This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of over 40 years of research on models in physical education to suggest Models-based Practice (MbP) as an innovative future approach to physical education. It lays out the ideal conditions for MbP to flourish by situating pedagogical models at the core of physical education programs.

Ashley Casey is Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy at Loughborough University, UK and Series Editor of the Routledge Focus on Sport Pedagogy.

David Kirk is Professor of Education at the University of Strathclyde, UK, Honorary Professor of Human Movement Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia and Series Editor of the Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport.

1. Why Models-Based Practice? 2. What is Models-Based Practice? 3. The Practice Architectures of Pedagogical Models 4. A Meso Practice Architectures Perspective of Four Pedagogical Models 5. The Implementation and Reconfiguration of Pedagogical Models at the Micro-Level: From Articulation to Actualisation 6. Reorganising Physical Education Through Pedagogical Models: The Possibility of Mbp 7. What Conditions Need to be in Place for Models-Based Practice to Become a Reality in Physical Education?