Understanding Motor Development: With PowerWeb - Health and Human Performance
5th Edition
Published on 1. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-07-112197-2 (ISBN)
Description
Organized by age groups, this worldwide best-selling text sets the standard for understanding motor development from infancy through adulthood. The reader is presented with the most up-to-date research and theory using a conceptual framework that brings clarity to understanding infant, childhood, adolescent, and adult motor development. The Hourglass Model is used as a consistent conceptual framework throughout the text, and serves as a unique aid to learning. The text is divided into separate sections, focusing on critical aspects of Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood, making it appropriate for comprehensive courses as well as to complement courses that focus on a particular chronological age.
More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
portraits
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
929 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-112197-2 (9780071121972)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Unit 1 Background 1 Understanding Motor Development: An Overview 2 Models of Human Development 3 Motor Development: A Theoretical Model 4 Selected Factors Affecting Motor Development Unit 2 Infancy 5 Prenatal Factors Affecting Development 6 Prenatal and Infant Growth 7 Infant Reflexes and Rhythmical Stereotypies 8 Rudimentary Movement Abilities 9 Infant Perception Unit 3 Childhood 10 Childhood Growth and Development 11 Fundamental Movement Abilities 12 Physical Development of Children 13 Childhood Perception and Perceptual-Motor Development 14 Childhood Self-Concept Development Unit 4 Adolescence 15 Adolescent Growth, Puberty, and Reproductive Maturity 16 Specialized Movement Abilities 17 Fitness Changes During Adolescence 18 Adolescent Socialization Unit 5 Adulthood 19 Physiological Changes in Adults 20 Motor Performance in Adults 21 Psychosocial Development in Adults Unit 6 Programming 22 Assessing Motor Behavior 23 Programming for Developmental Physical Activity