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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Clark, Jane E.

Titel

On the Problem of Motor Skill Development

Ist Teil von

• Journal of physical education, recreation & dance, 2007-05, Vol.78 (5), p.39-44

Ort / Verlag

Reston: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• No one takes issue with providing children more physical activity time, but an unintended consequence of this renewed fitness emphasis is the lack of attention to motor skill development. In this article, based on my Alliance Scholar lecture given at the 2007 AAHPERD convention in Baltimore, I discuss the problem of motor skill development with an eye to understanding why it has languished as a critical curricular focus in physical education and why it is important to keep it in our physical education programs. Physical education teachers should remember to specifically teach for postural control by modifying tasks so as to reduce the base of support, change the body's orientation, or carry objects that make postural management more difficult.