Department of Management and Motion Behaviour
Motor Learning Discipline:
It studies the assessment of developing and motor learning indicators during period of development and maturity, analysis of the situation related to the learning and implementation of motor skills in all ages by determining the skill's strengths and weaknesses used by athletes.
Motor learning has a long history in the field of Sport Sciences and according to the recent changes it has been divided into the following 3 sub-disciplines in MA level:
1. Motor learning and control
2. Motor development
3. Teaching physical education
The purpose of MA degree program in the discipline of Motor Learning is to train professional individuals in order to be able to engage in scientific field with innovation, planning, implementation, guidance analysis of problems and research in this branch of science and have effective intervention in scientific and professional environments.
The universities of Arak, Orumieh, Esfahan, Al-Zahra, Bu-Ali Sina, Tabriz, Rajaee, Tehran, Hakim-e Sabzevari, Khareazmi, Razi of Kermanshah, Semnan, Shahid Beheshti, Shahid Chamran, Shiraz, Allameh Tabatabaee, Ferdowsi of Mashhad have student admission in this discipline.
MA students of this discipline would pass 32 credits totally including: 6 elective credits,14 specialized credits, 6 basic credits, and 6 credits for the thesis.
All of the subjects except the thesis are as follows:
Statistics methods
Acquisition of motor skills
Foundation of human performance
Motor control
Research methodology and plans in motor behavior sciences
Advanced motor learning
Seminar in motor control
Seminar in motor learning
The measurement of human movement
Motor behavior laboratory
Motor development in life duration
Cognitive psychology or sport and learning disorders
Dr. Nasrin Parsaei (retired) and Dr. Hasan Rohbanfard are the faculty members of this discipline.