Week 2 - Learning Domains and Teaching for Personal and Social Responsibility

Since my first year studying BHPE, we have been exposed to the 3 different learning domains.

• Cognitive

• Psychomotor

• Affective

The domains are utilised to categorise and specify human learning and primary outcomes of instruction.

However, it has only been in the past week after my EEH404 lecture and completing set readings that the learning domains have been highlighted as a vital part when we as educators choose an instructional model or pedagogical approach from a models based approach (MBP).

Each model highlights learning domain priorities and domain interactions and therefore indicate a significance of the domains when choosing a model.

For example; before choosing a model to teach with, we must consider what we are aiming for? What is our goal? What is it that students should take away from this lesson?

Once we know what our goal is, we can figure out a domain priorities and then match these to that of a model or approach, x, y and z.

An example of an instructional model that is used often in Physical Education, is the Teaching for Personal and Social Responsibility [TPSR]. This model helps students thrive - taking responsibility about conducting ones self and the treatment of others (Wright).

It focuses on the affective or social domain of learning with the second priority being determined by the content or context of the work and either being psychomotor cognitive domains. Gurvitch & Metzler (2010 p.33) identify themes and teaching or learning assumptions aligning the domains with each model which provides almost a specificity and descriptions to identify the link between the domains and instructional models.

TPSR provides themes that enlist the educator as a counsellor or negotiator whilst the learners are empowered to make choices and have a social responsibility (Gurvitch & Metzler 2010 p.33). It links in with the Victorian Curriculum as students are encouraged to meet areas of achievement standards that enable them to make their own decisions, to have and promote respectful relationships and to 'contribute to healthy and active communities'. Thorburn (2017 p.50) identifies the approach as promoting contemporary thinking and a more holistic approach to teaching physical education and curriculum cohesion.

We can explicitly link the approach to curriculum ideas of teaching drugs and alcohol and the approach promoting students to work independently, work for themselves, resisting peer pressure, and creating self direction (Theory Breakdown). TPSR utilises PE and Sport as the vehicle for teaching life skills (Wright).

References

Episode 13: Dr. Paul Wright discussing a Tool for Assessing Responsibility-based education (TARE) (2018) Playing with Research in Health and Physical Education ANCHOR, 27 November, 15 March 2020, <https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/theory-breakdown-6-tpsr-teaching-personal-social-responsibility/id1434195823?i=1000424654644>

Gurvitch, R. and Metzler, M., 2010. Theory into practice: Keeping the purpose in mind: The implementation of instructional models in physical education settings.Strategies,23(3), pp.32-35.

Image: <https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Learning-domains-Note-Bloom-et-als-1956-learning-domains-are-interrelated-and-can-be_fig1_320916837>

Richards, K.A.R., Jacobs, J.M., Ivy, V.N. and Lawson, M.A., 2019. Preservice teachers perspectives and experiences teaching personal and social responsibility. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, pp.1-13.

Theory Breakdown - see Theory Breakdown 6: TPSR (Teaching Personal & Social Responsibility) with Dr. Paul Wright 2018

Theory Breakdown 6: TPSR (Teaching Personal & Social Responsibility) with Dr. Paul Wright 2018 Playing with Research in Health and Physical Education ANCHOR, 27 November, 15 March 2020, <https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/theory-breakdown-6-tpsr-teaching-personal-social-responsibility/id1434195823?i=1000424654644>

Thorburn, M. ed., 2017.Transformative learning and teaching in physical education. Taylor & Francis.

Wright - see Episode 13: Dr. Paul Wright discussing a Tool for Assessing Responsibility-based education (TARE)