Educational Gymnastics: Embodiment of a constraints agility approach

Citation

Murray A & Kaitell E (2022) Educational Gymnastics: Embodiment of a constraints agility approach. In: Griggs G & Randall V (eds.) An Introduction to Primary Physical Education. Second ed. Second edition. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge), pp. 123-142. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003257783

Abstract
In this chapter, the case is made for providing children throughout the primary age range with opportunities to improve and enhance their body management skills. Educational gymnastics provides a variety of developmentally appropriate opportunities for children to develop their motor competence. As well as existing as its own physical educational area, it provides a foundational base for progressions into other forms of physical activities, in and beyond the curriculum. This chapter suggests ways educators can create and facilitate movement exploration, acquisition and transfer across culturally nuanced learning opportunities. It rests upon constraint analysis as an ecological teaching and learning movement approach and pedagogical tool. It aims to inform educators and empower learners as they revisit conceptions around limitations to their learning.

Keywords
Primary physical education; curriculum

Notes
Written exclusively by primary Physical Education specialists.