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GAMES SENSE
APPROACH
Why do we use it and how is it beneficial to your
children?
By Miss McGrath
What is Games Sense?
■ Games Sense is an approach which encourages student engagement in learning
through involving students in different styles of games to teach understanding and
skills (Pill, 2014).
■ Games Sense focuses on investigation and allows students to understand how games
work as a whole before building on specific skills, research shows that this approach is
much more effective in students understanding of games (Light, 2006).
■ The games sense approach employs a questioning strategy rather than using direct
instruction (Pill, 2014).
Why is Games Sense significant?
■ The game sense approach has been shown to improve student engagement in their PE
learning (p. 290, Pill, 2014)
■ The Games Sense approach allows each student to develop skills at a pace that is suitable
for them and allows for easy adaptation and explorations to suit each individual (Pill, 2014
■ Games Sense focuses on smaller groups and on overall understanding.This means that
instead of focusing on just teaching your child to kick a ball back and forth in a circle to
teach soccer, your child will be involved in an invasion game* where they are slowly
introduced to the idea of playing as a team and the notions that come along with playing a
team game. Students are much more likely to engage in this activity and therefor be
successful when the technical skills are introduced.
*one team versus another tea, invading each others territory, to try and score a goal/
points
Why is Games Sense significant? Cont.
■ Games sense focuses on the game at hand, and by doing this it encourages the players
to become more aware of their movements and become more thoughtful and
tactically involved in the game. It encourages a heightened awareness of ones
surroundings and supports players to have a realistic understanding of various games
and therefor engage students in a meaningful learning experience (Towns, 2002).
Game sense shows students where different skills and movements are needed,
heightening their engagement with their learning.
Rationale: Why we use the games sense
approach with Stage 2
■ Games sense encourages the development of fundamental movement skills through
engagement with meaningful learning.
■ Taking a Games SenseApproach allows students to create their own meaning and
develop their own understandings of each skill and game (Light, 2006).This is
significant for your child as it will allow them to learn at their own pace and feel
successful in their own way.
■ By using a games sense approach in our classes, we are allowing each student to
develop their own understanding, in a way that is unique and directly related to their
learning (Pill, 2014). Each student is able to develop their own understanding while still
being involved in the game (Light, 2006) meaning they can experiment and interpret
how they see fit. If your child wants to explore whether they should use a bouncing
pass, or a high pass, they are free do to so, and hence will be more engaged as they are
making their own choices.
The Games Sense Approach encourages:
■ Modified small groups for maximum student participation.This ensures that no one
student dominates the game, and ensures all students can play (Pill, 2014).
■ Modifying the games to ensure that all students can play and develop a game that
suits each students skills and needs (Pill, 2014).
■ The teacher to act as a facilitator, not an instructor (Light, 2006) which encourages
students to ask questions, explore the answer, and investigate to find the best way
forward in their game. (Knijnik, 2017)
■ Students contributions and ideas to be valued, rather than corrected, as happens in
specific technique training. (Light, 2006)
■ Skills to be taught in the context of the game, and therefor more meaningfully applied
for the students (Pill, 2014)
How this relates to the syllabus.
Stage 2
Communicating COS2.1
Uses a variety of ways to
communicate with and within groups.
Decision Making MNS2.2
Makes decisions as an individual and
as a group member.
Interacting INS2.3
Makes positive contributions in group
activities.
Moving MOS2.4
Displays a focus on quality of
movement in applying movement
skills to a variety of familiar and new
situations.
Problem Solving PSS2.5
Uses a range of problem-solving
strategies.
As well as encouraging the development
of fundamental movement skills, the
games sense approach fits into the
syllabus, as shown by the table, in a
number of ways.
(p. 18. PDHPE Syllabus: Board of Studies
New SouthWales, 2007)
References:
Knijnik, J. (2017). New Approaches: SportsTeaching-Learning Process (Lecture Slides).
Western Sydney University:Author
Light, R. (2006)Game Sense: Innovation or just good coaching? Journal of Physical
Education, New Zealand, 8-19
Pill, S. (2014). An appreciative inquiry exploring game sense teaching in physical
education. Sport, Education and Society, 1-19.
PDHPE K-6 Syllabus (Board of Studies NSW, 2007).
http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/go/personal‐development‐health‐and‐ph
ysical‐education‐ pdhpe
Towns, J. (2002) Game sense online:The development of online game sense resources.
