Life Span Motor Development - Hardcover

Haywood, Kathleen M., Ph.D.; Getchell, Nancy, Ph.D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0736055746 ISBN 13: 9780736055741

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2005

Synopsis

Make it easy for students with little or no background in the movement sciences to understand motor development across the life span. The fourth edition of Life Span Motor Development contains more than 130 video clips on an interactive CD-ROM, access to 28 downloadable laboratory activities, and other features that bring the subject to life. The inclusion of the labs and video clips into the textbook offering effectively replaces the learning activities guide from the previous edition, allowing students to have one book for all their coursework relating to motor development. More reader friendly than ever, the widely used introductory text to life span motor development is an excellent resource that leads students through the principles, research, and applied practice of motor development from infancy to older adulthood. It will help students meet the minimum competencies identified by AAHPERD's Motor Development Academy as they prepare for the Praxis exam for physical education.

About this title

About the Author:

Kathleen M. Haywood, PhD, is professor and associate dean for graduate education at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, where she has taught courses in motor behavior and development, sport psychology, and biomechanics. She has served as secretary and treasurer and president of the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity and as chairperson of the Motor Development Academy of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. She also is a recipient of the Alliance’s Mabel Lee Award.

Dr. Haywood is also the coauthor of the first and second editions of Archery: Steps to Success and Teaching Archery: Steps to Success. She earned her PhD in motor behavior from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976.

Nancy Getchell, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of Delaware, has been a contributor to the study of motor development for more than 15 years. Previously, she was an assistant professor at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. She has taught courses in motor development, motor control and learning, research methods, and women in sport. She is a member of the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, the International Society of Motor Control, and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. She is currently the chairperson of the Motor Development Academy of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. In 2001, Dr. Getchell was the recipient of the Lolas E. Halverson Young Investigators Award in motor development. She earned a PhD in kinesiology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1996.

Review:

“This book is especially useful for those who are interested in applying their knowledge of motor control and development to a real world setting. The updated references add value by illustrating the continuing growth and application of research being done in this area.”

—Doody’s Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0736055746
• ISBN 13: 9780736055741
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 326