Analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contexts
This article supports the idea of modifying traditional games and sports in order to provide students with significant educational experiences. First, a structural-functional analysis of traditional games is presented. Second, a teaching strategy to enhance their potential in physical education clas...
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| author | Antonio Méndez-Giménez Javier Fernández-Río |
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| description | This article supports the idea of modifying traditional games and sports in order to provide students with significant educational experiences. First, a structural-functional analysis of traditional games is presented. Second, a teaching strategy to enhance their potential in physical education classes is introduced. Third, an approach to make traditional games more vivid for students is offered. The structure of each of the traditional games’ categories is revised, and a few changes are introduced bearing in mind the children’s characteristics and the school context’s limitations. Finally, homemade materials are presented as a perfect tool for these changes, and to foster children’s participation and motivation on traditional games |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da63f0b44b1c4bbbb4d344c163635c682022-12-21T21:43:24ZengFEADEFRetos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación1579-17261988-20412011-01-011195458Analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contextsAntonio Méndez-GiménezJavier Fernández-RíoThis article supports the idea of modifying traditional games and sports in order to provide students with significant educational experiences. First, a structural-functional analysis of traditional games is presented. Second, a teaching strategy to enhance their potential in physical education classes is introduced. Third, an approach to make traditional games more vivid for students is offered. The structure of each of the traditional games’ categories is revised, and a few changes are introduced bearing in mind the children’s characteristics and the school context’s limitations. Finally, homemade materials are presented as a perfect tool for these changes, and to foster children’s participation and motivation on traditional gameshttp://www.retos.org/numero_19/19-11.htmlTraditional gamesFolk gamesPhysical EducationHomemade materials |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Méndez-Giménez Javier Fernández-Río Analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contexts Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación Traditional games Folk games Physical Education Homemade materials |
| title | Analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contexts |
| title_full | Analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contexts |
| title_fullStr | Analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contexts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contexts |
| title_short | Analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contexts |
| title_sort | analysis and modification of traditional games and sports towards their correct use in educational contexts |
| topic | Traditional games Folk games Physical Education Homemade materials |
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