https://vimeo.com/351121751 While designing games for physical education and coaching could be considered a complex task, the process of designing a game does not have to be hard. There are some simple rules you can follow, and we can view these as the elements of game design. The 4 main elements of game design are: Challenge …
One of the main reasons young people participate in physical activity is for the sheer enjoyment they experience while moving in social situations and interacting with their peers. In this lesson you will explore: How to assess the motivation levels of your students How to help your student develop their self-confidence How to teach personal …
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https://vimeo.com/351123965 Many physical educators teach both the skills and tactics of games, but have problems connecting these components. For example, in a basketball unit classes may spend several days covering passing, dribbling, and shooting, skill development which is not then obviously apparent during subsequent game play. Skills have usually been taught in isolation, out of …
Throughout this course, we have explored a number of different assessment strategies and tools and how they can help you to meaningfully assess student learning in relation to developing physical literacy. Technology can assist you in this endeavor and in this lesson, you will explore: Technology as an Assessment Tool Technology for Assessing Movement Competence …
https://vimeo.com/352200618 Teaching a lesson with a games based approach is not just “throwing out the ball and letting students play”. The pedagogical challenge of this approach is in the purposeful design or selection, and then shaping of games to focus the play on the concepts and movement responses to be learnt. Regardless of which game …
Congratulations! You have almost finished the Physical Education Assessment Strategies and Tools online course. I hope that you have found the content inspiring and impactful on the way you go about assessment in your physical education program. In this final lesson you will: Review the Big Takeaways from the online course Find out where to …
https://vimeo.com/352204137 Part of our responsibility as physical educators is to ensure that we are providing our students with maximum opportunity to practice, refine and apply their movement skills, sequences and strategies. If students have the opportunity to participate in the same sport or game, but with smaller numbers, they are more likely to experience success. …
https://vimeo.com/352410050 When using a games based approach we hope to encourage thinking, decision-making andproblem solving by players to have them learn in and from play We should aim to place the participant in situations where decision-making and problem-solving are central to successful game performance.This can be done effectively through the use of questioning to stimulate …
An essential element in a Game Based Approach is the use of modifications to emphasise learning through guided-discovery and problem-solving. By modifying games, the essential characteristics of the game are retained while thinking about particular aspects of the play can be highlighted. Games can be modified by exaggeration and reduction of different features. Exaggeration can be …
The teaching of games has traditionally been structured around the learning of specific skills. However, pedagogical approaches such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), The Tactical Games Model and Game Sense, have suggested a reversal of the skills-first approach to teaching games, instead teaching and learning being driven by the need for contextual, real-world, game-simulated …
Now that you have had time to take in all of that information on Game Based Approaches it is time to put your new knowledge into action. In this part of the course you will use a Game Sheet Template to help you design a game to use in your program. At the end of …
https://vimeo.com/352644541 Congratulations on creating your own game using the Game Sheets. I hope it was a valuable experience for you and that you will continue to use their templates to plan more games for your program. Now it is time to reflect and analyze the game that you just created. We will do that with …
https://vimeo.com/352647176 I am sure you thoroughly enjoyed creating your own game, and I hope you continue to use the knowledge and resources gained from taking this course to create even more awesome, purposeful games. However, wouldn’t it be great if someone else did all the work for you? Introducing the Purposeful Games Database, a growing …
https://vimeo.com/352869461 Game Centered ApproachesGames have traditionally dominated physical education curriculums worldwide. The teaching of games however has been dominated by the traditional skills-based approach, with a focus on teaching specific skills and techniques, and highly structured lessons involving a warm-up, skills practices and a final game. Alternative games-based approaches were developed in the 1980’s, characterised …
You are almost done! Before you access your certificate of completion, I would love it if you could take a moment to provide some honest feedback on your experience taking this course. It will assist me in improving the course experience for other students, as well as developing further courses that will help you become …
https://vimeo.com/353068007 Congratulations on completing the Teaching Games with Purpose online course. I sincerely hope you found the course engaging, thought provoking and you are leaving with some new knowledge and resources that will help you in planning and delivering purposeful games to your students. Once you complete this final lesson, your certificate will be available …
