Play With Purpose

Play with Purpose: Game Sense to Sport Literacy (3rd Edition) is a compilation of ideas and activities to support teachers in the implementation of the game-centred Game Sense and Sport Education approach to teaching physical education in the primary and middle years of schooling. It includes more than 70 modified and lead up games that have been successfully used with students to promote game-centred sport learning. The approach in this text asks the teacher, using key questions, to consider teaching students an understanding of a game, and helping them gain the confidence to transfer the skills and knowledge across games types. This will lead to enhanced self-concepts and greater levels of sustained involvement in physical activity compared to traditional skill and drill approaches.