Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Ecological Construct of Perception - Action:Implication for the Athlete's Recovery Process.
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
Introduction
This course aims to introduce the student to the ecological vision of how humans develop motor learning, based on the binomial of perception-action based on this ecological construct.
This vision shows a new rethinking of what we are usually used to approaching when we try to set tasks to facilitate the acquisition of different learning. That is, if as a rule we study physical activity and sport from a largely cognitivist perspective, focusing on the processes that occur in the nervous system to achieve learning, the ecological theory denies these processes and proposes other ways to understand learning.
Pre-course requirements
There are no prerequisites.
Syllabus
1. The theoretical foundations that underpin the study of perception.
2. The origin and development of contemporary theories of perception: computational theory of mind and Gibson’s ecological theory.
3. The theoretical foundations that underpin the study of action.
4. Origin and development of contemporary action theory: motor control theories and coordination dynamics.
5. Introduction to the theoretical foundations underlying ecological psychology.
6. Cutting-edge innovations in the sports world that counter or support the theoretical bases of perception and action.