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The Thinking Body: Constructivist Approaches to Games Teaching in Physical Education

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Pages 69-87 | Published online: 26 Jan 2010

  • Graham , G. , ed. “ ‘Physical Education through Students’ ” . Eyes and in Students . ‘Voices’
  • 1995 . [Monograph] . Journal of Teaching in Physical Education , 14 ( 4 )
  • Ennis , CD. 1999 . ‘Creating a Culturally Relevant Curriculum for Disengaged Girls’ . Sport, Education and Society , 4 ( 1 ) : 31 – 50 .
  • Kirk , D. 1996 . ‘The Crisis in School Physical Education: An Argument Against the Tide’ . The ACHPER Healthy Lifestyles Journal , 43 : 25 – 27 .
  • Kirk , D. and Macdonald , D. 1998 . ‘Situated Learning in Physical Education . Journal of Teaching in Physical Education , 17 (3) : 376 – 387 .
  • Locke , L. 1992 . ‘Changing Secondary School Physical Education . Quest , 44 : 361 – 372 .
  • Seidentop , D. 1987 . ‘High School Physical Education: Still and Endangered Species’ . Journal of ‘Teaching in Physical Education , 8 : 187 – 270 .
  • Mangan , J.A. 1981 . Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School Cambridge
  • Bunker , D. and Thorpe , R. 1986 . “ ‘The Curriculum Model’ ” . In Rethinking Games Teaching Edited by: Thorprc , R. , Bunker , D. and Almond , L. London
  • Kirk , D. and Macdonald , D. ‘Imagining Beyond the Present: Recent Developments in Physical Education in Australian primary Schools’ . Teaching Elementary Physical Education , November : 25 – 28 .
  • Arnold , P. 1988 . Education, Movement and the Curriculum Lewes, , UK
  • Macdonald , D. , Carlson , T. , Gillespie , T. , Hunter , A. and Penney , D. 1998 . Queensland School Curriculum Council Evaluation of the Years 1–10 HPE Trial/pilot Syllabus: Phase 3. Brisbane: QSCC
  • Macdonald , D. and Kirk , D. 1996 . mapping Current Practice Against the Curriculum profile in the Health and Physical Education Key Learning Area . ACHPER Healthy Lifestyles Journal , 43 ( 3 ) : 8 – 11 .
  • Lave , J. 1988 . Cognition in Practice: Minds, Mathematics and Culture in Everyday Life Cambridge, MA
  • Rogoff , B. 1991 . Apprenticeship in Thinking: Cognitive Development in Social Context New York
  • Wertsch , J. 1985 . Culture, Communication and Cognition Cambridge, , UK
  • Bunker , D. and Thorpe , R. 1983 . ‘A Model for the Teaching of Games in Secondary Schools . Bulletin of Physical Education , 18 ( l ) : 5 – 8 .
  • Giddens , A. 1983 . ‘Comments on the Theory of Structuration . Journal for the Theory of Social behaviour , 13 : 17 – 80 .
  • Giddens , A. 1984 . The Constitution of Society Cambridge
  • Searle , J. 1969 . Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of lanaguage New York
  • Taylor , C. 1989 . The Making of Modern Identity MA
  • Bourdieu , E . 1991 . Language and Symbolic Power 67 Stanford, CA
  • Kirk , D. , Nauright , J. , Macdonald , D. and Jobling , I. 1996 . The Sociocultural Foundations of Human Movement Melbourne
  • Howarth , K. ‘Context as a Factor in Teachers’ Perceptions of the Teaching of Thinking Skills in Physical Education’ . Journal of ‘Teaching in Physical Education , 19 ( 3 ) 270 – 286 .
  • Bunker , D. and Thorpe , R. “ The Curriculum Model ” . In Rethinking Games Teaching Edited by: Thorpre , R. , Bunker , D. and Almond , L. Loughborough, , UK
  • Abernathy , B. , Kippers , V. , Macldnnon , L. , Neal , R. and Hanrahan , S. 1996 . The Biophysical Foundations of Human Movement Melbourne
  • Singer , R.N. 1980 . Motor Learning and Human Performance New York
  • Ilkyenkov . 1976 . Dialectical Logic: Essays in its History and Theory 34 – 5 . Moscow
  • Harre , R. 1991 . Physical Being: A Theory for a Corporeal Psychology 29 Oxford
