ABSTRACT
The uses of digital video and self-modeling in physical education that are most pertinent and effective include video demonstration, providing videotape feedback, recording and analyzing students’ movement, and self-review and feedforward for improving students’ motor skills. In this chapter, many uses of digital video and self-modeling in physical education will be introduced, and a comprehensive overview of evidence informed practices of digital video and self-modeling used in physical education will be provided. This chapter will present a variety of digital video-based teaching skills to promote physical education teachers’ teaching competences. With regard to students’ performances, digital video and self-modeling are essential for their success in physical education classroom. Students can use digital video to watch demonstration, record their learning behaviors and make portfolios so that they can improve their motor skills and knowledge in physical education classes. Further, self-modeling is a procedure in which students see themselves on videotape demonstrating only successful behavior, which contains positive self-review and feedforwards. In physical education classroom, the use of self-modeling is a notable promotion for students’ motor skills. With many examples and utilizes of digital video, suggestions inspired by digital video and self-modeling on teaching and learning in physical education will be offered in this chapter.
