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Direct linkRhys Pritchard; Francis Dockerty – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2025
Since Bunker and Thorpe (1982. A model for the teaching of games in secondary schools. "Bulletin of Physical Education," 18(1), 5-8.) introduced Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), there has been a growing recognition of advocating approaches to pedagogy that addresses participant learning with games-based approaches (GBA)…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Physical Education, Game Based Learning, Educational Theories
Camila Aparecida Errerias Fernandes Cardinali; Yandara Akamine Martins; Rodrigo Pereira Prates; Emmanuel Veríssimo de Araújo; Felipe Jose Costa Viana; Maria Eleticia de Sousa; Eduardo da Cunha Bombardi; Marcus Vinicius Chrysostomo Baldo; Maria Tereza Nunes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2025
Games and analogies can significantly enrich the learning experience when integrated with traditional expository teaching methods. With this aim, we developed "The Mystery of the Cell Kingdom," an online game designed to enhance understanding of the physiology of thyroid hormones through a medieval analogy. In the game, students are…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Physiology, Metabolism, Educational Games
Mika Manninen; Eric Magrum; Sara Campbell; Sarahjane Belton – European Physical Education Review, 2025
This study aimed to compare the effect between game-based approaches (GBAs) and traditional skill approaches on decision-making, knowledge and motor skill in physical education students and athletes. A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies available before October 2023 was conducted. The initial search yielded 8431 articles,…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Decision Making Skills, Knowledge Level, Psychomotor Skills
Lore W. E. Vleugels; Toon Dehandschutter; Peter Iserbyt – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2025
Selecting and sequencing instructional tasks to facilitate student learning (i.e. content development) is an important skill for physical education teachers. Research has shown that teachers often have little content development following an informing task. In addition, depth of specialized content knowledge (SCK) as expressed by the SCK-index is…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Preservice Teachers, Instructional Development, Educational Games
Olfa Tounsi; Anis Ben Chikha; Abdessalem Koubaa; Omar Trabelsi; Liwa Masmoudi; Haitham A. Jahrami; Cain C. T. Clark; Khaled Trabelsi; Mourad Bahloul – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2025
The Good Behaviour Game (GBG) is an interdependent group contingency intervention, previously shown to be effective in managing students' behaviour across several studies. An ABAB withdrawal design was implemented to examine the effects of the GBG on the engagement and disruptive behaviours of 12 students diagnosed principally with a mild…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Mild Intellectual Disability, Physical Education, Self Contained Classrooms
Craig Parkes; Michael A. Hemphill – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2025
Purpose: The study purpose was to investigate how preservice teachers' (PTs) socialization orientations influenced their interpretation and delivery of the teaching games for understanding (TGfU) model. Method: Participants were 14 undergraduate PTs enrolled in a games methods course in the Northeastern United States. Qualitative data were…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Athletics, Undergraduate Students
Baofu Wang; Longxi Li; Xiaolu Liu – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2025
In recent years, student behavioral issues have become a growing concern. Physical education (PE) provides ample meaningful opportunities to foster personal and social development. Among all the instructional models in PE, Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) stands out as the most suitable model to facilitate the development of…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Social Emotional Learning, Physical Education, Social Responsibility