Unpublished honours thesis, University ofWollongong:Author

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Game sense

  • 1. GAMES SENSE APPROACH Why do we use it and how is it beneficial to your children? By Miss McGrath
  • 2. What is Games Sense? ■ Games Sense is an approach which encourages student engagement in learning through involving students in different styles of games to teach understanding and skills (Pill, 2014). ■ Games Sense focuses on investigation and allows students to understand how games work as a whole before building on specific skills, research shows that this approach is much more effective in students understanding of games (Light, 2006). ■ The games sense approach employs a questioning strategy rather than using direct instruction (Pill, 2014).
  • 3. Why is Games Sense significant? ■ The game sense approach has been shown to improve student engagement in their PE learning (p. 290, Pill, 2014) ■ The Games Sense approach allows each student to develop skills at a pace that is suitable for them and allows for easy adaptation and explorations to suit each individual (Pill, 2014 ■ Games Sense focuses on smaller groups and on overall understanding.This means that instead of focusing on just teaching your child to kick a ball back and forth in a circle to teach soccer, your child will be involved in an invasion game* where they are slowly introduced to the idea of playing as a team and the notions that come along with playing a team game. Students are much more likely to engage in this activity and therefor be successful when the technical skills are introduced. *one team versus another tea, invading each others territory, to try and score a goal/ points
  • 4. Why is Games Sense significant? Cont. ■ Games sense focuses on the game at hand, and by doing this it encourages the players to become more aware of their movements and become more thoughtful and tactically involved in the game. It encourages a heightened awareness of ones surroundings and supports players to have a realistic understanding of various games and therefor engage students in a meaningful learning experience (Towns, 2002). Game sense shows students where different skills and movements are needed, heightening their engagement with their learning.
  • 5. Rationale: Why we use the games sense approach with Stage 2 ■ Games sense encourages the development of fundamental movement skills through engagement with meaningful learning. ■ Taking a Games SenseApproach allows students to create their own meaning and develop their own understandings of each skill and game (Light, 2006).This is significant for your child as it will allow them to learn at their own pace and feel successful in their own way. ■ By using a games sense approach in our classes, we are allowing each student to develop their own understanding, in a way that is unique and directly related to their learning (Pill, 2014). Each student is able to develop their own understanding while still being involved in the game (Light, 2006) meaning they can experiment and interpret how they see fit. If your child wants to explore whether they should use a bouncing pass, or a high pass, they are free do to so, and hence will be more engaged as they are making their own choices.
  • 6. The Games Sense Approach encourages: ■ Modified small groups for maximum student participation.This ensures that no one student dominates the game, and ensures all students can play (Pill, 2014). ■ Modifying the games to ensure that all students can play and develop a game that suits each students skills and needs (Pill, 2014). ■ The teacher to act as a facilitator, not an instructor (Light, 2006) which encourages students to ask questions, explore the answer, and investigate to find the best way forward in their game. (Knijnik, 2017) ■ Students contributions and ideas to be valued, rather than corrected, as happens in specific technique training. (Light, 2006) ■ Skills to be taught in the context of the game, and therefor more meaningfully applied for the students (Pill, 2014)
  • 7. How this relates to the syllabus. Stage 2 Communicating COS2.1 Uses a variety of ways to communicate with and within groups. Decision Making MNS2.2 Makes decisions as an individual and as a group member. Interacting INS2.3 Makes positive contributions in group activities. Moving MOS2.4 Displays a focus on quality of movement in applying movement skills to a variety of familiar and new situations. Problem Solving PSS2.5 Uses a range of problem-solving strategies. As well as encouraging the development of fundamental movement skills, the games sense approach fits into the syllabus, as shown by the table, in a number of ways. (p. 18. PDHPE Syllabus: Board of Studies New SouthWales, 2007)
  • 8. References: Knijnik, J. (2017). New Approaches: SportsTeaching-Learning Process (Lecture Slides). Western Sydney University:Author Light, R. (2006)Game Sense: Innovation or just good coaching? Journal of Physical Education, New Zealand, 8-19 Pill, S. (2014). An appreciative inquiry exploring game sense teaching in physical education. Sport, Education and Society, 1-19. PDHPE K-6 Syllabus (Board of Studies NSW, 2007). http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/go/personal‐development‐health‐and‐ph ysical‐education‐ pdhpe Towns, J. (2002) Game sense online:The development of online game sense resources. Unpublished honours thesis, University ofWollongong:Author