Former president of EUPEA, Scientific advisor, Federal Institute of Sport, Bern University of Applied Sciences
Physical Literacy, a key competence for life-long learning
15 November 2016, 11:45 – 12:10
Context of our proposal
In 2006 the EU Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted a Recommendation on Key competences for Life Long learning. The introductory part of the presentation shall give a picture of the EU Reference framework .
“Aiming to respond to the changes in society and economy and following the consultation on the review of the 2006 Recommendation on Key competences, the European Framework of Key Competences for Lifelong Learning needs to be revised and updated. Based on the experiences of last decade, the Recommendation should address the challenges in implementing competence-oriented education, training and learning.”
Why choose this construct
In this presentation we’ll focus on two axes for supporting the construct of physical literacy: the education (EU documents) and health ( publication of health journal as British Journal of Sport Medicine) .
The term physical literacy has been used in the academic literature since the 1930s1; however, it was not until the 1990s that the construct was re-introduced, embraced by several countries and gained significant attention.
Together, health and education bodies are advocating for the need to have quality physical literacy experiences in sport and recreation, which have deliberate practice methods of well-designed learning tasks and concepts (eg, balance, spatial awareness, movement decision-making and sequencing) that allow for skill acquisition in an instructional climate focused on mastery and where the level of challenge is offered suitable to each .
Promote positive motivating learning experiences that encourage continued participation.
Physical literacy – model, example, measurement
The last part of the presentation will use one Australian and one Canadian model as good examples and suggest an adaptation for Europe. “Physical Literacy: When the Sum of the Parts Is Greater than the Whole” (D.Dudley,2017).
The assessment, measuring Physical literacy stays a difficult question that will be discussed.