Monday, December 17th, 2012

THEORETICAL CLASS.

We started with the Lesson 4: "Fundamental motor skills".

The most important thing in this lesson is to identify the differences between skill and ability.

Also the differences between specialized motor skill and fundamental motor skill. And the patterns of movements. 

First of all, we have to know the definition of skill which is the learned ability. It means accuracy and precision. The skill has some components such as fluent, aesthetic, follows a technical model, goal directed and efficient.

Moreover, we have to know the definition of ability which is innate, stable and enduring. It is the support of skills but with limits on the degree of skill. 

Also, we have to know the definition of fundamental motor skill which is a series of basic movements that involve some of movement patterns. It is common to everyone. For example, the pattern of throwing. 

Also, we have to know the definition of specialized motor skill which is a fundamental movement skill or combination of fundamental movement skills. It is related to a sport. For example, Baseball, tennis.

There are three types of movement skills:

• Stability. (Balancing, body rolling...)
• Locomotor. (Walking, running...)
• Manipulative. It can be Gross motor manipulation and Fine motor manipulation.  (Throwing, catching...)

In this link you can see the Lesson 4.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9A1lFjdd7btWGpuWWtXNkpXcTg

OPINION.

I think that this Lesson is very important for future teachers because we have to know concepts such as skill and ability and they differences. Moreover, teachers have to conduct well activities in order to student´s acquire and understand the differences and the movement patterns. So, for this reason students have to practice very much the patterns. 

Finally, the other day we had to write another word related to the Glossary. My word was Interdiscipliary teaching.

• Translation: Enseñanza Interdisciplinaria.

• Definition: It is a method used to teach two or more concepts from different areas to help students see the interrelatedness of knowledge.

• Practical application: Teaching social sciences related to things such as Egypt and through physical education teach students with movements. So, students will memorize the steps and they will relate what has been learned about Egypt.