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Homa Rafiei Milajerdi; Anna Thacker; Mahboubeh Ghayour Najafabadi; Christoph Clephas; Larry Katz – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2024
Purpose: To establish a consensus on the complexity of 16 fundamental movement skills (FMS). Initially, complexity was defined as how difficult it would be to teach FMS to children and for the children to learn them. Method: The study was conducted using a modified Delphi method and a mobile application called Move ImproveĀ® to showcase video…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills, Video Technology, Specialists
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Cecilia H. S. Chan; Amy S. C. Ha; Natalie Lander; Johan Y. Y. Ng – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: Evidence demonstrates that many school children fail to master fundamental movement skills (FMS). Little is known about the teaching and learning of FMS in Hong Kong. This study aimed to capture voices from both teachers and students to better understand the current FMS practices in primary physical education. Methods: Semistructured…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Movement Education, Physical Education
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Yan, Jin; Jones, Brad; Smith, Jordan J.; Morgan, Philip; Eather, Narelle – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of game-based approaches on game performance, fundamental movement skills, health-related indicators, and physical activity outcomes among children (5-12 years) when delivered in the primary physical education school setting. Method: A systematic search of six electronic databases without date limitation was…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
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Kyriakides, Ermis; Tsangaridou, Niki; Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Kyriakides, Leonidas – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2021
Purpose: This study explores physical education teaching quality and its effects on student psychomotor learning by bringing together generic and content-specific practices. Method: A sample of 51 elementary classroom teachers who taught physical education to third-, fourth-, or fifth-grade students (N = 944) was recruited. Student psychomotor…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Quality, Elementary School Teachers
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Holt, Nicholas L.; Strean, William B.; Bengoechea, Enrique Garcia – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2002
Reviews research on the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach in physical education, noting that many discussions of TGfU have focused on cognitive and psychomotor learning outcomes and neglected the affective domain. An extended TGfU model is presented, suggesting new avenues for future research and practice (e.g., consideration of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Motor Development
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Kirk, David; MacPhail, Ann – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2002
Presents a new version of the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) model in physical education which draws on a situated learning perspective, describing the TGfU approach, reviewing recent research on TGfU, discussing constructs for conceptualizing learning in games, and outlining a situated learning perspective. This perspective is applied to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Motor Development