ABSTRACT
What are the key principles of Nonlinear Pedagogy for teachers and coaches to understand? In this chapter, the concepts underlying Nonlinear Pedagogy will be discussed in detail to highlight how pedagogical design principles are underpinned by explanations of movement coordination and action regulation from an ecological dynamics perspective. Key design principles: (i) emphasise the need to design representative learning environments; (ii) help pedagogues understand how to manipulate task constraints; (iii) enhance the role of functional movement variability in practice task designs; (iv) establish tight information-movement couplings to encourage task simplification; and (v) modify attentional focus instructions on effects of a movement on the environment. These key design principles form the cornerstone of a Nonlinear Pedagogy that practitioners can adopt to enhance skill acquisition. Additional discussion will also clarify the relationship between Nonlinear Pedagogy and the methodology of a Constraints-led Approach.
