Motor Learning Discipline:

It studies the assessment of developing and motor learning indicators during period of development and maturity, analysis of the situation related to the learning and implementation of motor skills in all ages by determining the skill's strengths and weaknesses used by athletes.

Motor learning has a long history in the field of Sport Sciences and according to the recent changes it has been divided into the following 3 sub-disciplines in MA level:

1. Motor learning and control

2. Motor development

3. Teaching physical education

The purpose of MA degree program in the discipline of Motor Learning is to train professional individuals in order to be able to engage in scientific field with innovation, planning, implementation, guidance analysis of problems and research in this branch of science and have effective intervention in scientific and professional environments.

The universities of Arak, Orumieh, Esfahan, Al-Zahra, Bu-Ali Sina, Tabriz, Rajaee, Tehran, Hakim-e Sabzevari, Khareazmi, Razi of Kermanshah, Semnan, Shahid Beheshti, Shahid Chamran, Shiraz, Allameh Tabatabaee, Ferdowsi of Mashhad have student admission in this discipline.

MA students of this discipline would pass 32 credits totally including: 6 elective credits,14 specialized credits, 6 basic credits, and 6 credits for the thesis.

All of the subjects except the thesis are as follows:

Statistics methods

Acquisition of motor skills

Foundation of human performance

Motor control

Research methodology and plans in motor behavior sciences

Advanced motor learning

Seminar in motor control

Seminar in motor learning

The measurement of human movement

Motor behavior laboratory

Motor development in life duration

Cognitive psychology or sport and learning disorders

Dr. Nasrin Parsaei (retired) and Dr. Hasan Rohbanfard are the faculty members of this discipline.