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Book Synopsis

This new book 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. Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding engages undergraduate and postgraduate students in physical education and sport coaching, practicing teachers, practicing sport coaches, teacher educators and coach developers. The contributions, taken together or individually, 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.

Each chapter raises issues that can resonate with the teacher and sport practitioner and researcher. In this way, the chapters can assist one to make sense of their own teaching or sport coaching, provide deeper insight into personal conceptualisations of the concept of game-based teaching and sport coaching or stimulate reflec

Trade Review

"There is a need for a text which (a) brings together the diverse games-based approaches for pre-service physical education teachers, and (b) provides detailed guidance on the nuanced application of a games-based approach within physical education. This text does both."

Dr Phil Kearney, Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland

"This book offers comprehensive and up-to-date information about Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and other Game-Based Approaches (GBAs) around the world. BOTH physical education teachers and sport coaches can gain a lot of practical information to improve their teaching/coaching and maximize students/players potential in an inclusive and learner-centred environment."

Dr. Kanae Haneishi, Valley City State University, USA



Table of Contents

Introduction: A History of Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding from Mauldon and Redfern to Bunker and Thorpe, Until Now

ELLEN-ALYSSA F. GAMBLES AND LINDA L. GRIFFIN

1 TGfU: A Model for the Teaching of Games with a Changed Focus in Games Teaching – A Commentary

SHANE PILL, SARAH DOOLITTLE, AND RICK BALDOCK

SECTION I

Global Developments Influenced by Teaching Games for Understanding

2 The Tactical Games Model and Game Performance Assessment

LINDA GRIFFIN AND STEVE MITCHELL

3 Learning to Teach Game Sense: A Bottom-Up Approach

RICHARD L. LIGHT AND CHRISTINA CURRY

4 Immersive Scenario-Based Coaching Narratives: A Philosophical Dialogue

RUAN JONES AND DAVID PIGGOTT

5 Game Insight: A Game-Based Approach with Emphasis on Acknowledging and Addressing Differences between Players’ Abilities

GWEN WEELDENBURG, LARS BORGHOUTS, ENRICO ZONDAG, AND FRANK DE KOK

6 Play with Purpose: Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding as Explicit Teaching

SHANE PILL AND JOHN WILLIAMS

SECTION II

Section II Research Perspectives

Game-Based Approach as a Constructivist Model of Games Teaching

LINDA L. GRIFFIN AND JEAN-FRANCOIS RICHARD

8 The Tactical versus Technical Paradigm: Scholarship on Teaching Games with a ‘Catch-22’

ADRIAN P. TURNER

9 Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding as a Spectrum of Teaching Styles

BRENDAN SUESEE AND SHANE PILL

10 A Constraints-Led Approach as a Theoretical Model for TGfU

JIA YI CHOW, IAN RENSHAW, AND BRENDAN MOY

11 Positive Pedagogy for Sport Coaching: A Game Changer?

RICHARD L. LIGHT AND STEPHEN HARVEY

12 Teaching Games for Understanding and Athlete-Centred Coaching

SHANE PILL AND ELLEN-ALYSSA F. GAMBLES

13 Using Global Lesson Study to Promote Understanding of Game-Based Approaches

NAOKI SUZUKI AND KAREN RICHARDSON

14 Game-Based Approach and Teacher Reflective Practice

ASPASIA DANIA

15 Game Balance Analysis: A Pedagogical Approach for Designing Rich Learning Environments

WYTSE WALINGA AND JEROEN KOEKOEK

SECTION III

Future Directions

16 Promoting Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) through Game-Based Approach (GBA) in Physical Education

KANAE HANEISHI , TENG TSE SHENG, BRUCE NKALA, AND KOREY BOYD

17 Decolonialising PE Using a GBA

MICHAEL J. DAVIES, SHANE PILL, AND JOHN R. EVANS

18 Moving from TGfU to ‘Game-Based Approach’ as the Collective

DAVID GUTIÉRREZ AND JEROEN KOEKOEK

Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 5/2/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781032287294, 978-1032287294
      ISBN10: 1032287292

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This new book 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. Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding engages undergraduate and postgraduate students in physical education and sport coaching, practicing teachers, practicing sport coaches, teacher educators and coach developers. The contributions, taken together or individually, 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.

