Abstract

With the book, one can learn and apply an innovative approach to teaching games that has been used around the world for 30 years in school and sport settings. It is based on the Fourth International TGfU Conference held in 2008 and includes chapters written by 27 world-renowned contributors representing 6 countries. It offers a comprehensive description of the TGfU model (sometimes referred to as the tactical games model or the games sense model). The text grounds its readers in the model’s latest theory, research, and practice, and it helps to understand various models of practice for sport and games education, worldwide perspectives on the TGfU model, how to facilitate flow motion in games and sports, and how to modify games to enhance learning and achieve learning objectives. A small sample of what one will learn includes how to involve students both in creating games and in assessing games to shape future performances, how to employ TGfU as a coaching methodology, how to use complexity thinking as a theory to frame the learning processes involved in TGfU, how to best use TGfU in elementary school physical education settings, and TGfU’s role in developing physical literacy in children. The book supplies the reader with a teaching model that will empower kids, deepen their knowledge of game tactics and strategies, help them improve their skills, and bring greater joy to them as they play games. Die Verf. und ihre Beiträge können dem zweiten Link entnommen werden. Verlagsinfo (gekürzt und geändert)