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Situated learning as a theoretical framework for sport education

  • David Kirk
    ,
  • Gary Kinchin
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

The article seeks to establish the usefulness of situated learning theory as a means of thinking differently about the alleged abstraction of school learning in a range of subjects including physical education, and the issue of transfer of learning. Following a discussion of Lave and Wenger’s notion of situated learning as legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice, the article explores the potential of Siedentop’s sport education model as a means of providing young people with educative and authentic experiences of sport as legitimate peripheral participants. It is concluded that sport education may have the potential to provide educative and authentic experiences of sport, but that further detailed empirical investigation is required to establish the conditions in which this potential might be realized.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 221-235

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

European Physical Education Review (Volume 9, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/10/2003

Publication status

Published - 01/10/2003

ISSN

1356-336X

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/229033

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