Class Didactics of Collective Sports Games

The DJDC UC in the authentic assessment line addresses the problem of how to produce valid and reliable JDC domain classifications from assessment testing using the PNEF game levels.

In a theoretical-practical approach that is based on formative assessment, the most appropriate learning situations are also presented to improve the quality of the game and the players in the PNEF core subjects.

In this context, we consider the specificities of Collective Sports Games in Physical Education and School Sports, so that from the critical reflection and the study can develop the decision-making ability that allows informed choices.

• The Collective Sports Games in PNEF. The three levels of specification of each subject and the criteria of distinction of levels.
• The differentiation in the teaching of the JDC in the different schooling cycles: from the Preparation Games (pre-sports) to the mastery of the specific basic fundamentals (1º, 2ºC); from the domain of the main elements of a more formal character to a higher level of interpretation of each subject (3 ° C + S).
• JDC typology - taxonomic analysis.
• The JDCs in School Sports. Preparation of the group / team in a context of vocational and specialized training.
• The Teaching Methodologies in the JDCs. Learning situations in the context of reduced, fractioned, conditioned and directed play. Analytical training of the technique.
• The specific aspects of the JDC evaluation. Assessment of collective performance; Evaluation criteria and observation indicators; Observation training associated with prescription and evaluation.

In the first semester:
Through systematic video observation, which uses permanent records of different levels of game,
discriminatory observation and classification of players in the game situation are trained, and the great
problems of evaluation with respect to the specificity of the JDC are evidenced.
In continuous evaluation, four assessment sheets (test situations, evaluation criteria to distinguish levels
of game and observation indicators by level) and and two Assessment Tests are carried out.
On the second semester:
Based on the interpretation of assessment records, teaching units are created with learning situations
that allow the fulfillment of levels of play.
Observations are made in the Training Centers of the didactics of teaching and assessment in the JDC at
different levels of schooling, with the possibility of performing pedagogical support tasks.
In continuous evaluation, two Assessment Tests are carried out.

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