The field of sport pedagogy (physical education and coaching) is united by the desire to improve the experiences of young people and adult participants. The Routledge Focus on Sport Pedagogy series presents small books on big topics in an effort to eradicate the boundaries that currently exist between young people, adult learners, coaches, teachers and academics, in schools, clubs and universities. Theoretically grounded but with a strong emphasis on practice, the series aims to open up important and useful new perspectives on teaching, coaching and learning in sport and physical education.
By Ashley Casey, David Kirk
May 29, 2024
This book is a concise, practical introduction to Models-based Practice (MbP), a transformative approach to physical education and sport pedagogy that uses multiple pedagogical models in the design and delivery of physical education programs. The book introduces the core concepts underpinning the ...
By Ove Østerlie, Chad Killian, Julia Sargent
May 27, 2024
This is the first book to introduce flipped learning in the context of physical education. It is a timely exploration of pedagogical approaches that draw on digital technologies that can allow learning online and at a distance to support important learning time for physical activity. The book ...
By Anthony J. Maher, Justin A. Haegele
May 27, 2024
This book examines the role that research plays in pedagogical practices when teaching disabled children and young people in physical education classes. It scrutinises the practices that are commonly used by teachers and coaches, and advocated by academics, and explores the evidence base that ...
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By Cláudio Farias, Isabel Mesquita
January 29, 2024
This book provides sport educators with a comprehensive, learner-centred instructional toolkit to empower children and young people in collaborative, independent learning of sport and games (SGs). The book is unique in bringing together the various pedagogical dimensions inherent to the ...
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By Lorraine Cale, Jo Harris
January 29, 2024
This book focuses on health within physical education (PE) and specifically on PE pedagogies for health. It gives practitioners and students the knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence to employ effective health pedagogies and practices in their work, and to promote healthy, active ...
By Shrehan Lynch, Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette, Carla Luguetti
September 25, 2023
This book offers an overview of contemporary debates in social justice and equity within Physical Education (PE) and Youth Sport (YS). It gives the reader clear direction on how to evaluate their current PE or YS program against current research and provides ideas for content, curriculum ...
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By Tim Fletcher, Déirdre Ní Chróinín, Douglas Gleddie, Stephanie Beni
August 29, 2022
This book outlines an approach to teaching and learning in physical education that prioritises meaningful experiences for pupils, using case studies to illustrate how practitioners have implemented this approach across international contexts. Prioritising the idea of meaningfulness positions ...
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By Shane Pill
April 29, 2022
This book offers new perspectives on game-based coaching (GBC), one of the most important practices for session design and instructional delivery in sport coaching. GBC emphasises the sport coach as educator and the development of ‘thinking players’, and this book demonstrates what that means in ...
By Sixto González-Víllora, Javier Fernandez-Rio, Eva Guijarro, Manuel Jacob Sierra-Díaz
September 01, 2020
The Game Centred Approach (GCA) is the ideal framework for coaches and teachers to develop comprehensive tactical or technical lessons for any game, both in physical education and in extracurricular sport contexts. Learning about the pedagogical models included in this approach has never been ...