If 'the medium is the message', what do students learn to do in NLP and GBAs within physical education?
Barquero-Ruiz, Carmen and Kirk, David (2023) If 'the medium is the message', what do students learn to do in NLP and GBAs within physical education? Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. pp. 1-18. ISSN 2574-299X (https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2023.2216188)
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Abstract
Building on the original work of Bunker and Thorpe and their Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach to physical education, there is now a proliferation of Game Based Approaches (GBA) in the research literature (Bunker & Thorpe, 1982; 1983). Unlike other approaches to games teaching and coaching which trace their roots to TGfU, Non Linear Pedagogy (NLP) has been defined as distinct from, and even an alternative to, TGfU (Renshaw et al., 2016). Although comparisons between approaches have arisen at a theoretical level, there is no comparison of the influence that these approaches have on learners. Addressing this issue, we turn to Postman and Weingartner's (1971) pedagogical use of the famous aphorism of Marshall McLuhan, that 'the medium is the message'. Deploying this concept, we ask: what is the message that the use of these approaches sends? First, we identify the main features of NLP and TGfU. Second, we compare their media with reference to two empirical studies. Third, we identify and discuss questioning and decision-making as two key differences between these otherwise similar approaches. Finally, we consider the implications of these results for teaching and learning of games under Mcluhan's aphorism.
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Barquero-Ruiz, Carmen and Kirk, David
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Item type: Article ID code: 85608 Dates: DateEvent22 May 2023Published22 May 2023Published Online16 May 2023AcceptedKeywords: TGfU, sport pedagogy, teaching-learning processes, games learning, Theory and practice of education, Education Subjects: Education > Theory and practice of education Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 26 May 2023 09:25 Last modified: 22 Jul 2023 00:25 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85608