Ecological Task Analysis

Contributors xv Prologue xvii PART I STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATION OF ECOLOGICAL TASK ANALYSIS 1(114) Geoffrey D. Broadhead Task Constraints and Movement Organization: A Common Language 5(20) Karl M. Newell Kimberlee Jordan Role of Constraints on Action 6(8) Mapping Movement to Task Constraints 14(6) Actions, Tasks, and Theories of Motor Learning and Control 20(3) Summary 23(2) Functional Role of Variability in Movement Coordination and Disability 25(28) Richard E.A. Van Emmerik Current Perspectives on Variability and Stability in Coordination 27(4) Role of Variability in Maintaining Stable Movement Performance 31(11) Role of Variability in Pattern Change 42(2) Assessing the Nature of Variability 44(2) Current Perspectives on the Role of Variability in Disability 46(3) Implications for Further Research and Clinical Practice 49(2) Summary 51(2) Conceptualizing Choice as Central to the ETA Applied Model: Broadening the Vision 53(30) Walter E. Davis Joyce Strand Conceptualization of Choice 55(13) How Choice Is Unnecessarily Eliminated 68(9) Implications for Instruction 77(5) Summary 82(1) Perception-Action Judgments in Children With Learning Disabilities 83(14) Jill Whitall Sarita Sanghvi Nancy Getchell Methods 85(1) Results 86(1) Discussion 87(5) Future Research Directions Employing ETA 92(2) Summary 94(3) Manipulating a Control Parameter in Overhand Throwing 97(18) Dan Southard Methods 99(5) Results 104(7) Discussion 111(2) Summary 113(2) PART II ENHANCING INSTRUCTION USING ECOLOGICAL TASK ANALYSIS 115(164) Geoffrey D. Broadhead Empowerment in Coaching 121(20) Lynn Kidman Walter E. Davis What Is Empowerment Coaching? 122(5) Coach Questioning 127(2) Teaching Games for Understanding 129(1) Developing Team Culture 130(2) Case Study: Establishing Quality Team Culture 132(7) Summary 139(2) Enhancing Responsible Student Decision Making in Physical Activity 141(20) Linda M. Carson Sean M. Bulger J. Scott Townsend Role of the Teacher in an ETA Approach 142(3) Implementing ETA in Physical Education 145(2) Practical Implications for Teaching Physical Education 147(10) Summary 157(4) Ecological Task Analysis in Games Teaching: Tactical Games Model 161(18) Steve Mitchell Judy Oslin Development of the Tactical Games Model 161(2) Actions as Relations, Not Parts 163(1) Tasks Categorized by Function and Intention 164(6) Essential and Nonessential Variables 170(2) Direct Links Between Task Goal and Constraints 172(2) Application of TGM to the ETA Applied Model 174(4) Summary 178(1) Systematic Ecological Modification Approach to Skill Acquisition in Adapted Physical Activity 179(18) Yeshayahu Hutzler Theoretical Foundation 180(3) Development of the Systematic Ecological Modification Approach 183(6) Selected Practical Examples of Ecological Modification 189(6) Summary 195(2) Providing Decision-Making Opportunities for Learners With Disabilities 197(22) Jane Taylor Donna L. Goodwin Henriette Groeneveld Rationale for Providing Choice 199(1) Knowledge and Skills Needed for Implementing Choice 200(6) Teaching Choice: Role of the Instructor 206(4) Practical Tools for Applying ETA 210(5) Implications for Research 215(1) Summary 216(3) Using Ecological Task Analysis in Physiotherapy 219(28) Gerald Mullally Mary Mullally Across the Motor Learning-Physiotherapy Divide 220(1) Ecological Task Analysis Applied to Physiotherapy 221(18) Organization of Therapeutic Play: Emphasis on Fluidity 239(2) Self-Regulation of Arousal 241(2) Ecological Task Analysis in Assessment Procedures 243(1) Implications for the Therapist's Role 244(1) Summary 245(2) Ecological Approach to the Care of Persons With Neurological Disabilities 247(12) Adri Vermeer Brain and Behavior 249(1) Approaches to Persons With Disabilities 249(2) Personal Experience Related to the Functional Model 251(2) Behavior and Development as Self-Organization 253(1) Implications for the Development of Physical and Social Well-Being 254(1) Outline of Context-Oriented Care 254(2) Summary 256(3) Interface of the KB and ETA Approaches 259(20) A.E. Wall Greg Reid William J. Harvey Knowledge-Based Approach 260(8) Combining the KB and ETA Approaches 268(8) Summary 276(3) Epilogue 279(4) Walter E. Davis Geoffrey D. Broadhead References 283(34) Index 317(4) About the Editors 321