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A Comparison of Motivation and Physical Activity Levels between a Sport Education Season and a Hybrid Sport Education and Cooperative Learning Season
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Rocamora, Irene; Casey, Ashley; González-Víllora, Sixto; Arias-Palencia, Natalia María – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: To understand how a season of sport education (SE) and a hybrid SE and cooperative learning season impacted on elementary school students' physical activity levels and motivation and to examine possible differences according to gender. Method: A total of 97 fourth- to fifth-grade students in four intact classes participated in a 14-lesson…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning, Athletics
Physical Activity Levels, Game Performance and Friendship Goals Using Two Different Pedagogical Models: Sport Education and Direct Instruction
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Rocamora, Irene; González-Víllora, Sixto; Fernández-Río, Javier; Arias-Palencia, Natalia María – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2019
Background: Advances in technology have changed children's lifestyle so much that the majority of them do not meet the recommended 60 min of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day. Compulsory Physical Education has been highlighted as an ideal context to achieve the suggested physical activity (PA) goals, since it could be the only place…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, Games, Performance
Effect of a Hybrid Teaching Games for Understanding/Sport Education Unit on Elementary Students' Self-Determined Motivation in Physical Education
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Gil-Arias, Alexander; Harvey, Stephen; García-Herreros, Francisco; González-Víllora, Sixto; Práxedes, Alba; Moreno, Alberto – European Physical Education Review, 2021
As an alternative to the direct instructional model, Metzler proposed a range of pedagogical models that include second generation models such as teaching games for understanding (TGfU) and sport education (SE). These pedagogical models have key design features that can promote high levels of autonomous motivation for both boys and girls.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Determination, Student Motivation, Physical Education
Sustainability Awareness of In-Service Physical Education Teachers
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Baena-Morales, Salvador; Ferriz-Valero, Alberto; Campillo-Sánchez, Javier; González-Víllora, Sixto – Education Sciences, 2021
Physical Education has been described as a subject with unique characteristics that can contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals. However, an analysis of PE teachers' (PETs) sustainability consciousness has not yet been conducted. For this purpose, a total of 203 PETs completed the validated SCQ-S instrument to measure the three…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Physical Education Teachers, Sustainable Development, Teacher Attitudes
What Does "Playing Well" Mean to Elite Sports Coaches?: Implicit Thinking of Elite Spanish Soccer Coaches
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González-Víllora, Sixto; Serra-Olivares, Jaime; González-Martí, Irene; Hernández-Martínez, Andrea – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2012
People construct knowledge through a set of highly diverse experiences. Despite being personal, this knowledge is strongly influenced by the specific context where it occurs. Such experience-based knowledge is referred to as "implicit theories" because it does not fit in with a systematic and theoretical knowledge context like that of…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletic Coaches, Competition, Foreign Countries