{"product_id":"playing-fair-9781450435437","title":"Playing Fair","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joy I. Butler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Human Kinetics Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Physical Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Games, in the right environment and with the right guidance from teachers, offer students opportunities to grow as independent problem solvers, decision makers, and team players. In addition, students can learn a host of other skills, strategies, and concepts that can transfer not only to other games but also to other life situations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaying Fair\u003c\/i\u003e shows teachers how to create the learning environments typical of the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach. This text takes the TGfU approach to a new level, incorporating the development of group processes and democratic behaviors that promote personal growth as well as the ability to thrive in group situations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Antisocial behavior and bullying are ongoing problems in schools today. The concepts and practical ideas for lessons offered in \u003ci\u003ePlaying Fair\u003c\/i\u003e address those problems proactively as students learn about conflict resolution, inclusion, democratic decision making, leadership, and bullying. The topics in this book come together in developing the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains, all primary goals of the physical education curriculum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Peek Inside \u003ci\u003ePlaying Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaying Fair \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eoffers teachers these benefits: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePractical classroom stories \u003c\/b\u003eshowing teachers how they can apply theory and learning situations to their own students and school context \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003eActivities that include modifications\u003c\/b\u003e so teachers can apply the games with students of all developmental levels \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLearning checks\u003c\/b\u003e consisting of questions for teachers to ask their students in order to assess their learning \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003eKey Concepts\u003c\/b\u003e, a special element that calls out important concepts for readers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The first part of the book covers the process of inventing games and the democratic principles involved, how social justice can be taught and learned through games, understanding the TGfU classification system, curriculum design, and pedagogical principles. The remaining 10 chapters show how to implement the concepts presented in the earlier chapters. Readers learn how to invent and play a variety of games: target games, striking games, net\/wall games, and invasion games. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Your Students Will Gain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Implementing the principles advocated in this book will help learners in these ways: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Better understand and appreciate the constructs of game play through external and internalized schemas \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Transfer concepts, strategies, tactics, and skills within and among game categories \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Improve their performance and become more engaged in their own learning \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Become more self-effective and empowered as they understand and value the processes of decision making \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Understand how democracy works from the bottom up \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Grasp that democracy is tenuous, that it breaks down in the absence of active social justice, and that we all have a role and responsibility in constructing and reconstructing it, moment by moment \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaying Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewill help students gain a better understanding of themselves and others, and it will make them sensitive to issues such as social justice, collaboration, negotiation, inclusiveness, and fairneess. Students will learn to make informed decisions in the context of their invented games and to make intentional, reasoned inquiries about game situations, which they can then transfer to other areas of their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBringing Systemic Change and Facilitating Personal Growth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book will help teachers and coaches teach the principles of game play and those of democracy and citizenship in concrete ways. They will contribute to systemic change in the school culture--a culture in which students learn to create their own games and gamelike situations wherein concepts, skills, and strategies can be learned in context through a process called democracy in action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The bottom line is simple. \u003ci\u003ePlaying Fair\u003c\/i\u003e brings out inherent qualities that have been part of games since the beginning of humankind: play, fun, challenge, inventiveness, teamwork, friendship, and quick thinking. Along the way, games offer opportunities for moral and spiritual development--and the games in \u003ci\u003ePlaying Fair\u003c\/i\u003e offer all that and more. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Human Kinetics Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595796496535,"sku":"9781450435437","price":3484.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781450435437.webp?v=1774991218","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/playing-fair-9781450435437","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}