Teaching Games for Understanding and Situated Learning: Rethinking the Bunker-Thorpe Model

Situated learning Bunker Physical Education
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.21.2.177 Publication Date: 2016-08-10T11:41:07Z
ABSTRACT
Bunker and Thorpe first proposed Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) in 1982 as an alternative to traditional, technique-led approaches games teaching learning. Despite interest from teachers researchers, there has been no attempt review the TGfU model. This is oversight, given important advances educational learning theory ecological motor control since early 1980s. The purpose of this paper present a new version model that draws on situated perspective. describes approach, overviews recent research TGfU, outlines perspective then applied rethinking intended outcome provision more robust sophisticated can inform future directions practice TGfU.
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