Meaningful Physical Education: An Approach for Teaching and Learning (Routledge Focus on Sport Pedagogy)

Synopsis

This book outlines an approach to teaching and learning in physical education that prioritises meaningful experiences for pupils, using case studies to illustrate how practitioners have implemented this approach across international contexts. Prioritising the idea of meaningfulness positions movement as a primary way to enrich the quality of young people’s lives, shifting the focus of physical education programs to better suit the needs of contemporary young learners and resist the utilitarian health-oriented views of physical education that currently predominate in many schools and policy documents. The book draws on the philosophy of physical education to articulate the main rationale for prioritising meaningful experiences, before identifying potential and desired outcomes for participants. It highlights the distinct characteristics of meaningful physical education and its content, and outlines teaching and learning principles and strategies, supported by pedagogical cases that show what meaningful physical education can look like in school-based teaching and in higher education-based teacher education. With an emphasis on good pedagogical practice, this is essential reading for all pre-service and in-service physical education teachers or coaches working in youth sport.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

118 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000387896

Related ISBNs:

9781003035091, 9781032002347, 9780367473617, 9781003035091, 9781032002347, 9780367473617

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/24/21

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Sports, Education

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Tim Fletcher

Edited by:

Déirdre Ní Chróinín

Edited by:

Douglas Gleddie

Edited by:

Stephanie Beni