DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR SKILLS IN THE FIRST YEAR

Diplomsko delo z naslovom Razvoj motorike v prvem letu starosti otroka je sestavljeno iz teoretičnega in empiričnega dela. V teoretičnem delu smo predstavili razvoj drobne in grobe motorike, sedenje brez pomoči odraslih, stojo s pomočjo odraslih ali opore, plazenje po vseh štirih, hojo s pomočjo odraslih, samostojno stojo in samostojno hojo. V empiričnem delu smo predstavili rezultate, ki smo jih pridobili s kavzalno-neeksperimentalno metodo raziskovanja na neslučajnostnem vzorcu iz konkretne populacije 50 mladih mamic iz Celjske regije, ki imajo otroke starejše od enega leta in mlajše od pet let. Kot merski instrument smo uporabili anketo sestavljeno z vprašanji zaprtega tipa. Podatke smo kvantitativno obdelali z deskriptivno in bivariatno statistiko. Ugotavljali smo mejnike v motoričnem razvoju v prvem letu starosti (samostojno sedenje, stoja s pomočjo, plazenje, hoja s pomočjo, samostojna stoja, samostojna hoja). Ugotovili smo, da otroci staršev, ki so sodelovali v anketi, v prvem letu starosti ne odstopajo od mejnikov, ki jih postavila Svetovna zdravstvena organizacija (De Onis, 2006) ter da med deklicami in dečki ni statistično značilne razlike pri doseganju vseh opazovanih mejnikov, razen pri mejniku hoja s pomočjo, kjer obstaja statistično značilna razlika med spoloma.The following diploma paper titled Development of motor skills in the first year consists of two parts: a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part describes the development of fine and gross motor skills, sitting without the help, standing with or without the help or support, crawling, walking with the help of adults, standing and walking without the help or support. The empirical part presents the results acquired using a nonexperimental causal study performed on non-random sample of 50 young mothers from Celje region whose children are aged between one and five. Close ended questionnaire was used to gather information. Data were qualitatively processed using descriptive and bivariate statistics. Milestones in motor development in the first year (sitting without support, standing with support, crawling, walking with the help, and standing and walking independently) were established. The research shows that children, whose parents were involved in research, reach milestones set by World Health Organisation in the first year (De Onis, 2006). Apart from reaching a walking with support milestone, there is no statistically significant difference in reaching milestones between girls and boys