Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching

By John Quay, Stephen Harvey, Amanda Mooney

Book Overview

Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching brings together leading international researchers and practitioners in physical education and sports coaching to examine new approaches in games teaching and team sport coaching that are player/student-centred and inquiry-based. It offers interesting new commentary and research data on well-established models such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TFfU), Game Sense, Play Practice and the Games Concept Approach (GCA), as well as introducing innovative and exciting approaches emerging in East Asia, including Singapore and Japan.

Representing the most up-to-date survey of new work in contemporary games teaching around the world, this book is invaluable reading for any student, researcher, in-service teacher or sports coach with an interest in games teaching or physical education.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415821193
• ISBN13: 9780415821193
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"