Psychological Foundations of

Physical Education and Sports

Learning Theories in P.E.

• Change in the internal state in the learner as a result of instruction, experiences, study and/or practice.

Learning Theories in P.E.

• These internal changes are not readily discernable, therefore, learning must be inferred from behavior or performance.

• A change in the method of both practicing and performing skill.

Learning Theories in P.E.

• It involves such aspects as obtaining knowledge, improving skills in an activity, solving problems and making different adjustment to a new situation.

Learning Theories in P.E.

• Physical educators must be interested in helping the individuals with whom they work to realize their greatest potential.

Learning Theories in P.E.

• Increasing the individual’s knowledge, improving problem solving abilities, clarifying, understanding and developing and identifying concepts.

Cognitive Learning

• Concerned with the attitudes, appreciations and values.

Affective Learning

• Development of motor skill is the concern in teaching for psychomotor learning.

Psychomotor Learning

• MOTOR LEARNING is the study of acquisition of movement skills as a consequence of practice. Learning of a movement skill is inferred from performance.

Skill Learning

• To assess how well an individual learned the skill, the instructor would observe the performance of the skill.

Skill Learning

• MOTOR CONTROL is the study of neural mechanisms and processes by which movements are learned and controlled.

Skill Learning

Information Processing Approach