Thinking Skills in Physical Education References

Reflective Curricula: Thinking Skills in Physical Education

Here is a series of online and printed references dedicated to the use of thinking skills in the teaching of PE. A short description accompanies each entry.

Banks, J. and Ayres, C. A. (1993) "Thinking skills in physical education", Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 64 (5), p. 7.
Howarth, K. (2000) Context as a factor in teachers' perceptions of the teaching of thinking skills in physical education, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 19, pp. 270-286.
Landers, D. M., Maxwell, W., Butler, J. and Fagen, L. (2001) "Developing Thinking Skills in Physical Education", in Costa, Arthur L. (ed.) Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking, Alexandria, VA: The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, pp. 343-350. Argues that 'every activity within physical education is an opportunity to teach one or more reasoning skills.'
Maxwell, W. (1983) 'Games children play: Powerful tools that teach some thinking skills', in Maxwell, W. (ed.) Thinking: The expanding frontier, Philadelphia: Franklin Institute Press.