  • Thomas , K. T. and Thomas , J. R. 1994 . ‘Developing Expertise in Sport: The Relation of Knowledge and Performance . International Jurnal of Sports Psychology , 25 ( 3 ) : 295 – 312 .
  • French , K.E. and Thomas , J. R. ‘The Relation of Knowledge Development to Children's Basketball Performance . Journal of Sports Psychology , 9 15 – 32 .
  • Turner , A. P. 1996 . ‘Teaching for Understanding: Myth or Realty? . Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance , 67 ( 4 ) : 46 – 48 . 55
  • Turner , A. P. and Martineck , T. J. ‘An Investigation into Teaching Games for Understanding: Effects on Skill, Knowledge and Game Play . Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport , 70 ( 3 ) 286 – 296 .
  • Brooker , R. 2000 . ‘Contextual Issues in Teaching Games in High School Physical Education . Paper presented at Pre‐Olymoic Conference: International Congress on Sport Science, Sports Medicine and Physical Education . 2000 , Brisbane.
  • Butler , J. 1996 . ‘Teacher Responses to Teaching Games fir Understanding . JOPERD , 67 ( 9 ) : 17 – 20 .
  • Shilling , C. 1993 . The Body and Social Theory 199 London
  • Merleau‐Ponty , M. 1962 . Phenomenology of Perception London
  • Dewey , J . 1986 . “ ‘How We Think: A Restatement of the Relation of Reflective Thinking to the Educative Process’ ” . In John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925–1953 Edited by: Boysdson , J . Vol 8 , 105 – 352 . Carbondale 1936
  • Light , R. and Kirk , D. “High School Rugby, the Body and the Reproduction of Masculinity’ . Sport, Education and Society , 5 ( 2 ) 163 – 176 .
  • Light , R. and Kirk , D. in press . ‘The Social Meaning of Rugby: Physical Capital, Social Advantage and Independent School Rugby . Culture, Sport, Society ,
  • Wittgenstein , L. 1993 . ‘Mind, Body and Society . Journal of the Theory of Social Behaviour , 23 : 303
  • Varela , F. , thompson , E. and Rosch , E. 1991 . The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience. Cambridge, Mass
  • Johnson , L. 2000 . “ ‘Gender Reform of Physical Education: Hearing Girls’ Voices and Appreciating their ‘Ordinary Courage’ ” . unpublished MEd thesis
  • Rorty , P. 1980 . Philosophy and the Mirror of Knowledge Oxford
  • Garfinkel , H. 1985 . Studies in Ethnomethodology Englewood Cliffs
  • Wittgenstein , L. 1953 . Philosophical Investigations 19 Oxford
  • Howarth , K. 2003 . ‘Context as a Factor in Teachers’ Perceptions of the Teaching of Thinking Skills in Physical Education . Journal ofTeaching in Physical Education , 19 ( 3 ) : 270 – 286 .

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  • Macdonald , D. , Carlson , T. , Gillespie , A. , Hunter , L. and Penney , D. 1998 . Queensland School Curriculum Council Evaluation of the Years 1–10 HPE Trial/pilot Syllabus: Phase 3. , Brisbane : QSCC .
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  • Thomas , K. T. and Thomas , J. R. 1994 . ‘Developing Expertise in Sport: the Relation of Knowledge and Performance’ . International Journal of Sports Psychology , 25 ( 3 ) : 295 – 312 .
  • Turner , A. P. 1996 . ‘Teaching for Understanding: Myth or Reality?’ . Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance , 67 ( 4 ) : 46 – 48 . 55
  • Turner , A. P. and Martinek , T. J. 1999 . ‘An Investigation into Teaching Games for Understanding: Effects on Skill, Knowledge and Game Play’ . Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport , 70 ( 3 ) : 286 – 296 .
  • Varela , E , Thompson , E. and Rosch , E. 1991 . The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience , Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press .
  • Wertsch , J. 1985 . Culture, Communication, and Cognition , Cambridge, , UK : University Press .
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