Teaching Game for Understanding in Physical Education: A Theoretical Framework and Implication
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach to improve students’ learning outcome of tactical game performance in physical education. By applying the constructivism learning theory, the study wants to investigate whether the students learning outcome in tactical game performance can be improved with the TGfU approach. The participants in this study were 10 years old primary physical education students. The Game Performance Assessment Instrument (GPAI) was used to measure students’ tactical understanding of game performance. The results of the validation studies showed that the instruments developed for the purposes of this project were valid indicators of tactical game performance. The ANCOVA results revealed that there was a significant difference between the students who were exposed to TGfU approach and students with traditional skill approach on the post-test (F [1, 69] = 248.83, p < .05). This result indicated that the experimental group with TGfU approach has significant main effects on student learning outcome compared to the traditional skill approach. The findings of this study showed that constructivism theory improved primary physical education students learning outcome in physical education.
Keywords
Teaching games for understanding, Constructivism, Tactical understanding, Primary physical education
Divisions
1234
Publication Title
ATIKAN
Volume
1
Issue
2
Publisher
Association of Indonesian Scholars of History Education (ASPENSI)