Play with Purpose
Image created with Gemini AI Teaching using the Play with Purpose approach shifts the focus from what Metzler (2011, 2017) called the traditional physical education method of repetitive drill-based instruction (e.g., lines of students practicing chest passes) typical of a behavourist tradition to game-based teaching principles typical of a constructivist tradition. Foundations of Play with Purpose A. The “Non-Linear” Nature of the Approach In what has been labelled traditional physical education, learning is often treated as linear: Students Observe Demonstration of Skill (technique) A Students Practice Skill (technique) A in isolation from the game (closed to open drill progression) Students at some point Put Skill (technique) A into a full game . This is a linear approach, sometimes referred to as progressive part pedagogy. Like building a brick wall, the parts are put togther one brick at a time until eventually the whole wall appears. It assu...
