movement education

1. MOVEMENT EDUCATION

2. MOVEMENT EDUCATION ! HUH ?
• MOVEMENT EDUCATION AIMS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS TO BUILD THEIR MOTOR SKILLS THROUGH
PHYSICAL MOVEMENT AND EDUCATION
• MOVEMENT EDUCATION PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN SUBSTANTIAL SKILLS
AND KNOWLEDGE IN RELATION TO SPORTING TECHNIQUES THROUGH KINESTHETIC LEARNING
AND ENGAGEMENT.
• MOVEMENT EDUCATION IS THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS (FMS)

3. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR YOUR CHILD?
• STUDENTS WILL BE GUIDED THROOUGH THEIR LEARNING AND PHYSICAL ABILITY IN ORDER TO
SUCCESSFULLY REACH THEIR ORN MAXIUM LEARNING AND PHYSICAL ABILITY.
• FMS CONTRIBUTES TO STUDENTS CONGNITIVE, SOCIAL, AND PHYSICAL GROWTH, IN SETS THEM UP
WITH THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO LEAD AN ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. THROUGH MOVEMENT
EDUCATION AND THE STUDY OF FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS, CHILDREN’S PSYCHOLOGICAL,
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES CAN BE FURTHER ADVANCED. (LUBANS, MORGAN,
CLIFF, BARNETT& OKELY, 2010)
• MOVEMENT EDUCATION ENGAGES STUDENTS IN BECOMING CONFIDENT AND POSITIVE LEARNERS
WHICH RESULTS IN A HIGHER SPORT PARTICIPATION; THIS THEN POSITIVELY AFFECTS THEIR MENTAL
AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING
• “IF CHILDREN CANNOT PROFICIENTLY RUN, JUMP, CATCH, THROW, ETC., THEN THEY WILL HAVE LIMITED
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES LATER IN THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEY
WILL NOT HAVE THE PREREQUISITE SKILLS TO BE ACTIVE.” (STODDEN, GOODWAY, LANGENDORFER,
ROBERTON, RUDISILL, & GARCIA, 2008

4. STRENGTHS AS A TEACHING APPROACH
• MOVEMENT EDUCATION IS A DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCEE OF STAGES INCLUDING :
INITIAL ➢ FORMATIVE ➢ MATURE
• SPORTS SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH EXPOSURE TO BASIC SKILLS TO
BUILD KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ACTIVITIES.
• CAN BE TAUGHT THROUGH A VARIETY OF LESSONS AND STYLES .
• MOVEMENT EDUCATION SHOULD BE ADAPTED AND MODIFIED IN ORDER TO CATER TO ALL
STUDENTS NEEDS AND ABILITIES INCLUDING: 1. INFORMING 2. REFINING 3.SIMPLIFYING
4.EXTENDING 5.ENGAGING
• ACTIVITIES ARE ENGAGING AND STAGE APPROPRIATE TO THEIR SKILL LEVEL, TO RESULT IN
MAXIUM PARCITPATION.

5. FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS
• FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS ARE ESSENTIAL SKILLS IN WHICH ALLOWS CHILDREN TO FORM
ABILITIES IN CATCHING, THROWING, RUNNING, JUMPING, BALANCING, TWISTING AND MANY MORE ;
THEY ARE REFERED TO AS CONTROL SKILLS, LOCOMOTOR SKILLS AND STABILITY SKILLS
(ALLAHUE, OZMUN, & GOODWAY, 2012; ULRICH, 2000)
• FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS ENHANCE STUDENTS ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY BUILD GROSS
MOTOR SKILLS.
• MOVEMENT SKILLS ALLOW STUDENTS TO DEVELOP SKILLS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO A VARIETY OF
DIFFERET SPORTS
• FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS (FMS) MUST BE DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH SPECIALISED MOVEMENT SEQUENCES.

6. HOW DOES THIS LINK TO THE SYLLABUS?
FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS IS HIGHLIGHT THROUGHOUT THE RATIONALE OF THE SYLLABUS. IT
IS ESSENTIAL THAT STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO MOVE THEIR BODY IN ORDER TO DEVELOP
SPORTS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES. THE BOSTE NSW SYLLABUS 2007 STATES:

7. WHAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT
SKILLS ?
• STATIC BALANCE
• SPRINT RUN
• VERTICAL JUMP
• SIDE GALLOP
• HOP
• LEAP
• SKIP
• DODGE
• CATCH
• TWO HAND STRIKE
• KICK
• OVERARM THROW

8. REFERENCE LIST