Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding

Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding is a new book that brings together leading and innovative thinkers in the field of teaching and sport coaching pedagogy to provide a range of perspectives on teaching games and sport for understanding. It engages undergraduate and postgraduate students, practicing teachers, practicing sport coaches, teacher educators, and coach developers. The contributions provide insight, learning, and opportunities to foster game-based teaching and coaching ideas, and provide conceptual and methodological clarity where a sense of pedagogical confusion may exist. The book raises issues that can resonate with teachers and sport practitioners and researchers, assisting them in making sense of their own teaching or sport coaching, providing deeper insight into personal conceptualizations of game-based teaching and sport coaching, or stimulating reflections on their own teaching or coaching or the contexts they are involved in. Teaching games and sport for understanding has been proposed as leading practice for session design and instructional delivery of sport teaching in PE and sport coaching since the late 1960s, and this innovative new volume is key reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, practicing teachers, and sport coaches.

Format: Hardback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This groundbreaking new book brings together a distinguished group of leading and innovative thinkers in the field of teaching and sport coaching pedagogy to offer a diverse range of perspectives on the effective teaching of games and sports for understanding. Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding serves as a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in physical education and sport coaching programs, practicing teachers, practicing sport coaches, teacher educators, and coach developers. The collective contributions of these experts provide valuable insights, facilitate learning, and offer opportunities to cultivate game-based teaching and coaching ideas, while also offering conceptual and methodological clarity where pedagogical confusion may exist.

Each chapter in this book raises thought-provoking issues that can resonate with teachers and sport practitioners, as well as researchers. By engaging with these chapters, individuals can gain a deeper understanding of their own teaching or sport coaching practices, explore their personal conceptualizations of game-based teaching and sport coaching, and engage in reflective practices that can enhance their teaching or coaching approaches or the contexts in which they operate.

Teaching games and sport for understanding has been recognized as a best practice for session design and instructional delivery in sport teaching in PE and sport coaching since the late 1960s. At its core, it represents a significant paradigm shift from the traditional behaviorist model of highly directive instruction, where players are expected to replicate teacher/coach explanations and demonstrations. Instead, teaching games for understanding emphasizes instructional models that prioritize the development of players' self-autonomy as self-regulated learners, often referred to as "thinking players."

This innovative new volume serves as a comprehensive summary of current thinking, debates, and practical considerations related to the broad spectrum of teaching games for understanding. It encompasses various pedagogical models and approaches, highlighting their strengths and limitations and providing insights into how they can be effectively implemented in educational settings. The book also explores the role of technology, digital tools, and innovative practices in enhancing game-based learning experiences and promoting understanding among students.

By presenting a diverse range of perspectives and practical insights, Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding equips educators.

Weight: 514g
Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032287355