Move Think LearnPhysical & Health Education Canada

October, 2015

Jacki Nylen

Session Overview

• Physical Education Through a Sport Lens

• Physical Literacy and Fundamental Movement Skills

• Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU)

• Move Think Learn Resources Series

• Let’s Move Think and Learn!

• Soccer 4-6 and 7-9: Special Editions

Physical & Health Education Canada

PHE Canada is Canada’s premier professional

organization for physical and health educators. A not-for-

profit professional organization committed to providing the

tools, resources, and voice so that children and youth can

live active, healthy lives now and in the future.

PHE Canada’s Vision“...All children and youth in Canada living healthy, physically active lives.”

Through Quality Physical Education

Schools can:

• provide quality learning experiences that can help students grow as skillful movers

• develop basic fundamental movement skills, tactics and strategies for games play

• Increase student levels of confidence and competence to move for a lifetime.

“The Canadian school system and the physical education curriculum is the single most concentrated opportunity to introduce children of all ages and backgrounds to the sport.”

- Scott Simmons, CEO, Golf Canada

What is Physical Literacy?

Physical and Health Education

Canada defines physical literacy as:

The ability to move with competence

and confidence in a wide variety of

physical activities in multiple

environments that benefit the healthy

development of the whole person.

Physical Literacy is the Foundation

Participation in Physical Activity

Confidence and Competence

Develop Fundamental Movement Skills and Understandings

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An instructional strategy for teaching physical education that:

• Engages students through the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains

• Focuses on the game, with skill practice flowing out of the game

• Engages players in tactical and strategical discussions

• Supports students to take ownership of learning

• Develops thinking through problem solving using purposeful movement.

Teaching Games for Understanding

Move Think Learn Resource Series

• Physical literacy and Teaching Games for Understanding (modified version)

• Active exploration, discovery and creativity in skill acquisition

• Sport case studies provide context to learn transferrable skills, strategies and tactics

What’s Inside?

• Part A: Introduction

• Part B: Planning for Teaching and Learning

• Part C: Setting the Context

• Part D: Activities

Let’sMove…

Think… Learn

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www.phecanada.ca/resources/move-think-learn

TGFU

• > Did you score more points when you hit the shuttle really hard or when you aimed for a spot on the opposite court?

• > Where did you aim your attacks? What did you do to aim your attack?

• > How did you position yourself in the court to score a point?

• > Where did you place the ball to help you keep the most points?

• > Which striking motion (i.e., over hand, under hand, open hand) was the most effective for scoring a point?

• > What did you do to change where and how you sent the ball?

• > If you were playing to score points, what strategies would you use?

FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015TM Resource Supplement

FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015TM Resource Supplement

• Two Learning Experiences that include:

– Essential (guiding) Question– Curriculum Connections – Setting the Context – Description (lesson plan)– Extended Learning Exploration

• Appendix with a variety of tournament information, soccer websites and videos

Questions?tricia@phecanada.ca

Thank You!

We acknowledge the [financial] support of the Government of Canada.