular and sensory systems as they relate to the control of voluntary and involuntary movement and motor learning.
- Design motor learning environments and protocols to maximise specific motor learning and control outcomes in a range of physical activity and exercise contexts.
- Apply motor learning principles and skill acquisition principles, including the effective use of learning cues and movement progressions, for teaching and correcting movement and exercise technique.
Enrolment requirements
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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Subject dates
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September 2022
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 17/07/2022 Semester start: 12/09/2022 Subject start: 12/09/2022 Cancellation 1: 26/09/2022 Cancellation 2: 03/10/2022 Last enrolment: 25/09/2022 Withdraw - Financial: 08/10/2022 Withdraw - Academic: 29/10/2022 Teaching census: 07/10/2022
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 17/07/2022 |
| Semester start: | 12/09/2022 |
| Subject start: | 12/09/2022 |
| Cancellation 1: | 26/09/2022 |
| Cancellation 2: | 03/10/2022 |
| Last enrolment: | 25/09/2022 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 08/10/2022 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 29/10/2022 |
| Teaching census: | 07/10/2022 |