Teaching Games For Understanding
This is an excerpt from more teaching games for understanding by joy butler linda griffin.
Teaching games for understanding. The basic premise is that if teachers can improve pupil s understanding of game play then performance improvement is more likely. I ve been using the tgfu or a very close approach to its original format since 1995. The following steps are elements of a teaching games for understanding approach. The tgfu approach has encouraged debate on games teaching which has often polarized into skills v tactics arguments.
The game is introduced. Fun teaching games for understanding. Stages of teaching games for understanding. 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.
Bunker and thorpe 1982 developed tgfu around the concept of teaching kids games by playing games. Theory research and practice you can gain a comprehensive perspective of the teaching games for understanding tgfu model seeing it in context of its influences and evolution tap into the latest research and findings in the model learning from worldwide experts in each of the topics covered consider how students learn best what should be. Teaching games for understanding tgfu. The game form has been modified to represent the advanced form of the game and to meet the developmental level of the learner.
Games are exciting engaging and increase student understanding of academic material. Through teaching games for understanding. Teaching games for understanding is a child centred approach where the leader acts as a facilitator and the participants make their own adaptations in order to maximize the level of challenge and fun. 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 used in physical education settings has also in some cases more than others been used by coaches in developing players and teams in sports settings development and competitive. Teaching games for understanding tgfu is understood as an inquiry approach to games teaching where the play of a game is taught before skill refinement. Bunker thorpe 1982 was developed in the uk as an alternative to skills based games teaching. 2008 identified six basic tgfu concepts.