The mission of the AIESEP TGfU Special Interest Group is to establish a globally representative group of institutions and individuals committed to the promotion and dissemination of scholarly inquiry around ways of knowing, learning and teaching through games centered approaches. One of our major goals is to broaden international cooperation and understanding among teachers, coaches, researchers, students and institutions of the world through best practice, critical educational and research collaborations and exchanges. This group will allows us to address global challenges such as language, terminology, practical interpretations, philosophical and theoretical differences, and the dissemination of information through national and international organizations.

Intent of SIG is to develop:

1. ★Strong and evolving international networks generated by regular international seminar conferences (every 4 years) and 1 day symposium and workshops prior to the AIESEP Congress. These also occur every 4 years, but are spaced evenly between the TGfU seminar conferences, thereby producing international venues every 2 years.
   

2. ★An organizational structure that supports conference planning and promotion in the form of a TGfU Task force, extant from 2002-2008, which has since evolved into a Special Interest Group of AIESEP
   

3. ★A number of publications (e.g., 5 books -- one in press), on-line proceedings, and three special journal editions (PE & Sport Pedagogy & 2 editions of HPE, Canada) related to conference proceedings.