Exergames ‘as a teacher’ of movement education: exploring knowing in moving when playing dance games in physical education     

Gunn Nyberg  Jane Meckbach 《Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy》2017,22(1):1-14

Background: A fundamental dimension of school physical education (PE) is arguably movement and movement activities. However, there is a lack of discussion in the context of PE regarding what can be called the capability to move in terms of coordinative abilities, body consciousness and educing bodily senses.

Purpose: This article explores and articulates what there is to know, from the mover's perspective, when knowing how to move in specific ways when playing exergames (dance games). Taking different ways of moving as expressing different ways of knowing as a point of departure, the following questions are the focus of this article: (i) How do students move when imitating movements in a dance game, and what different ways of knowing the movements can be described in the student group? (ii) What aspects of the movements are discerned simultaneously through the different ways of knowing the movements? (iii) What aspects seem critical for the students to discern and experience in order to know the movements in as complex a way as possible?

Design and analysis: The theoretical point of departure concerns an epistemological perspective on the capability to move as knowing how with no distinction between physical and mental skills, and also knowing as experiencing aspects of something to know. The data in this study comprise video recordings of students playing Nintendo Wii dance games in PE lessons in a compulsory school (for children aged between 7 and 16 years) in a small Swedish town. There were three PE lessons with four different stations, of which one was Nintendo Wii dance games (Just Dance 1 and 2). In total, the videoed material covers three 60-minute PE lessons, recorded during the autumn of 2012 and in which just over twenty students participated. In the study, we have used video observation as a data collection method. Jordan and Henderson maintain that video observation removes the gap between ‘what people say they do and what they, in fact, do’ (51). To conduct a systematic and thorough analysis of how the students experienced the avatar's movements, we looked for moments where all the students and the avatar could be simultaneously observed. Two video sequences were chosen, showing four students imitating two distinct and defined movements which constituted the basis for a phenomenographic analysis.

Conclusion: The result of the phenomenographic analysis shows different ways of knowing the movements as well as what aspects are discerned and experienced simultaneously by the students. In other words, these aspects also describe knowing in terms of discerning, discriminating and differentiating aspects of ways of moving. By examining a certain exergame's role ‘as a teacher,' we have emphasized the capability to move, from the mover's perspective, as an intrinsic educational goal of PE while highlighting the need for systematically planning movement education.  相似文献   

Complexity theory,the capability approach,and the sustainability of development initiatives in education     

Emilia Szekely 《教育政策杂志》2013,28(5):669-685

Abstract

We defend in this paper the importance of redistributing power in the field of education development by enhancing the self-sustainability of education initiatives and minimizing their roots in dependency – these as pre-requisites for improving their sustainable development outcomes. We do this by considering an education development initiative run by the Barefoot College in India, and then developing an explanatory model based in complexity theory (as expounded by Edgar Morin) and in the capability approach (as developed principally by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum). We conclude that such a redistribution of power would help to ensure that education is better connected to its development context, more relevant to the interests and needs of the community it serves, and its quality enhanced. More generally, we reinforce existing arguments – but from the perspective and imperative of sustainability – why it is in the interests of policy-makers to devolve power and to provide resources to such initiatives. Doing so would enhance governments’ prospects of realizing their education and social development goals. The arrogation of power and resources towards the centre, an almost natural impulse in policy-making, is, in the end, counter-productive, and threatens sustainable education and social development.  相似文献   

田径运动员的赛前训练与比赛能力   总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13  

王保成 《西安体育学院学报》1994,(1)

田径运动员能否把艰苦训练所获得的训练水平在比赛中充分发挥，创造理想的运动成绩，取决于运动员的比赛能力。运动员的比赛能力与赛前训练安排得合理性有十分密切的关系。如何合理地安排赛前训练，提高运动员的比赛能力，这是当前教练员和体育科研人员十分关注的问题。  相似文献   

