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Creative Approaches to Physical Education http://avaxho.me/blogs/ChrisRedfield Creative Approaches to Physical Education Helping children to achieve their true potential Edited by Jim Lavin First published 2008 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2008 Jim Lavin All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Creative approaches to physical education : helping children to achieve their true potential / edited by Jim Lavin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–415–44588–7 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–203–92784–7 (ebook) 1. Physical education for children—Study and teaching (Elementary)—Great Britain. 2. Physical fitness for children—Study and teaching (Elementary)—Great Britain. I. Lavin, Jim. GV443.C74 2008 613.7'042—dc22 2007044887 ISBN 0-203-92784-2 Master e-book ISBN ISBN10: 0–415–44588–4 (pbk) ISBN10: 0–203–92784–2 (ebk) ISBN13: 978–0–415–44588–7 (pbk) ISBN13: 978–0–203–92784–7 (ebk) Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Acknowledgements Foreword Preface 1 The creative agenda and its relationship to physical education viii x xii xiii xiv 1 Jim Lavin The nature of creativity in school 3 The relationship of physical education to creativity 4 Physical education teachers’ understanding of creativity 4 Teaching styles appropriate to the creativity agenda 5 The distinction between creative teachers and creative learners in the physical education context 7 Do pupils need prior learning in order to be creative? 7 Alternative approaches to learning 8 The acceptance of creative approaches 10 2 Creative games at Key Stages 2 and 3: moving the goal posts 12 Jim Lavin Part 1: the teaching for creativity approach 12 Part 2: creative teaching in physical education in Key Stages 2 and 3 22 Conclusion 27 3 Teaching dance: a framework for creativity Glenn Swindlehurst and Alison Chapman Introduction 29 What is dance and why teach it? 29 Dance at Key Stage 2 (Glenn Swindlehurst) 30 The development of dance in the curriculum 30 29 vi Contents Dance and movement 30 The creative dance process 31 Using professional dance works to teach dance at Key Stage 3 (Alison Chapman) 41 Dance and the Key Stage 3 Programme of Study 42 Being creative through dance 43 Using professional dance performances as a framework to study dance at Key Stage 3 43 A few guidelines to help you use recorded dance effectively 45 Professional dance and the National Curriculum 46 4 Creativity and gymnastics 55 Lawry Price Values and principles 55 Developing a rationale for gymnastics teaching 57 National Curriculum physical education – gymnastic activities 59 Teaching strategies for gymnastic activities – help and hindrances to progressive learning 63 First gymnastics lessons with new classes 64 Extracurricular work – the school gym club 68 Ideas for promoting a gymnastics mov