Alberto Ferriz-Valero

University of Alicante | UA · Departamento de Didáctica General y Didácticas Específicas

Background : In the context of increasing global focus on sustainability, it is critical to explore how various activities, such as sports, affect young people’s understanding of sustainability. Despite the recognized importance, there is a significant research gap regarding the impact of different sports practices especially their sociomotor compo...

Today’s youth navigate a complex balance between traditional and modern values in a changing world. In this context, education plays a crucial role in transforming society and promoting values that align with the Sustainable Development Goals, such as justice and equality, with Ethics and Christianity supporting these principles. Moreover, Physical...

Citation: Sotos-Martinez, V.J.; Baena-Morales, S.; Sanchez-De Miguel, M.; Ferriz-Valero, A. Playing towards Motivation: Gamification and University Students in Physical Activity! Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 965. Abstract: There is currently concern about the decrease in physical activity participation among university students. To address this issue...

The choice of optional physical education could be conditioned by personal elements, such as goals or motivation, or contextual, such as perceived teaching behaviour. The aims of this study were to analyse the differences between students who chose (or not) Physical Education and to determine to what extent goal orientations, motivational regulatio...

Background: Coeducation in university settings is essential for fostering an inclusive, equitable, and diverse learning environment. In this regard, cooperative learning could play a crucial role in promoting coeducation by fostering collaboration, communication, and mutual understanding between male and female students. Thus, the aim of this study...

El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar los componentes de la interacción social que influyen en el aprendizaje cooperativo en las clases de educación física durante la educación secundaria obligatoria (ESO), abarcando edades de 11 a 16 años, y su contribución al desarrollo sostenible. Se incluyeron objetivos secundarios, como comparar estas...

This study analyses the relationship between the physical education (PE) curriculum in secondary education in Spain and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Physical education curriculum of compulsory secondary education, as well as the complementary materials, were analysed through document analysis. Although there is no explicit relation...

Student's motivation towards physical education (PE) classes is a key factor for increasing physical activity (PA) levels in children. In order to increase motivation in PE, new teaching techniques are needed, such as gamification. This study examines the potential influence of gamification in PE classes on motivation-related variables such as basi...

Resumen. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo revisar la literatura existente sobre cómo se puede enseñar educación vial y su efectividad a través de la Educación Física a niños entre 6 y 12 años. Para lograr este objetivo, se realizó una búsqueda exhaustiva de artículos y estudios en la base de datos Google Académico y Dialnet. De todos los art...

Introduction: The traditional view of gifted students in education emphasizes cognitive skills and academic excellence. Practical subjects like physical education and sports have an underestimate role in their inclusion. Moreover, the diversity of concepts used as synonyms (without being so) leads to widespread confusion that does not benefit this...

El II Congreso Internacional de Aprendizaje Activo (CIAA 2024) busca reunir a académicos, investigadores y líderes comprometidos con la educación transformadora para intercambiar y compartir sus experiencias y resultados de investigación en todos los aspectos del aprendizaje activo.

Background: The interactions between behavior, environment and personal factors are the basis of the Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, A. 1986. Social Foundations of Thought and Action. NJ: Prentice Halls). Within this theory, students’ behavior and motivation toward an activity is dependent on their feelings, thoughts and beliefs (Lodewyck and Pyb...

Purpose The aim of this personal vision research is to analyse the characteristics of physical education subject to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the development of competences in university students. The objective is to reflect on how critical and systemic thinking could be mobilised through the contents and method...

Background: The ongoing climate change crisis, leading to irreversible alterations, underscores the critical role of education and teaching within the sustainable development paradigm. Current research suggests that Physical Education can significantly contribute to fostering a shift towards a perspective where sustainability is a fundamental aspec...

The application of gamification in Education is becoming increasingly popular. However, empirical studies on gamification and physical education are very heterogeneous. What do we know about the impact of gamification in PE so far? The purpose was to provide a current overview on the benefits of gamification in PE belonging to the different educati...

La aplicación de la gamificación en la educación está cada vez más generalizada. Sin embargo, los estudios empíricos sobre gamificación y educación física son muy heterogéneos. ¿Qué sabemos hasta ahora de la influencia de la gamificación en la EF? La finalidad era ofrecer un panorama actual sobre los efectos beneficiosos de la gamificación en la EF...

