Game Sense Teaching is the best approach to PD/H/PE Education.

1. GAME SENSE TEACHING!
Jennifer Napper –
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What is it and why do we need it?

2. GAMES TEACHING IS…
• Games sense teaching is about allow the
students to improve their skills while they are
engaged thoroughly in an activity.
• The activity is the foundation that builds the
skill, instead of needing the skill before the
game is played (Pill, 2016)
• Instead of the teacher giving strict instructions
on how to play the game the students start
playing and develop their own rules.
(Werner, Thorpe & Bunker, 1996)

3. WHAT CAN BE TAUGHT USING
GAME SENSE TEACHING?
• Through the use of game sense teaching I will help the students understand the
curriculum by involving their hands and hearts, so that they will have an
interesting activity to remember (Georgakis, S., Wilson, R. & Evans, J. 2015).
• The skills outcomes that are able to be taught through the use of game sense
teaching are the communicating COS1.1, interacting INS1.3, and decision
making DMS1.2. There are done through encouraging the students to discuss
the games that they are playing to come to decisions together.

4. OUTCOMES
• The main knowledge that can be taught is the Games and Sports GSS1.8, which is -
Performs fundamental movement skills with equipment in minor games. The
students will be able to develop their fundamental movement skills by engaging in
the game.
• The other outcome is Interpersonal relationships, IRS1.11 – Identifies the ways in
which they communicate, cooperate and care for others. This is done through talking
to the people who they are playing games with, and ensuring that they are having
fun.

5. REFERENCES
Board of Studies, NSW. (2007). Personal development, health and physical education K-6: Syllabus. Sydney, Australia: Author.
Bunker, D., and Thorpe, R., (1982) A model for the teaching of games in secondary schools. Bulletin of Physical Education, 18(1), 58.
Pill, S. (2016). An appreciative inquiry exploring game sense teaching in physical education. Sport, Education and Society, 21(2), 279-297. doi:
10.1080/13573322.2014.912624
Georgakis, S., Wilson, R. & Evans, J. (2015). Authentic Assessment in Physical Education: A Case Study of Game Sense Pedagogy. Physical
Educator. 72. 67-86.
Webb, P. & Pearson, P. (2008). An Integrated Approach to Teaching Games for Understanding (TGf U). New Zealand Physical Educator, 45(3), 17-
22.
Werner, P., Thorpe, R., & Bunker, D (1996). Teaching games for understanding: Evolution of a model. Journal of Physical Education, 67(1). 28.