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ERIC Number: EJ757260
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Sep
Pages: 10
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1045-4853
EISSN: N/A
A Hybrid Sport Education-Games for Understanding Striking/Fielding Unit for Upper Elementary Pupils
Curtner-Smith, Matthew
Teaching Elementary Physical Education, v15 n5 p7-16 Sep 2004
This article describes a hybrid Sport Education-Games for Understanding unit through which upper elementary pupils can learn to play basic striking/fielding games. The unit is written for a class of 30 pupils. The twenty-five lesson unit is described in detail within 10 stages: (1) Getting started and early skill, strategy, rule, and role work within individual continuous cricket; (2) Pre-season team continuous cricket scrimmages and more roles and responsibility; (3) First regular-season competition--6 v 6 continuous cricket (team version) league play; (4) Teach modified softball within "friendly" scrimmages; (5) Second regular-season competition--6 v 6 modified softball league play; (6) Teach modified cricket within friendly scrimmages; (7) Third regular-season competition--modified cricket league play; (8) Game invention; (9) Formal evaluation; and (10) Post-season tournament leading to "class series." This article also expands the concept of "understanding" so that aspects of sport other than tactical and strategic decision making are explored. (Contains 7 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
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