Human Motor Development: A Lifespan Approach - Softcover

Payne, V. Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1621590437 ISBN 13: 9781621590439

Verlag: Routledge, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

This book provides an overview of human development and includes the relationship between motor development and cognitive and social development. It explores factors affecting development, including effects of early stimulation and deprivation. The book addresses assessment in motor development.

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V. Gregory Payne is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at San Jose State University. He formerly served as the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Applied Sciences and Arts and as Chair of the Department of Kinesiology. Payne is a specialist in human motor development, with interests ranging from aging and physical activity to children's sports and fitness. He received a B.S. degree from Western Illinois University and later received that institution's Distinguished Alumni Award. He earned an M.A. from the University of Iowa and his PED from Indiana University. Payne worked for the Venezuelan Ministry of Education as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Venezuela following his undergraduate work. As a human motor development researcher and educator, Payne has produced more than 150 publications, including numerous refereed articles and 18 editions of five books, and has made nearly 300 presentations throughout the world. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology and was a member of the task force that developed the NASPE National Physical Education Standards. The many honors and awards Payne has received include the Distinguished Service Award from the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the prestigious Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Research Writing Award for research involving children's physical activity and cardiovascular endurance. He has held offices in several organizations including President of NASPE and Chair of the Motor Development Academy. He is a Fellow of the Research Consortium of AAHPERD (SHAPE), has chaired two editorial boards, and has reviewed for many journals Larry D. Isaacs is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Exercise Physiology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics at Wright State University. Isaacs received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he specialized in human motor development and also developed a strong interest in both human physiology and exercise physiology. Following four years of public school teaching, Isaacs attended the University of Maryland and received his doctorate in 1979. He continues to serve as a reviewer for many scholarly journals. In addition, he has published numerous scholarly articles and has authored, coauthored, and contributed to 19 textbooks. He is certified with the American College of Sports Medicine (Certified Exercise Physiologist) and was awarded Research Fellow status by AAHPERD/SHAPE. In addition, he has received the Wright State University Presidential Recognition award for research. More recently he accepted a position on the NASE (National Association of Speed and Explosion) Editorial Review Board. Isaacs continues to work part-time as a clinical exercise physiologist at Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where he works with both cardiac and pulmonary patients

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1621590437
• ISBN 13: 9781621590439
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 456