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Anthropomotorics - course description

General information
Course name Anthropomotorics
Course ID 16.1-WB-P-Anth-S20
Faculty Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
Field of study WNB - oferta ERASMUS
Education profile -
Level of studies Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2020/2021
Course information
Semester 2
ECTS credits to win 3
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Mateusz Rynkiewicz
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Laboratory 15 1 - - Credit with grade
Lecture 15 1 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

Students learn about internal conditions and external manifestations of human motor skills. They understand the psychological and physiological responses of human body to physical effort under normal conditions and various movement disorders. Students learn about different forms of the human body's adaptation to chronic or long-term physical activity. They analyse ontogenetic motor development and possibilities of its effective stimulation through physical activity. They understand the mechanics of movement and describe its characteristics. They study processes that control movement and factors that influence the acquisition of motor skills. They learn about the effects of physical activity on human behaviour. They systematise, integrate and generalise the knowledge of the nature and  properties of human motor skills

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, biochemistry

Scope

Definitions of human motor skills. Subject matter and concepts of anthropomotorics. The place of anthropomotorics in physical culture sciences. Review of national and international research in motor phenomena. Potential and efficient side of human motor skills. "Motor skills" or "motor characteristics"? The internal structure of motor talents and motor skills.

Manifestations of speed skills. Genetic determinants of the speed of human movements. Biological determinants of the level and changeability of ontogenetic speed skills. The principles of developing speed skills. Measurement of speed skills.. Tapping tests. Measurement of response time to visual, auditory and kinesthetic stimuli.

Definition and classification of strength abilities. The structure and properties of muscle fibres and the level of strength. Energy determinants of the level of strength. Muscle biochemistry during strength effort. Somatic determinants of strength. The importance of different types of strength training for proper physical development of man. Adaptation, effects and limitations in strength training. Measuring  strength skills.

The concept of endurance capacity. Classifications of endurance efforts and their determinants. Homeostasis of the body during long-term efforts. Heritability of endurance predispositions. Ontogenesis of endurance capacity. Measurement of efficiency and endurance capacity. The importance of endurance training for  health.

Ontogenetic variability and sexual dimorphism of flexibility. Testing flexibility. Static and dynamic flexibility training. Stretching.

The nature and classification of coordination abilities. Neurofunctional and psychological predispositions of coordination abilities. Hereditary factors of development of coordination abilities. Ontogenetic variability of coordination abilities. Forms of  coordination ability tests and their practical application.

The importance of  sexual dimorphism for the theory and practice of motor education. The level and ontogenetic changeability of sexual dimorphism  of motor skills. Calculation of sexual dimorphism index.

Types of physical activity lateralization. Left-handedness and its implications for the development of individuals.

Physical activity in the optimization of weight and body composition.

The concept of overweight and obesity, the determination of genetic and environmental causes. Calculating  BMI. Principles for programming  physical activity and diet  for  weight reduction.

The principles of constructing motor tests. Types of measurement scales. Individual profile of motor skills. Examples of motor tests. Motor skill self-control.

International fitness test - Eurofit.

Teaching methods

Verbal methods; lecture using multimedia presentations, talk, discussion, explanation. Expository methods : film, show. Guiding text method, working with a book, working with the source document, panel discussion.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Lectures on the subject end with an exam in a written form (test and descriptive) in accordance with the given criteria based on the test with point thresholds. A positive grade is a minimum of 50% points. The condition for taking the exam is a positive grade from the seminar.

Seminar: the condition for passing is presence in classes, obtaining positive partial marks from the colloquium and additionally for the activity (presentations, posters, own projects), and obtaining a minimum of 50% of points from the final test.

The final mark in the subject is the arithmetic average of the final marks from the exam and the seminar.

Recommended reading

  1. Dobosz J. (2012) Tabele punktacyjne testów Eurofit, Międzynarodowego i Coopera dla uczniów i uczennic szkół podstawowych. AWF, Warszawa.
  2. Dobosz J. (2012) Tabele punktacyjne testów Eurofit, Międzynarodowego i Coopera dla uczniów i uczennic gimnazjów oraz szkół ponadgimnazjalnych. AWF, Warszawa.
  3. Dobosz J. (2012) Kondycja fizyczna dzieci i młodzieży w wieku szkolnym. Siatki centylowe. AWF, Warszawa.
  4. Kinesiology: Movement in the Context of Activity, Tom 1. DP. Greene, SL. Roberts. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2005 – 230.
  5. Ljach W. (2003) Kształtowanie zdolności motorycznych dzieci i młodzieży. COS, Warszawa.
  6. Osiński W. (2003) Antropomotoryka, AWF Poznań.
  7. Szopa J., Mleczko E., Żak S. (2000) Podstawy antropomotoryki, PWN Warszawa – Kraków.
  8. Magazines and e-books available at the University Library, digital databases - medical sciences and health sciences http://www.bu.uz.zgora.pl/

Further reading

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Modified by dr Ewa Skorupka (last modification: 25-06-2020 12:18)