Πρόταση ενός διδακτικού μοντέλου για τον εμπλουτισμό του αναλυτικού προγράμματος Φυσικής Αγωγής

Abstract

Research findings from the field of Physical Education (PE) teaching proves that the use of strictly reproductive models, that unilaterally focus on skill training and assessment, hinders students' active participation and skill empowerment. The aim of this paper is the presentation of the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) model (Bunker & Thorpe, 1982), as a student-centered and game-based PE teaching model, which foregrounds tactical understanding and decision-making as basic prerequisites for deliberate and coherent learning. Under the prism of the student-teacher-curriculum interactions, the TGfU model is presented as part of a PE enrichment program, one that invests on the use of pedagogically justified forms of lesson organization and practice. In addition, the structure of the suggested program is analyzed according to Renzulli’s (1978) triadic model, in order to highlight the potential of its use for the education of both typical-population students and students with special abilities or talents.