Psychomotor Learning & Development
Psychomotor Learning & Development

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Psychomotor learning & development aims to foster diagnostic tools and interventions for promotion of specific aspects found within childhood development. Studying and analyzing changes and, further on, providing implementations via advanced education or lectures is the basis for a good transfer of knowledge into real life situations. Surpassing the boundaries of general developmental studies, this system incorporates influences at a psychomotor level on social interactions into the research field which allows for a holistic approach towards childhood development.

Basic developmental theories such as Paige’s Cognitive Development Theory and Newell’s Theory of Constraints represent underlying constructs. The combination of motoscopic and motometric techniques, which means a combined analysis based on sport motoric tests and quantitative measures, is used to assess children from prenatal age onwards. For the implementation, the target group does not solely include children but people who work with children on a pedagogical basis in elementary and primary school. Another topic which should be noted is supplementary research including sport motoric testing within schools and individual promotion within the pedagogical area relevant to individual development.

Techniques applied range from kinematic, kinetic, and qualitative motion tracking to tests conceiving developmental steps during childhood.

Our Team

  • Christiane Bohn

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    After studying physical education and Russian as a teacher in Münster, she completed a postgraduate degree in Motology in Marburg and a doctorate in biomechanics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. Ms. Bohn has a permanent position at the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Münster. She is active in the academic training of physical education teachers with a focus on elementary school. Her research focuses on developmental diagnostics and developmental support of children and adolescents, especially with special needs such as ADHD.

  • Tabea Christ

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    Tabea received her Master of Science degree in Sports, Exercise and Human Performance from the University of Münster in 2022. She has been a part of the movement science lab since 2019 when she did her scientific internship at the department within the bachelor program. Directly after this she started working as a student assistant in the same work group. Tabea is mainly involved in the motor analysis part of the project “Skaten statt Ritalin”, where she helps to organize and conduct measurements with subjects as well as analyze and evaluate the data. Her PhD will focus on the analysis of motoric and cognitive abilities in children with a social-emotional impairment. Additionally, Tabea is teaching practical and theoretical courses in the bachelor of science program.