Vitality in Movement: Rethinking Physical Education from a Pedagogical to a Physiological Dimension
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 685
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the new millennium, society is undergoing a profound process of change and transformation that actively calls for new forms of education able to focus on the needs and characteristics of each individual. Against this background, motor and sport activities can privilege educational strategies that favour learning, didactic experience and developmental opportunities, all rooted in transversal competences. The educational perspective clearly serves to enhance autonomy, increase self-esteem, and nurture a capacity for personal initiative and self-awareness.
Individual growth from a physiological point of view must not be underestimated either, and the contribution of motor and sport activities plays a significant role. The evaluation of the organic and functional qualities of each subject, student, amateur or athlete, together with the measurement of the physiological responses of the human organism to the physical exercise performed, are of paramount importance. Formal and non-formal education systems, such as sport, must take this into account in order to foster the sustainable development of society.
Therefore, it is necessary to engage in critical reflection and a conscious choice of values which, stemming from theoretical and practical contributions elaborated in the fields of pedagogy and physiology, foster innovation on both an organisational level and on the level of methods and methodologies. Furthermore, difference and diversity must furthermore characterize the social and cultural context in which such change takes place.
The aim of this Special Issue is, therefore, to bring together contributions that are able to provide a critical framework in the field of motor and sport sciences, for different epistemological and methodological perspectives, with regard to both the pedagogical and physiological dimensions. The end objective is to propose strategies and solutions capable of satisfying these educational and performance requirements, along with the need for positive psychological and physical progress.
We will therefore be happy to receive scientific contributions that address, for example, the following topics:
- New teaching strategies in motor and sports sciences;
- Physical activity as a tool to promote inclusion;
- Sports pedagogy;
- Schooling and sports;
- New technologies for physical education;
- Sports physiology;
- Physiological assessment of young people;
- Elements of physiology for the development of athletes.
Dr. Davide Di Palma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- physical activity
- special pedagogy
- inclusion
- sports education
- physiology
- innovative teaching
- sports medicine
- physiological evaluation
- sports physiology
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