Region - Educational Research and Reviews

Against the backdrop of deepening basic education reform, cultivating core competencies in physical education has become a priority in middle school physical education reform. Grounded in constructivist theory and the blended learning concept, this paper constructs a core-competency-oriented flipped classroom teaching model for middle school physical education. By reconstructing the teaching process of "pre-class knowledge internalization—in-class ability enhancement—post-class competency extension", it promotes the coordinated development of motor abilities, health behaviors, and sportsmanship. The study demonstrates that, via digital resource empowerment, differentiated task-driven approaches, and multi-dimensional evaluation feedback, this model can effectively overcome the practical dilemma of "prioritizing skills over competencies" in traditional physical education, thereby providing theoretical reference and practical pathways for the reform of physical education curriculum in the new era.