Student-Centered Learning in University Sports Education: A Comprehensive Review

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This review looks at how sport studies at universities can use student-centered learning (SCL) approaches and how they can help students improve and achieve change. To learn more, five main studies were examined using a structured literature review approach to study how methods such as the Sport Education Model, Tactical Games Approach, Cooperative Learning, ProblemBased Learning, and Flipped Classrooms work. It was found that SCL improves student participation in learning, mental growth, and physical skills, and helps them develop key transferable skills such as working on their own, with others, and analyzing problems. Additionally, video analysis, virtual reality, and live feedback tools help make learning more adaptable and welcoming to all students. Although SCL encourages students to learn for a long time, many barriers, such as organizational, systemic, and educational challenges, prevent its successful deployment. With this alignment, SCL becomes more important for education today. The review states that SCL isn’t only a way of teaching but also a necessary strategy to link university sports programs with updated demands in professional jobs. Synthesis demonstrates that including SCL in education increases student achievements and develops graduates who are flexible and ready to keep learning after graduation.

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