Course

Applied Methods: Game-Centered Approaches

Faculty
Science & Technology
Department
Sport Science
Course code
SPSC 2399
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
30
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Lab
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
Fall
Winter
Summer

Overview

Course description
In this course, students experience both the Tactical Games Model and the Sport Education Model to develop pedagogical skills within target, net/wall, striking/fielding, and invasion/territorial games. Participation in, and planning of, target, net/wall, striking/fielding, and invasion/territorial games is a course requirement. This course is open to students of all physical abilities.
Course content
  • Games-centered approaches
    • Traditional Models
    • Tactical Games Model
    • Sport Education Model
  • Modifying and adapting games for optimal inclusion / challenge
  • Developmentally appropriate
    • Formative games
    • Innovative games
    • Inclusion games
  • Games structure
    • Purposes
    • Players
    • Movement
    • Objects
    • Organization
    • Limits
  • Common game elements
    • Locomotion
    • Movement
    • Manipulative
    • Cognitive
    • Social
    • Teamwork
  • Game categories
    • Foundational / developmental games
    • Low level games
    • Cooperative games
    • Competitive games
    • Modified games
    • Small sided games
    • Target games
    • Net / wall games
    • Striking / fielding games
    • Invasion / territorial / go-to, go-through games
  • Games assessment
    • Formative
    • Summative
  • Planning for instruction
    • Sampling
    • Representation
    • Exaggeration
    • Tactical complexity
    • Transfer
Learning activities

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lectures, group work, practical applications, peer teaching and experiential learning.

Means of assessment

Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will be based on the following:


Performance evaluations    10-40%
Microteaching lessons        10-40%
Reflective journal               0-40%
Article reviews                   0-40%
Class observations             0-40%
Games portfolio                10-40%
Total                                100%

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • use the Tactical Games Model and the Sport Education Model to demonstrate pedagogical content knowledge (teaching ability);
  • create developmentally appropriate game progressions of techniques and tactics (from simple to complex) for various groups;
  • compare tactical similarities within and between the game categories through experiences in a variety of small-sided games;
  • detect accurate representations of techniques and tactics required to solve tactical problems that occur during game play;
  • work within teams to organize, administer, and officiate various target, striking/fielding, net/wall, and invasion/territorial games.
Textbook materials

Consult the Douglas College Bookstore for the latest required textbooks and materials. Sample textbooks may include:

Mitchell, S.A., Oslin, J.L., & Griffin, L.L. (current edition). Teaching Sport Concepts and Kkills: A Tactical Games Approach For Ages 7 to 18. Human Kinetics.

Siedentop, D., Hastie, P.A., & Van Der Mars, H. (current edition). Complete Guide to Sport Education. Human Kinetics.

Requisites

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers to Other Institutions

Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.

Institution Transfer details for SPSC 2399
Alexander College (ALEX) No credit
Athabasca University (AU) AU EDUC 2XX (3)
Camosun College (CAMO) CAMO SFL 3XX (3)
College of the Rockies (COTR) COTR KNES 1XX (3)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) KPU EDUC 2XXX (3)
Langara College (LANG) LANG KINS 2XXX (3)
Simon Fraser University (SFU) No credit
Trinity Western University (TWU) TWU HKIN 2XX (3)
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) No credit
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC EDUC 1XX (3)
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) UFV KIN 122 (3)
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC EPHE 2XX (1.5)
Vancouver Community College (VCC) No credit
Vancouver Island University (VIU) VIU KIN 2nd (3)

Course Offerings

Winter 2026

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
30
Currently enrolled
0
Remaining seats:
30
On waitlist
0
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N1119
Times:
Start Time
14:30
-
End Time
16:20
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
GYM
Times:
Start Time
14:30
-
End Time
16:20
Section notes

SPSC 2399 001 - Registration is restricted to Sport Science Diploma and Bachelor of Physical Education and Coaching students until December 1st, 2025. Registration in this course provides registrants with a 'time conflict' error. This error can be disregarded for this course as it is due to a required room booking overlap.