      Each chapter raises issues that can resonate with the teacher and sport practitioner and researcher. In this way, the chapters can assist one to make sense of their own teaching or sport coaching, provide deeper insight into personal conceptualisations of the concept of game-based teaching and sport coaching or stimulate reflec

      Trade Review

      "There is a need for a text which (a) brings together the diverse games-based approaches for pre-service physical education teachers, and (b) provides detailed guidance on the nuanced application of a games-based approach within physical education. This text does both."

      Dr Phil Kearney, Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland

      "This book offers comprehensive and up-to-date information about Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and other Game-Based Approaches (GBAs) around the world. BOTH physical education teachers and sport coaches can gain a lot of practical information to improve their teaching/coaching and maximize students/players potential in an inclusive and learner-centred environment."

      Dr. Kanae Haneishi, Valley City State University, USA



      Table of Contents

      Introduction: A History of Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding from Mauldon and Redfern to Bunker and Thorpe, Until Now

      ELLEN-ALYSSA F. GAMBLES AND LINDA L. GRIFFIN

      1 TGfU: A Model for the Teaching of Games with a Changed Focus in Games Teaching – A Commentary

      SHANE PILL, SARAH DOOLITTLE, AND RICK BALDOCK

      SECTION I

      Global Developments Influenced by Teaching Games for Understanding

      2 The Tactical Games Model and Game Performance Assessment

      LINDA GRIFFIN AND STEVE MITCHELL

      3 Learning to Teach Game Sense: A Bottom-Up Approach

      RICHARD L. LIGHT AND CHRISTINA CURRY

      4 Immersive Scenario-Based Coaching Narratives: A Philosophical Dialogue

      RUAN JONES AND DAVID PIGGOTT

      5 Game Insight: A Game-Based Approach with Emphasis on Acknowledging and Addressing Differences between Players’ Abilities

      GWEN WEELDENBURG, LARS BORGHOUTS, ENRICO ZONDAG, AND FRANK DE KOK

      6 Play with Purpose: Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding as Explicit Teaching

      SHANE PILL AND JOHN WILLIAMS

      SECTION II

      Section II Research Perspectives

      Game-Based Approach as a Constructivist Model of Games Teaching

      LINDA L. GRIFFIN AND JEAN-FRANCOIS RICHARD

      8 The Tactical versus Technical Paradigm: Scholarship on Teaching Games with a ‘Catch-22’

      ADRIAN P. TURNER

      9 Teaching Games and Sport for Understanding as a Spectrum of Teaching Styles

      BRENDAN SUESEE AND SHANE PILL

      10 A Constraints-Led Approach as a Theoretical Model for TGfU

      JIA YI CHOW, IAN RENSHAW, AND BRENDAN MOY

      11 Positive Pedagogy for Sport Coaching: A Game Changer?

      RICHARD L. LIGHT AND STEPHEN HARVEY

      12 Teaching Games for Understanding and Athlete-Centred Coaching

      SHANE PILL AND ELLEN-ALYSSA F. GAMBLES

      13 Using Global Lesson Study to Promote Understanding of Game-Based Approaches

      NAOKI SUZUKI AND KAREN RICHARDSON

      14 Game-Based Approach and Teacher Reflective Practice

      ASPASIA DANIA

      15 Game Balance Analysis: A Pedagogical Approach for Designing Rich Learning Environments

      WYTSE WALINGA AND JEROEN KOEKOEK

      SECTION III

      Future Directions

      16 Promoting Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) through Game-Based Approach (GBA) in Physical Education

      KANAE HANEISHI , TENG TSE SHENG, BRUCE NKALA, AND KOREY BOYD

      17 Decolonialising PE Using a GBA

      MICHAEL J. DAVIES, SHANE PILL, AND JOHN R. EVANS

      18 Moving from TGfU to ‘Game-Based Approach’ as the Collective

      DAVID GUTIÉRREZ AND JEROEN KOEKOEK

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