Introduction:The current economic, social and environmental problemsfaced by society are some of the most emerging concerns of the maingovernmental institutions. In this sense, Education for SustainableDevelopment and integration of the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) into the education system seems to be a key link for itsmitigation. Within ed...

In recent years, the sustainability of the planet has been undermined. Education is the basis for raising awareness and is the engine for achieving attitudinal change among citizens. In terms of the social dimension, gender inequality is increasing, with it being common among children, and co-education aims to address this. Likewise, physical activ...

The aim of this study was to conduct a literature review to investigate the influence of physical activity on the cognitive and emotional development of preschool children. To this end, a search for articles and studies was conducted in various databases in order to select those that met the search requirements. These requirements included that the...

RESUMEN En el ámbito educativo siempre se han incorporado las preocupaciones presentes en la sociedad, procurando ofrecer soluciones a problemas de una dimensión mayor como los que representa la sostenibilidad del planeta. En la actualidad a la educación se le cede un papel protagonista en la responsabilidad de intentar conseguir los Objetivos de D...

En el ámbito educativo siempre se han incorporado las preocupaciones presentes en la sociedad, procurando ofrecer soluciones a problemas de una dimensión mayor como los que representa la sostenibilidad del planeta. En la actualidad a la educación se le cede un papel protagonista en la responsabilidad de intentar conseguir los Objetivos de Desarroll...

El objetivo principal del trabajo fue analizar los efectos de un aprendizaje basado en juegos, sobre las necesidades psicológicas básicas y el rendimiento académico. Participaron 101 estudiantes de bachillerato, divididos en dos grupos de tratamiento: grupos experimental (n=54) y grupo control (n=47). El primer grupo desarrolló los contenidos a tra...

Students are becoming less motivated towards current education. For this reason, teachers are investigating several innovative methodologies to learn how they affect student motivation, such as gamification. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of gamification on the motivation of elementary physical education students. A total of 7...

Self-determination theory (SDT) suggests that motivation can interact with resilience and perceived competence. The climate-related characteristics of the classroom can influence student motivation. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between the differentiated motivation of theoretical and practical teaching, resilience, and perceived co...

Stress, uncertainty, and the abuse of technologies are components that have a negative impact on the physical, social, and psychological health of young people. One of the aims of the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is to empower individuals to reflect on their actions, and mindfulness arises as one tool with an important potential to c...

Introducción: El fútbol sala femenino es un deporte de esfuerzo intermitente. Las deportistas necesitan cumplir con las recomendaciones nutricionales para obtener un rendimiento adecuado. El objetivo del presente estudio es describir la ingesta dietética y la composición corporal de un equipo de élite universitario de fútbol sala. Metodología: Est...

The application of gamified learning in physical education is becoming increasingly popular. The aim of this work was to compare the effects of gamification versus traditional methodology to check whether there were differences in the attitudes of the students. A quasi-experimental design study was carried out. The sample consisted of 66 students i...

The Sport Education Model (SEM) presents a wide background in the teaching of Physical Education and Sport. This is one of the most studied pedagogical models in the last decade in primary and secondary education. However, the studies of this model that are implemented in Vocational Education and Training within the family of Physical Activities an...

Currently teachers have sought a way to motivate students towards the practice of Physical Education. For this purpose, innovative tools such as gamification are used. However, few studies show how gamification in Physical Education can affect behavioral regulations and Basic Psychological Needs. Therefore, this research tried to observe how the ga...

Background: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to address a series of challenges facing humanity, seeking to achieve a sustainable, peaceful, prosperous and just life on Earth. This global strategy has three dimensions: environmental, economic and social. In relation to the latter, one of its areas lies in improving health in general (SD...

Physical Education (PE) has unique features to expand the students’ sustainability awareness. Being active in natural environments has been described as an opportunity to contribute on this matter. However, there is lack of related research. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a didactic proposal for PE based on the self-...

Dentro de la Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible (EDS), la literatura previa señala cómo la Educación Física (EF) tiene una especial relevancia para contribuir a los ODS 3 “salud y bienestar”, 4 “educación de calidad” o 5 “igualdad de género”. Es por ello por lo que se realizó el proyecto EFODS (REDES-ICE), teniendo como objetivo la creación de...

The integration of digital technology into educational settings is expanding rapidly. One emerging didactical approach is flipped learning (FL), which leverages digital, internet-based technologies to deliver key instructions prior to classes. It then uses active learning opportunities during face-to-face meetings that encourage students to apply w...

