ABSTRACT

The teaching of games is a central component of any physical education or youth sport programme. Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching brings together leading international researchers and practitioners in physical education and sports coaching to examine new approaches in games teaching and team sport coaching that are player/student-centred and inquiry-based.

The book aims to bridge the gap between research and practice by exploring contemporary games teaching from pedagogical, policy and research perspectives. It offers interesting new commentary and research data on well-established models such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TFfU), Game Sense, Play Practice and the Games Concept Approach (GCA), as well as introducing innovative and exciting approaches emerging in East Asia, including Singapore and Japan.

Representing the most up-to-date survey of new work in contemporary games teaching around the world, this book is invaluable reading for any student, researcher, in-service teacher or sports coach with an interest in games teaching or physical education.

part |71 pages

Recent pedagogical and policy developments in games teaching

chapter |14 pages

Game as context in physical education

A Deweyan philosophical perspective

chapter |14 pages

Positive pedagogy for physical education and sport

Game Sense as an example

chapter |13 pages

Play Practice

An innovative model for engaging and developing skilled players in sport

part |60 pages

Issues in adopting game-based approaches

chapter |11 pages

Questions and answers

Understanding the connection between questioning and knowledge in game-centred approaches

chapter |15 pages

The body thinking

Assessment in game-centred approaches to teaching and coaching