Oscar Chiva-Bartoll

• PhD
• Senior lecturer at Jaume I University

Background: There seems to be a need to rethink education and shape the future to build more equitable societies. In line with this idea, Service-Learning (SL) has emerged as an educational approach to integrate curricular learning and the provision of a community service. Unfortunately, many SL implementations in Physical Education lack a concrete...

Recent studies, supported by the European project Europe Engage – Developing a Culture of Civic Engagement through Service-Learning within Higher Education in Europe, suggest that service-learning (SL) is an effective approach to develop personal and social learning linked to real contexts. This particular case study analyses the perceived effects...

Background Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have few opportunities to engage in physical activity, which affects their already limited social and motor skills. Different Service-Learning (SL) proposals designed to meet this need have started to emerge, and research is required to better understand the services provided. Objective Two o...

Purpose : To compare the development of teaching competency in preservice teachers of physical education ( n = 96) through two different modalities of intervention from the same service-learning program. The preservice teachers provided a direct service to children with motor functional diversity, promoting their motor skills and counteracting thei...

Physical education (PE) is often the subject chosen for applying multilingual initiatives based on content and language integrated learning (CLIL). Some research literature (Lynott, F. J. 2008. “Integrating Other Subject Matter without Jeopardizing Physical Education Goals: The Content Linkage Approach.” Strategies 22 (1): 10–17; Merino, J. 2016. “...

Over the past decades, public policies have aimed to promote gender equality and a gender perspective in educational and research settings. However, Higher Education shows significant deficiencies in gender-related training in its curricula. This article aims to define the pedagogical model called Critical Feminist Service-Learning, presenting a se...

La motivación hacia las clases de Educación Física es un aspecto clave y profundizar sobre el conocimiento de los factores que inciden sobre la misma ofrece claves al profesorado para introducir cambios en su labor docente. Este trabajo analiza, desde una aproximación metodológica mixta, cómo afecta el modelo Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU)...

This study focuses on the implementation of a Critical Feminist Service-Learning project in an Outdoor Physical-Sport Activities course, part of the degree program in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. Employing a qualitative case study approach, our aim is to understand the impact of this initiative on a group of women doctoral candidates (par...

Introducción: El actual contexto socioeducativo exige a la universidad la implementación de enfoques pedagógicos capaces de formar a personas socialmente críticas y comprometidas con la justicia social. En este marco, el Aprendizaje-Servicio Universitario se ha instalado como una posibilidad capaz de satisfacer estos requerimientos en diferentes di...

Esta Guía de ApS en Educación Física (EF) para Primaria y Secundaria pretende orientar el diseño e implementación de proyectos de ApS que se impulsan en el marco de la actual Ley Orgánica del Sistema Educativo (LOMLOE, 2020). En ella, se proponen las fases y acciones que permitirán orientar las experiencias desde un enfoque de aprendizaje competenc...

This study aims to understand how teachers linked to PAS perceive the various experiences of SL, in order to improve future educational initiatives in this field. A qualitative study design was chosen in which information from 12 participants was collected through two focus groups. Then, it was analysed using a procedure called 'thinking with theor...

This work is a qualitative retrospective exploratory study that aims to problematize service-learning to identify the challenges this pedagogical approach may entail in teacher education. Drawing on the narratives of 175 pre-service teachers and the data gathered by 14 teacher educators/researchers who have been applying service-learning (9 meeting...

The aim of this research is to analyse the experiences of seven homosexual students (four boys and three girls) in Physical Education (PE). Their families are also involved in the study, looking in depth at how their children's experiences have affected their daily lives throughout their adolescence. A qualitative approach is used, exploring the st...

Education for environmental and social sustainability in Higher Education requires a new approach that encompasses both care for nature and social inclusion. Ecopedagogy offers a critical framework within which to provide specific teaching and learning initiatives. In particular, this article aims to explore the effects of a critical (eco)feminist...

Although the educational intentions of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) seem to be perspicuous, how to put them into practice in different subjects is not so clear-cut. In addition, critical voices within the physical education (PE) arena claim that CLIL may jeopardise the subject. Therefore, CLIL needs to be adjusted in order to rem...

Purpose: This paper analyses the effects of debates on social entrepreneurship (SE) in physical education teacher education students (n=38) from an urban university. Participants discussed the role that society, social class, gender, race, and violence play in sports. Method: A convergent parallel mixed-methods design with methodological triangulat...

This study aimed to examine the acute changes in dynamic balance Postural Control experienced by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who undertook a 6-month extracurricular Service-Learning Physical Education (PE) program. The study used a quasi-experimental design with 23 participants divided into an experimental group and a control group...