Background: Nowadays, there is great concern about gender inequality in many areas of the recent scenario; an aspect that is being pursued through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), exactly through SDG 5; cooperative learning seems to be one of the ways to achieve gender equality in secondary school students. It is essential to investigate n...

Background: Today, the world we live in poses challenges, such as poverty, inequality, climate change, etc. All these issues that surround us are framed within the SDGs. With the aim of finding new strategies and ways of teaching with which to achieve the SDGs, an intervention is proposed that uses emotions and feelings as a framework, as well as c...

El fútbol es uno de los deportes más practicados y mediáticos del mundo. El rendimiento de los futbolistas profesionales depende de múltiples factores como el de la composición corporal (CC). Las demandas físicas del fútbol actual han cambiado, donde el patrón ideal de CC debe adaptarse, midiéndose a través de técnicas como la antropometría, bioimp...

Purpose Physical education has been described as an essential material to contribute to sustainable development. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the proficiency of higher education students in the three dimensions of sustainable development. This paper aims to analyse both the competences associated with the sustainability of preservice physi...

To date, the performance in triathlon has been measured through time or position. Although this is what defines the medals and the goal of the competition, it can have some limitations. As an alternative, the purpose of this study is to assess the degree of concordance of performance between each of the triathlon disciplines with overall performanc...

The study of body dimensions and proportions through anthropometry is important for the identification of young talents in swimming. Anthropometric studies of swimmers in the Spanish population are scarce. The main objective of this study is the description of anthropometric profile in young swimmers, differentiated by sex and styles. 34 swimmers (...

The Flipped Classroom (FC) methodology is emerging as a novel educational strategy in the different stages of the educational system that could contribute to sustainable development and quality education. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the application of a FC model in secondary school students on the acquisition of the c...

With the passage of time, the rate of students who are overweight and obese has increased, in order to reduce it and increase physical condition, parkour-based content was chosen to produce novelty in classroom. However, it was not known if this type of intervention would improve to a greater extent than methods that were normally used in the subje...

Incidencia motivacional de modelos pedagógicos emergentes en estudiantes de educación secundaria de educación física. Motivational incidence of emerging pedagogical models in physical education secondary school students.

Purpose Education for Sustainable Development (EDS) has highlighted the need to generate instruments to assess the sustainability competencies of different populations. In this regard, Physical Education (PE) has been recognized as a subject with unique characteristics that allow students to develop competencies that favor sustainability. However,...

Background: Gamification is a novel active methodology used in Physical Education to motivate students. Purpose: This study analyzed the impact of this method on the motivation of Compulsory Secondary Education students in Spain during an 8-session Physical Education Didactic Unit. Methods: A total of 275 students participated, divided into a gamif...

New technologies are increasingly linked to the educational world. It is necessary to develop pedagogical approaches such as flipped learning so that education and technology improve the quality of teaching to contribute to quality and sustainable education. Over the years this pedagogical approach has developed quite a bit; however, the scientific...

1. INTRODUCCIÓN "Es nuestra última oportunidad", este lema es uno de los principales mensajes utilizados durante la vigesimosexta Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP26, 2021). Esta sentencia pretendía trasladar la urgente necesidad de realizar acciones globales que frenasen el ritmo...

El presente estudio trata de investigar la influencia de una Unidad Didáctica de danza en un grupo de 24 alumnos/as de Educación Primaria, utilizando para ello un análisis cualitativo, a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas, donde se obtuvo información del alumnado participante, que después fue clasificada y categorizada en categorías de resulta...

En los últimos años está aumentando la utilización de metodologías más socializadoras y que promueven la interactuación interpersonal entre el alumnado en las clases de Educación Física en la etapa de Educación Primaria. Una de estas metodologías es el Aprendizaje Cooperativo. A pesar de que se han realizado numerosos estudios con esta metodología...

The ubiquity of digital technology in society and school demands that teachers and students explore various pedagogical approaches to make use of those technologies in a fruitful way in order to enhance students’ educational outcomes. One approach emerging in the field of physical education (PE) is the pedagogical approach called flipped classroom...

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 dimens...

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Qualsevol forma de reproducció, distribució, comunicació pública o transformació d'aquesta obra només pot ser realitzada amb l'autorització dels seus titulars, llevat de les excepcions previstes per la llei. Adreceu-vos a CEDRO (Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos, www.cedro.org) si necessiteu fotocopiar o escanejar algun fragment d'aquesta ob...

