1st Edition
Nonlinear Pedagogy and the Athletic Skills Model The Importance of Play in Supporting Physical Literacy
Section 1: Theoretical Positioning of Physical Literacy
1. Time for a Rethink: Why a New Approach to Physical Literacy is Needed
Keith Davids and James Rudd
2. Understanding the Ecological Roots of Physical Literacy and How We Can Build on this to Move Forward
James Rudd
3. What Physical Literacy in the Community Can Teach Us: Learning Designs in Natural Settings
Ian Renshaw and Will Roberts
Section 2: Contemporary Approaches for Operationalising Physical Literacy
4. Why Motor Learning Theory Matters to How We Teach Movement and Physical Literacy
James Rudd and Keith Davids
5. Nonlinear Pedagogy: A New Framework for Designing Learning Environments for Sport, Physical Education and Recreational Activities
Jia Yi Chow
6. Practitioners as Architects of the Environment: How We Can Use Environmental Design Principles to Support Physical Literacy
Daniel Newcombe, Keith Davids, and Will Roberts
7. The Athletic Skills Model: Enhancing Physical Literacy across the Life-span
Geert Savelsbergh and René Wormhoudt
Section 3: Further Considerations and Future Direction of Research and Practice in Physical Literacy
8. A More Holistic Way of Measuring Physical Literacy
Will Roberts and James Rudd
9. What We Have Learned and the way Forward
James Rudd, Ian Renshaw, Daniel Newcombe, Geert Savelsbergh, Jia Yi Chow, Will Roberts, and Keith Davids
Section 4: Exploring New Avenues of Research to Understand Physical Literacy
10. Physical Education: Combining Movement Education and Nonlinear Pedagogy to Provide Meaningful Physical Education Experiences
James Rudd, Lawrence Foweather, Laura O’Callaghan Kattie Fitton Davies, Matteo Crotti, and Rachael Grace
11. Boing and Physical Literacy: A Play Based Movement Programme for Community, School and Sport
Will Roberts, Daniel Newcombe, Sean Longhurst, Ben Franks, and Kit Cutter
12. High Performers: Physical Literacy is Still an Important Consideration
Ian Renshaw and Daniel Newcombe
13. Measuring Physical Literacy: A Fresh Approach
Brett Wilkie, Jonathan Foulkes, Colin Lewis, Carl Woods, Alice Sweeting and Ella Robinson, and James Rudd
14. Development of Creative Movement through Enriched Game Design
Ella Robinson, Colin Lewis, Jonathan Foulkes, Brett Wilkie, Carl Woods, Alice Sweeting and James Rudd
Biography
James Rudd is a senior lecturer in Physical Education at Liverpool John Moores University, UK; his research interests are in the areas of pedagogy, child development and motor learning.
Ian Renshaw is an associate professor of Human Movement and Sports Science at Queensland University of Technology, Autralia.
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh is head of the Motor Learning & Performance section of the Amsterdam Movement Sciences & Institute for Brain and Behaviour at the Vrije Universteit, Netherlands.
Jia Yi Chow is currently the Associate Dean, Programme and Student Development, with the Office of Teacher Education (OTE), National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
Will Roberts is a senior lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, and Academic Course Lead for the MSci/BSc in Sport Coaching Science at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.
Daniel Newcombe is a senior lecturer on the Sport, Coaching & PE degree at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Keith Davids is professor of Motor Learning in the Sport & Human Performance research group at Sheffield Hallam University, UK (2014 onwards), investigating skill acquisition, expertise and talent development in sport.