Language in CLIL is dependent on the subject that embraces it, as it is the case of Physical Education. The present descriptive exploratory case study examines how content and language are integrated into Physical Education lessons with CLIL in secondary education. It applies the Cognitive Discourse Function construct as a heuristic to analyse 19 l...

Introduction. Service-learning (SL) seems to be useful for healthcare students. This study aimed at comparing an SL program versus a traditional approach (TA) on moral sensitivity, ethical competences, knowledge, teaching quality, SL participation and performance, and satisfaction in physiotherapy students. Methods. Randomized clinical trial. A tot...

El presente texto tiene por objetivo analizar las experiencias vividas por un grupo de alumnado universitario con la intención de comprender cómo han vivido la construcción de la masculinidad durante su etapa formativa. Desde la metodología denominada ‘a/r/tografía’, empleando un enfoque cualitativo, y adoptando una perspectiva biográfica e interpr...

Higher education is under constant transformation through the use of new pedagogical models such as university service-learning (SL). Indeed, there has been an exponential uptake of university SL, among others, in the field of physical activity and sport (PAS) along with research examining these practices. However, these initiatives highlight the n...

La educación inclusiva es un reto compartido y una necesidad si se pretende avanzar hacia una sociedad más justa. Si bien se ha mejorado sobre la atención a la diversidad funcional en el aula, existe mucho margen de mejora; y la realidad educativa y la literatura nos interpelan a seguir investigando en este sentido. La formación inicial docente es...

A high rate of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have impaired psychomotor development. To date, these children have had few opportunities to participate in extracurricular Physical Education programs. However, nowadays a number of intervention programs are arising with the aim of improving their motor performance. The objectives of this...

Research examining Service-Learning (SL) in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) is ample. However, long-term investigations are still scarce and literature demands the application of this type of design to uncover the effects of SL on the long run. This study followed a longitudinal quantitative approach; thus, the participants completed th...

Training for sustainable development is an educational challenge of prime importance. Physical activity and sports in natural environments provide training committed to sustainability and environmental education. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of an undergraduate training program in Physical Activities and Sports in Natural E...

Introducción: El Aprendizaje Integrado de Contenidos y Lengua Extranjera (AICLE) está siendo cada vez más extendido e investigado en el panorama educativo actual (Gil-López et al., 2021; Salvador-García et al., 2017), puesto que se lo considera un trampolín en la innovación educativa (Ito, 2019). La Educación Física se erige en una asignatura procl...

The aim of this research is to analyse the emotional tensions experienced by PE students in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-four students participated in the study. A qualitative methodology was used in which, taking into account the safety and prevention conditions established for the COVID-19 situation, three categories of analysis w...

El presente estudio analiza el clima motivacional tras la implementación de dos Unidades Didácticas de baloncesto en Educación Secundaria, una a través del modelo Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) y otra mediante un planteamiento metodológico tradicional, ambas aplicadas en 3o ESO en la asignatura de Educación Física. Las personas participant...

El presente estudio tiene por objetivo examinar la percepción de la competencia profesional del alumnado que cursa titulaciones universitarias del ámbito de la Actividad Física y el Deporte (AFD) participante en proyectos de Aprendizaje-Servicio Universitario (ApSU), en función de su sexo y edad, así como del perfil del colectivo receptor de dichos...

El presente estudio tiene por objetivo examinar la percepción de la competencia profesional del alumnado que cursa titulaciones universitarias del ámbito de la Actividad Física y el Deporte (AFD) participante en proyectos de Aprendizaje-Servicio Universitario (ApSU), en función de su sexo y edad, así como del perfil del colectivo receptor de dichos...

This study presents the development and validation of a scale for Primary Education students that measures social well-being. A seven-factor structure was defined, with the factors being: achievement, cooperation, cohesion, coexistence, attitude towards school, attitude towards diversity and solidarity. 14 experts from independent European universi...

Más información en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ ENSAYOS UTOPÍA Y PRAXIS LATINOAMERICANA. AÑO: 2 7 , n. o 96, 2022, e 5790 316 REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE FILOSOFÍA Y TEORÍA SOCIAL CESA-FCES-UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA. MARACAIBO-VENEZUELA Este trabajo está depositado en Zenodo: DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5790316 RESUMEN La meto...

Este documento pretende orientar los procesos de elaboración de un programa de Aprendizaje-Servicio en Actividad Física y Deporte (ApS-AFD). Su contenido se estructura de acuerdo con las fases en las que se desarrolla un programa: preparación, planificación, ejecución y evaluación-reconocimiento. A su vez, en cada una de estas fases se concretan un...

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has generated a series of variations on the Physical Education subject, in the form of health measures and social distancing, which could be jeopardising the educational quality of the subject. This study aims to know and understand which are the main limitations perceived by Physical Education Spanish teachers at th...