国内高校图书馆网上信息素质教育研究   总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13  

詹林 《图书馆建设》2005,(4):83-86

本文分析了当前国内高校图书馆网上信息素质教育的发展现状,并对其未来构建模型做出预测设想。  相似文献   

高校学生提高英语综合素质途径研究     

严青云  应笑妮 《洛阳师范学院学报》2006,25(1):147-149

我国大学生由于长期受应试教育和高校英语传统教育模式的影响,语言表达和沟通能力差,普遍存在词汇量不足,知识面太窄等问题。其原因主要是英语教学理念的局限和缺少培养校园英语文化语境的组织所致。提高学生英语综合素质必须更新课堂教育观念、重视英语社团作用、举办英语竞赛、编辑英文报、重视和关注英语角活动、组织英语晚会。  相似文献   

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�Ʊ�  ¬����  �Ա� 《图书情报工作》1957,64(5):124-132

��[Purpose/significance] Under the background of open innovation, the market competition of platform enterprises is becoming more and more fierce, the platform homogeneity is serious, the user flow is drying up day by day, and the growth is difficult. The lack of innovation resources and capability in the platform enterprises can't effectively support the business model innovation of enterprises. In this context, boundary-spanning search and big data capability construction provide a strong support for business model innovation of platform enterprises.[Method/process] Through literature related to boundary-spanning search, big data capability and business model innovation was review.Based on the elements of business model of platform enterprises, a synergistic model of boundary-spanning search and big data capability was constructed.[Result/conclusion] Boundary-spanning search is helpful to innovative knowledge flow and obtain innovative resources. Big data capability can complete resource integration and analysis in-depth. The synergistic effect of the two can promote the discovery of new knowledge in the market and facilitate the innovation of business model of platform enterprises.  相似文献   

浅论高校金工实习的改革     

章军  黄如林  卞建林 《安徽职业技术学院学报》2002,(2)

传统金工学习已不能适应新世纪人才培养的要求,为更好搞好金工实习,在金工实习中,要结合专业方向与就业特点,加强素质教育,培养学生能力。为保证实习质量,教师要参与工厂管理,要拓宽实习范围,增加了《工程材料与热处理》、《互换性与测量技术》的专题讲座与相关实验,实验部分由教师亲自授课与指导,形成一定特色。  相似文献   

面向21世纪高校新型体育教师的素质与能力的研究   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

陈健  林少娜 《体育科学研究》2003,7(2):39-41

体育教师素质好坏,能力的高低直接影响到人才的培养质量。随着21世纪教育发展的需要,高校体育的改革对体育教师提出了更新、更高、更全面的素质及能力的要求。就培养新型体育教师所具备的素质结构、能力结构进行探讨,希望找到一条培养高素质、高水平,适应21世纪高校体育教学及训练的新型体育教师的途径。  相似文献   

"以赛代练":我国运动训练界需要科学认识的问题   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

陶于 《西安体育学院学报》2007,24(4):1-3

"以赛代练"不是不练,而是通过高水平的比赛来完成训练不能完成的任务,如比赛经验、比赛心理和运动员的自信心等方面。"以赛代练法"实质上是"比赛训练法"中一种典型的高水平类型,也即正式比赛的类型。比赛固然重要,但不能替代训练,"以赛代练"不能"重赛轻练",比赛是发现训练问题的途径,训练是解决比赛问题的方法。"以赛代练"同样离不开训练规律的制约。  相似文献   

跳远运动员助跑速度感知能力训练对踏板准确性影响的实验研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

马兆明 《沈阳体育学院学报》2008,27(4):101-105

通过问卷调查和实验法对跳远运动员助跑踏板准确性和影响跳远运动员助跑速度感知能力的主要因素进行理论与逻辑分析,根据跳远专项特点优选出9种训练方法,实验组采用优选训练手段,对照组采用常用普通训练手段。在严格控制训练过程及训练条件下,进行为期16周的速度感知能力的训练,保证两组只在训练内容方面不同外,其余方面保持一致。实验后对实验组和对照组再次进行踏板准确性和跳远成绩的测定,结果表明:实验后实验组与对照组的跳远成绩与踏板准确性具有明显的差异性。  相似文献