Human Movement Theory and Methodology

The overall training pathway consists of four modules dedicated to methodological design, didactics for educational, sports, and preventive interventions; movement programming with the support of neuroscience and executive functions; conducting motor activities and assessing them using scientific criteria; and the ethical, educational, and social value of adapted and inclusive physical activity across different contexts.
The combination of learning objectives, aimed at improving knowledge in the various subject areas, and activities of meta-reflection and interactive face-to-face workshops, designed to refine related practical skills, ensures the full achievement of the expected learning outcomes of the training program.
Module 1 - Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Human Movement
Introduction to the Theory and Methodology of Human Movement
· The role of physical activity in contemporary society: education, health, sport, well-being.
· Professional profile in the field of sport and exercise sciences.
· The role of motor activity in today's society.
· The role of body movement in the psychophysical development of the child.
· The evolution of motor skills across the lifespan: main theories of motor development and motor learning; characteristics of motor abilities according to developmental stages from infancy to adulthood and old age.
· The role of play (non-sport and sport) in motor activity.
Module 2 - Neuroscientific Knowledge Applied to Human Movement Programming
Integrated contributions from anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, psychology, and pedagogy.
· Neurosciences applied to movement: mirror neurons, neural plasticity, perception, social interaction, laterality.
· Central contributions to human movement and control mechanisms.
· Motor abilities and executive functions.
· The five pillars of neuroscience.
· Perceptual channels and hemispheric functioning.
· Sensorimotor, perceptual-motor, and ideomotor activities: definitions and terminology.
· Executive functions.
· Movement programming.
· Executive functions: inhibition, flexibility, planning, working memory, attention.
· Development of motor abilities and executive functions in childhood, adulthood, and old age.
Module 3 - Didactic Methodology for Planning, Conducting, and Assessing Motor Activities
Didactic and methodological knowledge for the analysis and management of motor abilities and executive functions throughout the lifespan.
· Operational framework for lesson planning.
· Sensorimotor, perceptual-motor, and ideomotor activities.
· Motor coordination and spatio-temporal relationships in movement.
· Curriculum planning: objectives, content, strategies, assessment.
· Planning and design of motor, sports, and educational activities in exercise science and physical education.
· Tools for educational planning and assessment; teaching styles, strategies, forms, and methods.
· The operational scheme.
· Laterality, the process of lateralization, and space-time organization.
· Strength, endurance, joint mobility: classifications, limiting factors, sensitive periods.
Module 4 - Ethical, Educational, and Social Value of Physical Activity in Inclusive and Adapted Programming
Awareness of the ethical, educational, and social value of inclusive and adapted physical activity in different application contexts.
· Disability and inclusive strategies in physical education.
· Interdisciplinary approaches in school and other contexts.
· Ethical and social development of professionalism in the field of motor sciences.
· Disability.
· Inclusion.

The overall training pathway consists of four modules dedicated to methodological design, didactics for educational, sports, and preventive interventions; movement programming with the support of neuroscience and executive functions; conducting motor activities and assessing them using scientific criteria; and the ethical, educational, and social value of adapted and inclusive physical activity across different contexts.
The combination of learning objectives, aimed at improving knowledge in the various subject areas, and activities of meta-reflection and interactive face-to-face workshops, designed to refine related practical skills, ensures the full achievement of the expected learning outcomes of the training program.
Module 1 - Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Human Movement
Introduction to the Theory and Methodology of Human Movement
· The role of physical activity in contemporary society: education, health, sport, well-being.
· Professional profile in the field of sport and exercise sciences.
· The role of motor activity in today's society.
· The role of body movement in the psychophysical development of the child.
· The evolution of motor skills across the lifespan: main theories of motor development and motor learning; characteristics of motor abilities according to developmental stages from infancy to adulthood and old age.
· The role of play (non-sport and sport) in motor activity.
Module 2 - Neuroscientific Knowledge Applied to Human Movement Programming
Integrated contributions from anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, psychology, and pedagogy.
· Neurosciences applied to movement: mirror neurons, neural plasticity, perception, social interaction, laterality.
· Central contributions to human movement and control mechanisms.
· Motor abilities and executive functions.
· The five pillars of neuroscience.
· Perceptual channels and hemispheric functioning.
· Sensorimotor, perceptual-motor, and ideomotor activities: definitions and terminology.
· Executive functions.
· Movement programming.
· Executive functions: inhibition, flexibility, planning, working memory, attention.
· Development of motor abilities and executive functions in childhood, adulthood, and old age.
Module 3 - Didactic Methodology for Planning, Conducting, and Assessing Motor Activities
Didactic and methodological knowledge for the analysis and management of motor abilities and executive functions throughout the lifespan.
· Operational framework for lesson planning.
· Sensorimotor, perceptual-motor, and ideomotor activities.
· Motor coordination and spatio-temporal relationships in movement.
· Curriculum planning: objectives, content, strategies, assessment.
· Planning and design of motor, sports, and educational activities in exercise science and physical education.
· Tools for educational planning and assessment; teaching styles, strategies, forms, and methods.
· The operational scheme.
· Laterality, the process of lateralization, and space-time organization.
· Strength, endurance, joint mobility: classifications, limiting factors, sensitive periods.
Module 4 - Ethical, Educational, and Social Value of Physical Activity in Inclusive and Adapted Programming
Awareness of the ethical, educational, and social value of inclusive and adapted physical activity in different application contexts.
· Disability and inclusive strategies in physical education.
· Interdisciplinary approaches in school and other contexts.
· Ethical and social development of professionalism in the field of motor sciences.
· Disability.
· Inclusion.