Improving engagement and learning in handball teaching: A pedagogical experience with high school students

Authors

  • Sara Neves Agrupamento de Escolas Dr. Manuel Laranjeira
  • Luisa Estriga Facultade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação, Formação, Inovação e Intervenção em Desporto
  • Guilherme Vieira Facultade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto
  • Paula Batista Facultade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto; Centro de Investigação, Formação, Inovação e Intervenção em Desporto dade do Porto Centro de Investigação, Formação, Inovação e Intervenção em Desporto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17398/1885-7019.20.235

Keywords:

Physical Education, Competence model, Observational Tasks, Peer-assessment, Learning

Abstract

The inadequacy of sports facilities in schools significantly impacts Physical Education (PE), particularly the teaching of sports games. This pedagogical experience took place in the context of a school placement whose purpose was to analyze the formative value of observational tasks and peer-assessment in the participation and involvement of students in a handball teaching unit taught under the aegis of the competence model of invasion games in reduced spaces. The experience occurred during the second semester of the 2022/2023 academic year, spanning 11 PE classes with twenty-seven 11th-grade students. Data sources included the preservice teacher logbook, student observational records, and a focus group with students conducted at the intervention's conclusion. Thematic content analysis procedures were employed to analyze the informative content of the various instruments. Results indicate that teaching focused on game problems, along with observational and peer-assessment tasks, facilitated the involvement of all students in the class and promoted learning. This learning encompassed motor skills development, comprehension of game dynamics, and understanding of handball competition organization and rules. Students expressed appreciation for the experience, particularly highlighting the observation and peer-assessment processes.

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Author Biographies

  • Luisa Estriga, Facultade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação, Formação, Inovação e Intervenção em Desporto

    Assistant Professor at the Sports Faculty (Porto University, Portugal) since 2009. Member of the Centre of Research Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport (CIFI2D). Currently she is a team member of a granted FCT project (2022.09013.PTDC), about “Empowering pre-service teachers as practitioner researchers toward PE inclusive practices”. She has been involved in Erasmus projects, such as PRO(F)LITERACY (2020-1-PT02-KA205-006692) and Entrepreneurship & Youth Empowerment (2019-2-PT02-KA205-006015). She, jointly with another author (Paula Batista), got two project awarded in contests promoted by the UP Department of Pedagogical Innovation: ‘The construction of Professional Knowledge in school placement using Active Learning and Autoscopy Methodologies’, 2017, and ‘Getting involved to learn: a pilot study Physical Education teacher education in teaching team sport games’, 2020.

    Is currently a member of the University Handball Teachers group of the European Handball Federation, an expert for the International Handball Federation (IHF) and for the European Handball Federation (EHF), and has defining and writing new methods and new support materials for both Federations (examples can be found here: https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/2020-03/H@S_booklet_0.pdf) and https://activities.eurohandball.com/media/ac5o4rh0/circle-hb-life-manual-v3.pdf).

    She is an author and co-author of books, manuscripts, and studies about teaching and coaching beginners and young handball players, where she approaches ideas, concepts and methods based on game-based approaches about how to enhance game play appreciation, understanding and skilled play.  Her most relevant pedagogical work can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/TEAM-HANDBALL-STEP-STEP-Instructional/dp/9892094654

  • Paula Batista, Facultade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto; Centro de Investigação, Formação, Inovação e Intervenção em Desporto dade do Porto Centro de Investigação, Formação, Inovação e Intervenção em Desporto

    Assistant Professor in the Sports Pedagogy Department of FADEUP. She is a member of the Research Centre of Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport and of the Research and Intervention in Education Centre, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. She has vast experience in research projects granted by Foundation for Science and Technology as Principal Researcher (PR) (PTDC/DES/115922/2009 and2022.09013.PTDC) and by the Pedagogical Innovation Department of the University of Porto. She is also involved in Erasmus, projects, with different roles, in the sports area (613311-EPP-1-2019-1-PT-SPO-SCP Senior advisor); Youth in action (2019-2-PT02-KA205-006015 and KA105-9BB2EDC8 – both as leader of the UP team); and inclusion (FPYE-004.21-INN – as member). Currently, she is PI of a granted FCT project (2022.09013.PTDC)  and  team member of other also granted FCT (PTDC/CED-EDG/1039/2021). She is Associate Editor of the Journal of Sport Pedagogy & Research of the Scientific Society of Sport Pedagogy. Her main research interests are around professional competence, professional identity and pedagogical supervision related to teacher education and professional development, namely in communities of practice environments. Research around curriculum development in Physical Education, teaching, learning and assessment issues are also the focus of her research interests.

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Improving engagement and learning in handball teaching: A pedagogical experience with high school students. (2024). E-Balonmano Com Journal Sports Science, 20(3), 235-248. https://doi.org/10.17398/1885-7019.20.235