The Contribution of Constructivism in Teaching Swimming
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeag.68(3).26Keywords:
teaching swimming, learning and teaching of swimming, constructivist perspective.Abstract
This article aims to take stock of the possible contribution of constructivism to the renewal of the pedagogy of swimming. If the pedagogies oriented by constructivism have profoundly renewed the ways of understanding the teaching of team sports, the same is not true with regard to the teaching of sports disciplines that are predominantly technical. By identifying the differences and the points in common between the various forms of constructivism, the article proposes a pedagogical framework oriented by this epistemology that can be mobilized in the teaching of swimming. Two case studies and their consequences for learning are proposed in the teaching of butterfly and breaststroke techniques.
Contribuția constructivismului în predarea înotului. Acest articol își propune să urmărească o posibilă contribuție a constructivismului la reînnoirea pedagogiei specifice înotului. Dacă pedagogiile orientate de constructivism au reînnoit profund modalitățile de înțelegere a predării sporturilor de echipă, nu același lucru este valabil și în ceea ce privește predarea disciplinelor sportive predominant tehnice. Prin identificarea diferențelor și a punctelor comune dintre diferitele forme de constructivism, articolul propune un cadru pedagogic orientat de această epistemologie care poate fi mobilizat în predarea înotului. Două studii de caz și consecințele lor în învățare, sunt propuse în vederea predării tehnicilor de înot fluture și bras.
Cuvinte-cheie: predarea înotului, predarea și învățarea înotului, perspective constructiviste.
Received 2023 July 28; Revised 2023 September 3; Accepted 2023 September 4; Available online 2023 September 30; Available print 2023 November 30
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