101 juegos y retos para alumn@s de educación física


Book Description

Siempre que se saca a relucir el término competición, en la Educación Física escolar se arma un Gran revuelo entre aquellos docentes que la defienden como una manera de motivar a sus alumnos y mantenerlos activos, y aquellos que la desechan por considerar que los valores que comporta no son lo más adecuados, socialmente hablando, para el desarrollo de la personalidad. Del mismo modo, los defensores acérrimos de la coeducación y de los juegos cooperativos son criticados a menudo por considerar que sus actividades carecen del factor competitivo, un plus a modo de incentivo que el ser humano posee por propia naturaleza. Pero el hecho real es que en nuestras clases de Educación Física en los colegios hay cabida para ambos tipos de actividades, y el decantarse de forma extrema por el uso de unas u otras puede llevarnos a la no consecución de uno de nuestros objetivos principales, la educación integral del alumno. Es cierto que la competición es el mejor método para que los niños comparen sus capacidades o cualidades con el resto, pero también lo es que se convierte en un entorno en el que se pueden medir los propios resultados y la mejora realizada con el trabajo individual (sin por ello tener que estar pendientes de la actuación del resto de compañeros). Los juegos y actividades cooperativas, por mucho que nos empeñemos, no dejan al margen este tipo de comparaciones grupales o individuales, precisamente por tratarse de ejecuciones en las que un grupo de individuos deben colaborar hacia un fin común, bien sea todos realizando la misma acción o cada uno una diferente, pero, al fin y al cabo, estamos simplemente ante una suma de capacidades y cualidades individuales. Si una exposición continua a actividades puramente competitivas puede resultar perjudicial para la autoestima de los alumnos “menos capaces” (y con ello vendría la desmotivación y no participación en clase), el desarrollo exclusivo de actividades cooperativas también puede serlo para la de los “más capaces” (que mostrarían el mismo sentimiento de inutilidad y aburrimiento), por lo que resulta lógico pensar que hay que alejarse de ambos extremos y acercarse preferentemente a términos medios en lo que lo primordial sea la participación del alumno y no la naturaleza de las actividades. Así, el planteamiento metodológico del docente se convierte en la pieza clave para mantener la atención e interés de sus alumnos, que son dos de los pilares sobre los que se asienta el trabajo continuo de los mismos, y es de nuestra responsabilidad el saber cuándo convertir un ejercicio o un juego en cooperativo o cuándo llevarlos a cabo de forma competitiva. En este libro les presento la batería de juegos y actividades que más utilizo en mis clases, en campus deportivos y culturales, o en campamentos, precisamente por tratarse de situaciones generales que pueden convertirse fácilmente en un juego cooperativo, en un reto personal, o en una competición entre alumn@s.




Physical Education, Curriculum And Culture


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This collection of studies addresses contemporary issues and problems in the physical education curriculum. While each of the chapters illustrates the diverse range of practical curriculum issues currently facing physical education, the continuities between them also suggest a certain commonality of experience in Britain, North America and Au tralia. In each it is difficult not to detect at least some rumblings of the various crises - environmental, political, economic, social - that are increasingly impacting on everyday lives in the present and shaping thoughts and plans for the future. The editors stress that physical education is a part of social life and is therefore a key site for the production and legitimation of important cultural mores, values and symbols.




Values and Norms in Sport


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This book is accessible to a wide range of teachers, researchers and students in the world of sport. The central research question in the book is how values and norms manifest themselves in sport and what societal meanings they have. Different contributions provide a number of different perspectives.




Instructional Models in Physical Education


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Ensures that physical educators are fully armed with a comprehensive plan for incorporating instructional models in their teaching! Instructional Models for Physical Education has two primary goals for its readers. The first is to familiarize them with the notion of model-based instruction for physical education, including the components and dimensions that determine a model's pattern of teaching and how to select the most effective model for student learning in a particular unit. The second goal is to describe each of the instructional models in such a way to give readers enough information to use any of the models with confidence and good results. The book includes everything readers will need for planning, implementing, and assessing when teaching with instructional models. It will help readers incorporate research-based practices in their lessons, adapt activities to include students of varying abilities, and teach to standards. Models tied to NASPE standards! The author has revised the third edition to show how using the instructional models can help teachers meet specific NASPE standards. The book demonstrates the connection of NASPE standards with the models and clarifies that connection for students. In addition, a table in each of the model chapters shows explicitly how the model aligns with NASPE standards.










Child Friendly Schools Manual


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This Child-Friendly Schools (CFS) Manual was developed during three-and-a-half years of continuous work, involving the United Nations Children's Fund education staff and specialists from partner agencies working on quality education. It benefits from fieldwork in 155 countries and territories, evaluations carried out by the Regional Offices and desk reviews conducted by headquarters in New York. The manual is a part of a total resource package that includes an e-learning package for capacity-building in the use of CFS models and a collection of field case studies to illustrate the state of the art in child-friendly schools in a variety of settings.




Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Through Physical Activity


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This edition presents practical, field-tested ideas for teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) through physical activity in schools and other settings. Includes guidance in teaching affective and social moral goals, an in-depth look into teaching character development and values, and a method for helping students develop personal and social responsibility.




Teaching Translation from Spanish to English


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While many professional translators believe the ability to translate is a gift that one either has or does not have, Allison Beeby Lonsdale questions this view. In her innovative book, Beeby Lonsdale demonstrates how teachers can guide their students by showing them how insights from communication theory, discourse analysis, pragmatics, and semiotics can illuminate the translation process. Using Spanish to English translation as her example, she presents the basic principles of translation through 29 teaching units, which are prefaced by objectives, tasks, and commentaries for the teacher, and through 48 task sheets, which show how to present the material to students. Published in English.




Gamification by Design


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Provides the design strategi and tactics to integrates game mechanics into any kind of consumer-facing website og mobile app