Dr Carla Valerio

This chapter explores a gymnastics unit of work based on overarching situated learning and student-centered principles that also lay at the heart of games-based approaches' conceptual foundations. With the constituents of 'Gymnastics for All' in Australia that explore multiple gymnastics disciplines, this unit uses Laban's Movement framework to explore different dimensions of movement interaction (body, space, effort, and relationships) that guide students toward the creative exploration of gymnastics-related dominant movement patterns, individual (individual elements and links) and group elements (spotting and acrobatic elements) and contact with apparatus. The situated learning principles will be explored throughout both levels of the presented pedagogical framework in an intertwined manner according to the student's learning progression (situated in their context, progression, collaboration, and pace of new achievements). This unit proposes collaborative interaction movement, creative exploration, critical thinking development, and accountability through designing, preparing, and presenting a thematic choreography in work groups.