Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science

Aims: To investigate the role of information technology in optimizing and increasing the efficiency of the teaching of motor habits and skills.
Study design: A controlled educational experiment.
Place and Duration of Study: Longitudinal research took place during the period 2009-2011 in 6 urban schools, all of which had the possibility of using modern technology to transmit information.
Methodology: This research included two categories of subjects: 12 teachers, two from each school out of the 6, and 158 pupils, girls and boys, aged 11/12 and 12/13 respectively. They were divided into two groups, an experimental group and a control group, each of which containing 79 subjects. In addition to this, when presenting the tasks entrusted to the subjects in the experimental group, modern technology - video and PowerPoint projections were used.
Results: In terms of training and acquisition of specific technical elements of the game of basketball, athletics and gymnastics it was found that the final results obtained by the subjects in the control group are lower than those made by their counterparts in the experimental group. The progress recorded by the latter were due to the increase in motivation, interest and mobilization of the subjects following the use of the audio-visual technique, an approach that led to a positive transfer in the shaping of the respective habits, based on intuitive information.
Conclusion: The use of audiovisual means is part of the didactic strategy contributing to the diminution of the efforts made by the students and teachers of physical education in shaping the skills, abilities and specific attitudes.