Normal Motor Development

Course Code:

PTR 103

Course Period:

Autumn

Course Type:

Core

Theoric:

2

Practice:

0

Lab:

0

Credits:

2

ECTS:

3

Course Language:

English

Course Coordinator:

Çiğdem YAZICI MUTLU

Courses given by:

Çiğdem YAZICI MUTLU

Course Objectives:

Understanding normal motor development; primitive and postural reflexes, prenatal period, infant, childhood and adolescent motor development.

Course Content:

Anatomy, normal motor development, terminologies of growth and development, cognitive and emotional development, embryogenic and fetal development, reflexes, motor, sensory and other developmental characteristics of neonatal, natal, infant, childhood and adolescence will be examined.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 9: Demonstration, 14: Laboratory

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Theoretical exam, B: Practical exam (laboratory), C: Homework, E: Quiz

Vertical Tabs

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1) Explains the motor development	1,8,9,10	1	A
2) Motor systems and development	1,8,9,10	1	A
3) Infant period explains	1,8,9,10	1	A
4) Toddler period explains	1,8,9,10	1	A
5) Explains the adolescent period	1,8,9,10	1	A

Course Flow

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction to Motor Development
2	The Basic Concepts of Motor Development
3	Prenatal Development and Child Birth
4	Sensorial and Perceptual Development
5	Neuroanatomy of Motor Control
6	Development Milestones
7	Primitive and Postural Reflexes
8	Mid-Term Exam
9	Physical and Motor Development in Infant
10	Physical and Motor Development in Toddlerhood
11	Fine Motor Development
12	Physical Growth and Change in Middle Childhood & Adolescence
13	Physical Development of Childhood
14	Sensory Motor Integration
15	General discussion

Recommended Sources

Textbook

1. Cech DJ, Martin ST. Functional Movement Development Across the Life Span, Elseiver, Saunders, 2012. 2. Piontell A. Development of Normal Fetal Movements: The First 25 Weeks of Gestation, Springer, 2010. 3. Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills, Alexander R. 2007. 4. Burns RY. Principles of physiotherapy management. In: Burns RY, Macdonald J, eds. Physiotherapy and the Growing Child. London: WB Saunders; 1996.

Additional Resources

Material Sharing

Documents	Photocopy shareable.
Assignments	Shareable.
Exams	Not shareable.

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	40
Quizzes		0
Assignment		0
Total		40
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		60
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		40
Total		100

COURSE CATEGORY

Expertise/Field Courses

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Having enough educational background in health.					x
2	Using the basic knowledge to define and analyze the problems.		x
3	To make solution suggestions based on the evidence.		x
4	To choose and use efficiently physiotherapy - rehabilitation techniques required for the cases.		x
5	To gain practical skills.		x
6	To have the capability to choose the therapy agents, tools and to plan the rehabilitation program.	x
7	To have a command in spesific problems in physiotherapy		x
8	To have command in communication skills usage in order to communicate efficiently.				x
9	To achieve an awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning and consistently self-improving.					x
10	To have the consciousness of professional, social and universal ethics and responsibilities.				x

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	15	2	30
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	2	30
Mid-terms	1	4	4
Final examination	1	4	4
Total Work Load			68
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			2,72
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

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