Description

Please join the Research Network Chair, local host and other members of the Research Network to open the conference. 

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Special Focus: Teaching & Learning Physical Education

Expanding social horizons requires a modernization of the education system, and this is just as much the case for Physical Education as every other area of the curriculum. Physical Education is a way of promoting sporting and related social values in students from an early age. Recent methodological trends in Physical Education teaching focus on the role of student interests in developing motivation and engagement. They point to pedagogical models as the primary tool for achieving these goals, supported by productive peer relations, self-discipline, or personal autonomy. Hybridizing multiple pedagogical models allows teachers to adapt their teaching methodologies to the ever-changing school context. In these ways, Physical Education is now brought closer to students' needs and interests. Additionally, competence-based teaching has become established in educational policy around the world as a means to set and evaluate pedagogical goals. In these ways, an interdisciplinary subject such as Physical Education meets our society's social and educational requirements.