EDF2074 · Skill acquisition

Overview

In this unit, you will develop a strong theoretical foundation on how individuals acquire and refine a broad range of movement skills, and how these insights inform practical approaches to sports coaching. The unit will engage you with multiple learning theories, models, and perspectives, including ecological dynamics, motor programming, and Indigenous knowledge systems, particularly those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in relation to movement learning. You will explore how individual, environmental, and task-related constraints interact dynamically to shape both high-level sporting skills and lifelong physical activity across various contexts. Through practical sessions, you will critically analyse different approaches to teaching and coaching movement, with a particular emphasis on game-based methods, applying these to your own teaching or coaching practices. Additionally, you will plan, deliver, and reflect on the application of a game-based coaching model. The unit will also develop your competency in using ICT for coaching assessments and feedback. By the end of the unit, you will be equipped to plan, facilitate, assess, and critically evaluate a range of movement learning experiences in both sporting and physical activity environments.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. describe theories of motor control and skill acquisition and how these underpin practice
2. articulate how the body, mind and environment interact in dynamic ways to impact movement outcomes
3. provide a sound justification for particular approaches that might be used to develop motor control and skill acquisition outcomes in sports and movement contexts
4. integrate ICT and performance analysis to assess skill acquisition, provide feedback and support participant’s learning
5. use various coaching approaches to plan and deliver a sequence of sports and games activities
6. demonstrate your capacity to understand and incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/First People's histories, cultures and languages into sport and games delivery.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.