Richard Light
University of Canterbury
128 Papers
463 Citations
Richard Light is an academic researcher from University of Canterbury. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coaching & Football. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 126 publications. Previous affiliations of Richard Light include University of Sydney & University of Melbourne.
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Papers
Complex learning theory - its epistemology and its assumptions about learning: implications for physical education.
TL;DR: In this paper, the epistemology and assumptions about learning that constructivist theories of learning rest upon are examined, and examples of, and suggestions for, the application of constructivism in practice and within which the body forms a prominent theme.
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Knowing the Game: Integrating Speech and Action in Games Teaching Through TGfU
Richard Light,Rod Fawns +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that games taught in physical education using TGfU as a form educational conversation in which the mind, expressed in speech, and the body embodied in action, embody the ideal holistic learning experience that simultaneously provides for cognitive, affective, social, and physical learning.
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Improving 'at-action' decision-making in team sports through a holistic coaching approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on Game Sense pedagogy and complex learning theory (CLT) to make suggestions for improving decision-making ability in team sports by adopting a holistic approach to coaching with a focus on decision making "at-action".
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Positive Pedagogy for Sport Coaching
Richard Light,Stephen C. Harvey +1 more
- 29 Nov 2016
TL;DR: The literature suggests that, despite some challenges in their implementation, player/athlete-centred, inquiry-based approaches to teaching games and coaching team sport can improve game playing ability, increase player motivation and provide positive affective experiences of learning as discussed by the authors.
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Game Sense: Pedagogy for Performance, Participation and Enjoyment
Richard Light
- 25 Jun 2012
TL;DR: In this article, the development of game sense is discussed and a framework for learning in and through game sense for Physical Education and Sport Coaching is presented, along with an assessment of knowledge-in-action in team games.
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