1st Asia Pacific Sport in Education Conference
Ngunyawaiendi Yerthoappendi
Play to Educate

21st January 2008

The Flinders University School of Education Physical Education Research Group invites teachers, academics, sport educators and coaches to the 1st Asia Pacific Sport in Education Conference - Ngunyawaiendi Yerthoappendi (which is Kaurna for ‘play to educate’).

This conference will share practice and research into games and sport curriculum and pedagogy to promote, advocate and situate games and sports' contribution to education. In the 1980's physical education models such as Sport Education in Physical Education (SEPEP) and Teaching Sport and Games for Understanding (TGfU) were developed to increase motivation, engagement, cognition, confidence and competence in being physically active through games and sport. This conference seeks to refocus and engage research, development efforts and progress of these original models in school and sport settings.

This conference will be of interest to:

• Teachers
• Sport Educators & Coaches
• Sport Providers & Sport Facilitators
• Community Groups
• Academics Researching Sport & Education
• School Administrators
• Student Teachers
  

It will be an opportunity for participants to connect with key sporting organisations and the curriculum resources and programs they have developed to support both learning through games and sport in physical education, and national curriculum initiatives like values education, literacy and numeracy, across the curriculum. Conference participants will be able to learn from academics researching in the field of games and sport education as well as learn from physical education teachers who have successfully implemented games for understanding and sport pedagogies in the field.

The Sport Education in Physical Education Program (SEPEP) is a curriculum model for use in school physical education programs. SEPEP provides opportunities for connections with community junior sport and is predominantly used in upper primary and secondary school physical education programs.

Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and its related models (Game Sense; Play Practice; Tactical Games; Play Smart; Playing For Life) are situated and learner centred models for the teaching and coaching of games and sport. They are aimed at generating greater understanding of all aspects of game play, while increasing engagement, motivation, cognition and enjoyment in sport and games learning.