BiographyShane Pill (PhD) is a Professor of Education at Flinders University, Kaurna Meyunna Yerta, Adelaide, Australia. He is a Life Member and Fellow of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Shane was a physical education and science teacher for 18 years before moving to an academic career, where he has been at Flinders University since 2006. Shane researches in physical education, sport coaching, coach development, and education leadership. He has over 200 scholarly and research publications. Shane has been sport coaching since 1988, currently the senior coach of the women’s program at Goodwood Saints Football Club.
Mission StatementAustralia has a long history with game-based approaches. For example, in 1954, Bert Willee – legendary Australian physical educator (ACHPER Life Member: dec) who was enthusiastic about the educational values of organised physical activity, published what would now be recognised as a game-based form of lesson in 1954. In 1974, Eric Worthington – a legendary coach developer in Australia (Australian Football (now Football Federation of Australia) Hall of Fame: dec), published Learning & Teaching Soccer Skills which placed teaching principles of play through activities that combine technical and tactical learning as complimentary pairing as the ‘core’ of practice sessions. Yet, learning the game through games is still an innovation for many in physical education and sport coaching. With this in mind, my goals as a member of the TGfU IAB include:
1) Advocating for and working with others to exemplify the use of game-based approaches for children’s and youth sport. 2) Advocating for and working with others to exemplify the use of game-based approaches to meet the expectation for student development of inquiry, creativity and problem-solving skills in the Movement and Participation Strand of the Australian Curriculum for HPE 3) Working to support researchers interested in game based approaches, and connecting with researchers to identify opportunities for research collaborations. 4) Supporting collaborations between the research, education, recreation and sport sectors. References Williams, L. C. & Willee, A. W. (1954). The technique of teaching: Playground games for secondary boys. Blackie & Son. Worthington. E. (1974). Learning & teaching soccer skills. Lepus books. Worthington, E. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Worthington |
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