Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to

- interpret the role of physical activity in promoting functional capacity at different ages
- explains the stages of growth and development of children and young people
- explains the principles of motor learning and teaching
- explains the physical, psychological and social challenges and changes brought about by aging.
- identify the stress factors related to the everyday life of working-age people
- identify the stages of a person's life cycle, crisis theories and tell the psychological processes of a person
- apply the learned theory in practical customer situations

Content

- The importance of exercise as a promoter of functional ability by age
- Children's and young people's basic exercise skills, motor development, psychosocial development
- Motor learning and teaching
- The importance of physiological aging for functional capacity
- Load factors of working-age everyday life
- Human development and life cycle theories, crisis theories and psychological processes
- Practicing practical customer situations

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student

- poorly understands the importance of exercise at different ages as a promoter of functional ability
- cannot logically explain the stages of growth and development of a child and young person
- superficially explains the principles of motor learning and teaching
- poorly explains the physical, psychological and social challenges and changes brought about by aging.
- insufficiently recognizes the stress factors related to the everyday life of working-age people
- poorly recognize the stages of a person's life cycle, crisis theories and describe a person's psychological processes
- inadequately applies the learned theory in practical customer situations

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student

- understand the main features of the importance of physical activity at different ages as a promoter of functional ability
- partly explains the stages of growth and development of children and young people
- partly explains the principles of motor learning and teaching
- explains in outline the physical, psychological and social challenges and changes brought about by aging.
- partially recognizes the load factors related to the everyday life of working-age people
- recognize to some extent the stages of a person's life cycle, crisis theories and tell the psychological processes of a person
- partially applies the theory he has learned in practical customer situations

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student

- broadly understands the importance of exercise at different ages as a promoter of functional ability
- accurately explains the stages of growth and development of a child and young person
- explains precisely the principles of motor learning and teaching
- explains the physical, psychological and social challenges and changes brought about by aging in a comprehensive manner.
- identifies the load factors related to the everyday life of working-age people in a versatile way
- broadly identify the stages of a person's life cycle, crisis theories and tell the psychological processes of a person
- applies the theory he learned versatilely in practical customer situations

Materials

Heikkinen E., Rantanen T. (toim.) 2020. Gerontologia. Kustannus oy Duodecim.
Kulmala, J. (toim.) 2019. Hyvä vanhuus. PK-kustannus.
Kauranen K. 2014. Motoriikan säätely ja motorinen oppiminen. Liikuntatieteellinen Seura, julkaisu 167. Tampere 2014, 2.p.
Zimmer, R. 2011. Psykomotoriikan käsikirja. Teoriaa ja käytäntöä lasten psykomotoriseen tukemiseen. VK-kustannus OY