There are several studies in the educational field that show a trend towards the trans- formation from more traditional models or methods, that is, from a teaching model based on the transmission of information and learning by reception, to the use of new active and innovative techniques that favor a more active and experiential learning, which cap...

En los últimos años la ciencia y la tecnología están avanzado a pasos agigantados, por lo que los conocimientos técnicos que evolucionan tan rápidamente están perdiendo importancia respecto a competencias interpersonales como la capacidad de adaptación y el aprendizaje. El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar una investigación documental informativ...

En este trabajo se ha valorado el autoconcepto físico en una muestra de adolescentes de la provincia de Alicante (España), observando las diferencias debidas al género y distinguiéndolas según las distintas dimensiones del autoconcepto físico. El estudio se llevo a cabo en la asignatura de Educación Física, realizándolo a un total de 67 alumnos de...

El presente trabajo es parte integral de un proyecto de investigación internacional, que pretende averi-guar sobre la efectividad de la técnica One-Minute Paper (OMP) en universidades hispano y angloparlan-tes. La experiencia recoge un avance de la implementación de esta técnica de evaluación formativa, en diversas titulaciones, en el contexto chil...

En los programas educativos, pocas veces se trabajan las emociones de forma directa e intencionada, si no que se trabajan de forma secundaria, dando prioridad a otros contenidos, y en muchas ocasiones no se llegan a trabajar. El objetivo del presente trabajo de investigación es analizar las diferencias emocio-nales percibidas por el alumnado de ter...

As an alternative to analysing the contribution of performance in specific segments of a triathlon to the overall result as measured in terms of time or position, which has several limitations, previous studies have instead analysed the performance indicator in triathlon. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to analyse the relationship between p...

The knowledge of the different parts that make up the Physical Education lessons, as well as their definition, provides relevant information to facilitate the teacher's work and understanding when organizing the sessions efficiently. The objective of the present investigation is to know what the different parts that structure the Physical Education...

Background: Active methodologies have emerged in which they focus their importance of the teaching-learning process in students and not only on the result. In this way, research has been conducted using the active methodology Flipped Learning (FL) in all areas of Primary, Secondary and Higher Education. Objective: The current study aims to analyze...

The teaching and learning process is highly determined by motivation and the learning environment. The motivation and thelearning environment, within education, both of them depend a lot on the educational methodologies that are implemented in educationalcenters. The objective of this work is to compare the motivation and the state of Flow between...

The main purpose of this study was to quantify and analyze the training and competition load of the players of a professional basketball team in «LEB Oro» category. During the study, objective and subjective load analysis processes have been carried out through daily Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) questionnaires and control of total training an...

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es cuantificar y analizar la carga de entrenamiento y competición de los jugadores de un equipo profesional de baloncesto de la categoría LEB Oro. Durante el estudio se han llevado a cabo procesos de análisis de carga objetiva y subjetiva mediante cuestionarios diarios de escalas de esfuerzo percibido (RPE) y c...

In recent years, teaching styles that gave responsibility support, participation and autonomy support to the student have gained popularity in physical education. Therefore, active methodologies such as the Flipped Classroom, an innovative pedagogical model within the field of the physical education, although less novel in other subjects. This syst...

Cooperative Learning (AC) is emerging as a tool that focuses students on the main focus of the teaching and learning process in the area of Physical Education (PE). The objective of the present investigation was to analyse the impact of AC on the satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs (BPNES) against a traditional teaching model in students of C...

El Aprendizaje Cooperativo (AC) se perfila como una herramienta que centra a los estudiantes en el foco principal del proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje en el área de Educación Física (EF). El objetivo de la presente investigación fue analizar el impacto del AC en la satisfacción de las Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas (BPNES) frente a un modelo de...

The physical education teacher through sports practice tries to motivate intrinsically his students through sport practices, using tasks that follow the philosophy of self-determination theory. In this quantitative and quasi-experimental study, it is observed which sport practice best satisfies the basic psychological needs of adolescent. Analyzing...

El docente de educación física a través de la práctica deportiva trata de motivar intrínsecamente a su alumnado a través de prácticas deportivas, utilizando tareas que siguen la filosofía de la teoría de la autodeterminación. En este estudio cuantitativo y cuasi experimental se observa qué práctica deportiva satisface en mayor medida las necesidade...