If you’re interested in learning more about the Teaching Games for Understanding model, check out this video that I created with the help of Kelly Ann Parry and Mike Cicchillitti.
Web Math Games in 15 Minutes or Less. IXL Learning This site has plenty of activities and games, from linear functions to probability, to help students in grades K–8. Math Playground Shuttle missions, flashcards, and arcade games are only a few of the fun games offered. Teaching Games for Understanding places an emphasis on the play, where tactical and strategic problems are posed in a modified game environment, ultimately drawing upon students to make decisions. This differs from the technique-based approach that uses drills out of the context of games with the teacher/coach telling the students what to do. A decision has recently been made to postpone the 7th International Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) Conference & FA pre-conference day until July 2022. In addition, we are aware that there is so much work still being done around the world that we need to help share.
Stages of Teaching Games for Understanding:
1. Game Form
The game is introduced. The game form has been modified to represent the advanced form of the game and to meet the developmental level of the learner.
2. Game Appreciation
Students develop an understanding of the primary and secondary rules of the game as well as any modifications/variations applied to the game being played.
3. Tactical Awareness
With the help of questions, comments and game modifications from the teacher, students begin to work through the principles of play and identify key tactics and strategies that can lead to success in the game.
4. Decision Making
The teacher engages students in tactical talk to help them reflect on their decision making in the game.
5. Skill Execution
The teacher modifies the game to put an emphasis on skills that students identified as being essential to success.
6. Performance
The teacher observes the outcome of the students’ learning through the game by paying attention not only to the efficiency of the technique, but also the appropriateness of the response.
To learn more about the TGfU model, be sure to check out “Teaching Games for Understanding” by Linda Griffin and Joy Butler. Also, make sure you connect with the awesome Kelly Ann Parry!
Thanks for reading/watching and happy teaching!
The Striking & Fielding Games Teacher Pack
November 23, 2020
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Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
1) Teacher Viewsteaching Games For Understanding English
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1) Teacher Viewsteaching Games For Understanding Students
Recent changes in teaching syllabuses and pedagogy have implications for practising teachers in relation to both content and teaching strategies traditionally utilised in the teaching of games. There has been a move towards a Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach over the last decade with a growing number of books, journal publications conferences and professional development workshops specifically devoted to TGfU. Teaching Games for Understanding places an emphasis on the play, where tactical and strategic problems are posed in a modified game environment, ultimately drawing upon students to make decisions. This differs from the technique-based approach that uses drills out of the context of games with the teacher/coach telling the students what to do. This paper outlines the theoretical base for the TGfU model and reviews the literature of the approach and other related theories. Practical examples will be given of the four categories of games, that is, invasion, net/court, striking/fielding, and target following three different teaching approaches (full-sided, small-sided and games for outcomes) to offer physical educators some practical examples to include in their lessons.