Contemporary developments in games teaching
By: edited by Richard Light, John Quay, Stephen Harvey, Amanda Mooney
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780203797730
Subjects: Team sports; Study and teaching; Group games; Physical education and training; Sports d'équipe; Étude et enseignement; Jeux collectifs; Éducation physique
Description: "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"--
Table of contents: title: Part I. Recent pedagogical and policy developments in games teaching; title: part II. Research on the implementation of game-based approaches; title: part III. Issues in adopting game-based approaches.