Teaching Games For Understanding Tgfu In Primary And Secondary Physical Education
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Teaching games for understanding tgfu in primary and secondary physical education. The original tgfu approach was developed as a secondary school physical education model. Bunker and thorpe 1982 developed tgfu around the concept of teaching kids games by playing games. Students develop an understanding of the primary and secondary rules of the game as well as any modifications. The teaching games for understanding tgfu approach was developed by researchers at loughborough university in the united kingdom to tap into children s inherent desire to play.
Teaching games for understanding tgfu in primary and secondary physical education. 2008 identified six basic tgfu concepts. Paper presented at ichpersd international conference for health physical education recreation sport and dance 1st oceanic congress wellington new zealand. Bunker and thorpe 1982 developed tgfu around the concept of teaching kids games by playing games.
The teaching games for understanding tgfu approach was developed by researchers at loughborough university in the united kingdom to tap into children s inherent desire to play. The game form has been modified to represent the advanced form of the game and to meet the developmental level of the learner. Over the past few decades pe studies have begun reflecting the limitations of traditional technique based teaching approaches these limitations include the insufficient consideration of the contextual nature of games an emphasis on performance which limits the students success the implementation of inflexible. After earning her phd in curriculum and instruction in physical education in 2014 from arizona state university asu she taught higher ed pete and other kinesiology courses for six years at asu texas a m san antonio and northern arizona university nau.
This conference paper was originally published as webb p pearson p forrest g teaching games for understanding tgfu in primary and secondary physical education ichper sd international conference for health physical education recreation sport and dance 1st oceanic congress wellington new zealand 1 4 october 2006. Earned nbct in 2006. Stages of teaching games for understanding. The game is introduced.
Jennifer has taught k 12 physical education for 12 years including 5 years in adapted physical education. Teaching games for understanding tgfu model and student pa level.