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Author:   Alan Ovens ,  Tim Hopper ,  Joy Butler (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780415507219

ISBN 10:   0415507219
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   05 December 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1. Complexity thinking in Physical Education; Reframing pedagogy, curriculum and research Chapter 2. Complexity of Intervention: Implementing Curricula in the Authentic World of Schools Chapter 3. Introducing Conditions of Complexity in the Context of Scottish Physical Education Chapter 4. Complexity, Equity and Critical Approaches to Physical Education Chapter 5. Affordance networks and the complexity of learning Chapter 6. Intentionality, Coordination dynamics and the complexity of human movement Chapter 7. Ongoing adaptation as a feature of complexity: Further thoughts and possible ideas for pedagogy in physical activity Chapter 8. ""Another damned, thick, square book!"" Tracing learning theory in physical education textbooks, 1900-2010 Chapter 9. Enabling Constraints: Co-creating Situated Learning in Inventing Games Chapter 10. Effective Learning Design for the Individual: A Nonlinear Pedagogical Approach in Physical Education Chapter 11. A nonlinear pedagogy for sports teams as social neurobiological systems: How teams can harness self-organization tendencies Chapter 12. Emergence in School Integrated Teacher Education for elementary PE teachers: Mapping a complex learning system Chapter 13. The ""Complex Thinking"" paradigm in Physical Education Teacher Education: Perspectives about the ""reflective practitioner"" concept in France Chapter 14. Modification by Adaptation: Proposing Another Pedagogical Principle for TGfU Chapter 15. Thinking about complexity thinking for physical education"

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Alan Ovens is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research interests are in the area of teacher education and educational sociology. He coordinates the Faculty’s Special Interest Network in Complexity (SINC) and leads a Research Network in HPE Teacher Education. Tim Hopper is an Associate Professor in the School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His research interests are in the areas of teacher education, physical education and how complexity thinking informs learning. Joy Butler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her research interests are in the areas of teacher education, constructivist learning theory, complexity thinking and situated ethics. She is active in international scholarship, organization and advocacy for TGfU.

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