Teaching Games for Understanding is an approach to physical education developed by Peter Werner, David Bunker and Rod Thorpe. In 2002 it was adopted as a global agenda for scholarly inquiry in the field of teaching through games by a group of representatives, associations and individuals from around the world.
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Core ClaimTeaching Games for Understanding holds that physical education should build players' tactical understanding of a game through modified game forms and decision-making practice, with the fundamental concept of the whole model being understanding itself rather than isolated technique. 1 Sources
1. Teaching Games for Understanding (Wikipedia)
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Teaching Games for Understanding is an approach to physical education developed by Peter Werner, David Bunker, and Rod Thorpe, and was adopted in the year 2002 by a group of representatives, associations and individuals from all around the world.
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The fundamental concept of this model is "understanding".
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