![NSW Department of
Education and Communities
Curriculum Support
“Each category [mentioned on the previous slide] has
sports which have similar principles.” (n.d.) Examples
include soccer and football. The objectives include:
To score at a specific target
Prevent the other team from scoring by defending your
area
Have the higher score at the end of the game.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/gamesenseapproachpowerpoint-141013085409-conversion-gate02/85/Game-Sense-Approach-PowerPoint-5-320.jpg)
Game Sense Approach PowerPoint
- 1. Why I Am Using a Game Sense Approach for Teaching My Primary PE Classes For Parents By Ms. Hamad
- 2. The Australian Government Sports Commission The Game Sense Approach is: A “method which develops the broader meanings of sport and physical activity as it focuses on developing thinking through problem solving and using physical activity.” (n.d.) It focuses on: Placing “the participant in situation where decision making and problem solving are central to successful performance.” (n.d.)
- 3. The Australian Government Sports Commission What is the central strategy for the Game Sense Approach? “The use of questioning to stimulate thinking about the game instead of using more direct teaching/coaching approaches.” (n.d.) How? “Games are stopped at regular intervals and participants challenged to reflect on their participation in order to mature the play.” (n.d.)
- 4. NSW Department of Education and Communities Curriculum Support How does the Game Sense apply to sport? “The game sense approach categorises team games into four areas: Invasion games e.g. soccer, touch, netball Target games e.g. golf, archery, bowls Court and net games e.g. volleyball, tennis, badminton Striking and fielding games e.g. cricket, softball” (n.d.)
- 5. NSW Department of Education and Communities Curriculum Support “Each category [mentioned on the previous slide] has sports which have similar principles.” (n.d.) Examples include soccer and football. The objectives include: To score at a specific target Prevent the other team from scoring by defending your area Have the higher score at the end of the game.
- 6. The Strengths of the Game Sense Approach Strengths include: Allowing students to think for themselves/find out on their own why a sport is played a certain way. Allowing students to reflect on different ways a sport can be played, how it can be improved and how it can be modified. Allowing students to pick up the skills involved in playing particular sports by figuring out what is more comfortable, more efficient and more successful.
- 7. Why I Am Using the Game Sense Approach As mentioned in the previous slide there are many strengths to the game sense approach. I am using it because of these strengths. It is a useful method that challenges children to think about why sports are played the way they are. It allows students to question the rules of sports and in turn gives them a deeper understanding of the game.
- 8. References Pill, S. (n.d.). Teaching games for understanding. Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved from http://www.ausport.gov.au/sportscoachmag/coaching_ processes/teaching_games_for_understanding Game sense approach to practical lessons. (n.d.). Retrieved October 3, 2014, from http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/se condary/pdhpe/assets/pdf/pa_002.pdf