A Level PE - Methods of Guidance:

A Level PE - Methods of Guidance:

Guidance:

Guidance: any information given to learners to help them develop their skills, the type of guidance given depends on:

• The stage of learning of the individual 
• The nature of the activity
• Individual preferences - style of learning

Visual Guidance:

• The learner is shown what to do
• Used in all stages, but is most important in the cognitive stage
• Demonstrations by a teacher/coach or another component could be used
• The demonstration must be accurate so the learner can create an accurate mental picture of the skill

Advantages:

• Learner can see accurate performance, vision is often dominant sense
• Beginners (cognitive stage) create a mental picture
• We tend to learn through imitation
• Demonstrations show a technically good model 
• ‘Slow motion’ on a video can help individual learn the skill accurately in autonomous phase
• Skilled performers can use to analyse their performance
• Helps to form a mental picture of skill
• Can highlight technical points in complex skills

Disadvantages:

• Problems if no accurate image available
• Coach may not be able to demonstrate accurately 
• Complex skills may have too much info in them for the learner to take in when skill is demonstrated
• Aids can quickly loose their impact

How and when used?

• Very effective in cognitive stage, but can be used for all 3
• When using video in associative and autonomous stages, demonstrations can be slowed down to highlight key points/phases

Verbal Guidance:

• Frequently used method
• Can be from a teacher or the learner to him/herself
• Used a lot by coaches to explain the task and describe the actions <- must be clear and concise
• It’s used effectively used to highlight the importance of…