PENZ Auckland/ Team Solutions Workshop 4 Programmes for Performance Improvement Dr Wayne Smith – University of Auckland Margot Bowes- University of Auckland Chris Bright- HOD Whangapoua College

Workshop Overview Skill Acquisition Contemporary Knowledge Dr Wayne Smith University of Auckland Revise Performance Improvement Content Chris Bright HOD Whangapoua College Student Exam Paper Looking at a Performance Improvement Question from an Scholarship Exam paper Margot Bowes University of Auckland Skill Acquisition Contemporary Knowledge Dr Wayne Smith University of Auckland

Workshop Structure 2 Skill Acquisition Contemporary Knowledge Dr Wayne Smith University of Auckland Revise Performance Improvement Content Chris Bright HOD Whangapoua College Student Exam Paper Looking at a Performance Improvement Question from an Scholarship Exam paper Margot Bowes University of Auckland

Workshop Overview Specifications Past Questions Your Performance Improvement Programmes Exemplar of Student Answer from Step group analysis of 2009 answer

2011 Specifications Programmes for performance improvement drawing on: 3.3 Appraising performance 3.4 Performing

2006 Question “ The improvement in physical performance of an individual occurs only as a result of neuromuscular changes and the maturation of genetically predisposed characteristics” What’s the issue here?

2007 Question In NZ carded athletes (targeted because of their ability/ potential) are given opportunity to improve their individual performance by having access to experts. What’s the issue here?

2008 Critically evaluating the value of biomechanical and video analysis in performance improvement What’s this question about?

2009 Critically evaluate whether athletes are made or born? Focus of today’s workshop

2010 Critically evaluate the suggestion that through the application of skill learning theory, unskilled people can be “fixed”. Illustrate your evaluation with appropriate examples from your own knowledge and experience.

Your Performance Improvement Programme Groups of 6 from different schools Briefly introduce yourself to the group What have you been doing in your performance improvement programme at school? What possibilities can you think of for the 2011 question for elite and non-elite programmes?

Time to get Critically Evaluating Step Question/ Evaluate Student Exemplar Step Expert Groups/ Mark Schedule- discuss your section of the essay Step 3- Take the information from your expert group back to your original group. Add in your own experiences of PIP to enhance answer.

Summing it up What mark do you think the exemplar essay would have received? In what way is your combined response better? Take home a 2010 exemplar that got Scholarship and have a read.