Teaching values and life skills to different age groups

Physical education and sports (PES) are included in many school curricula across the globe. Students come from diverse age groups, and thus, coaches and teachers play a crucial role in delivering age-appropriate content to educate their students. Prior research has highlighted that learners of different ages respond to instructions differently, presenting the need to differentiate the teaching approaches adopted. This chapter begins by explaining the “anatomy” of a typical physical education lesson or sports coaching session. The chapter then further extends the key ideas discussed in Chapter 6 with the aim of illustrating a range of research-driven strategies that can be incorporated in a practical manner for both primary (age 7–12) and secondary school (age 13–17) levels while emphasising the need for student-centricity, autonomy, and physicality.