This study aims to analyse the Physical Activity(PA) levels of a group of children with ASD and explore certain socio-ecological variables that may be correlated with these levels. The participants of this cross-sectional study were 20 boys and 5girls with ASD, aged between 4 and 14 years. A socio-demographic questionnaire was designed expressly to...

Anti-doping education is a challenge for the culture of our time. Doping undermines the very essence of sport, preventing those who practice it from enjoying the intrinsic and extrinsic goods it is the bearer through its values. The starting point assumed by Italian and foreign scholars who contributed to this book is that doping is a pedagogical m...

Introducción. El aprendizaje de servicio (ApS) es una metodología de aprendizaje eficaz en los estudiantes de salud. No obstante, el efecto del ApS no ha sido anteriormente analizado en estudiantes de fisioterapia en el diseño de programas de ejercicios para pacientes con trasplante de corazón e insuficiencia coronaria aguda. Objetivos. Analizar la...

El inicio de la asignatura de Didáctica de la Educación Primaria en la Educación Física (EF) se caracteriza por comprender temas de carácter teórico. Específicamente, la adquisición de contenidos relacionados con la historia de la EF puede ser un proceso lineal, especialmente si se imparte a través de metodologías tradicionales, tales como las lecc...

Las recientes publicaciones en el campo de la investigación educativa evidencian que la formación universitaria está en constante transformación y evolución gracias a la aplicación de nuevas metodologías y modelos pedagógicos. En consonancia con la transformación pedagógica que está experimentando la universidad, el Aprendizaje-Servicio (ApS) prese...

En las últimas décadas se ha observado un incremento por el interés en los procesos y metodologías que influyen en la transmisión y adquisición de contenidos en el alumnado del Grado en maestra/o de Primaria e Infantil. Esto se debe al carácter del currículum, cada vez más holístico, que vincula los conocimientos y destrezas académicas y profesiona...

El logro de los objetivos cuatro (educación de calidad) y diez (reducción de las desigualdades) de desarrollo sostenible pasa por la alineación de teorías que favorezcan su consecución. En este sentido, las personas con diversidad funcional son de las que más se han visto discriminadas (en lo que se ha llamado el apartheid educativo), por lo que le...

El presente artículo presenta un estudio que compara los efectos de dos modalidades de intervención de un mismo programa de Aprendizaje-Servicio. Concretamente se analiza el impacto en la Competencia Docente y la Competencia de Emprendimiento Social en alumnado de Didáctica de la Educación Física (n=89). La diferencia fundamental entre los dos gru...

There continue to be gender biases and masculinization within Physical Education (PE). Therefore, PE teacher training should challenge current curricular practices and promote transformative pedagogical approaches. We advocate service-learning (SL) which shares its essential principles and research outcomes with feminist pedagogy. This study aims t...

Introducción: debido al fenómeno de globalización actual, cada vez es más necesario aportar una visión inclusiva e intercultural al ámbito educativo. No responder adecuadamente a esta demanda puede provocar situaciones de exclusión, segregación y discriminación del alumnado. El gobierno colombiano ha planteado diferentes acciones para fortalecer es...

La prevalencia del trastorno del espectro autista (TEA) ha aumentado en las décadas recientes. Es necesario que el profesorado atienda la diversidad presente en las aulas, teniendo en consideración las características y necesidades que presentan las personas con TEA a la hora de diseñar propuestas educativas capaces de motivar la participación de t...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to know the contribution of service-learning (SL) on the awareness-raising and sensitivity with regards to sustainable development goals (SDGs) in physical education teacher education (PETE) programs. Design/methodology/approach The research used a qualitative methodology with a case study design from an ethnog...

Background: Active aging is aimed at promoting quality of life in older adults. Nevertheless, the relationship between physical role and the practice of physical activity (PA) can be influenced by bodily pain feeling and by a low level of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Passive and active strategies are susceptible to being modified and co...

During a specific time of life, aging is a natural and inevitable process which affects the decline of cognitive capacity and psychological disorders. However, a lot of people do not manage a correct quality of life due to physical fitness or psychological variables such as anxiety and depression. The aim of the present study is to analyze the rela...

Cuando abordamos la cuestión de las personas con discapacidad emerge como elemento de análisis la imagen que la sociedad ha tenido de ellas a lo largo de la historia. En la actualidad la percepción de un hecho antropológico como este no se concibe sin la asunción de las realidades que ciertos constructos discursivos y audiovisuales impulsan. El pre...

This multiple case study analyses, through reflective diaries, the technical learning acquired by students of the degree in early childhood education who participated in a Service-Learning program. Such a program was carried out in collaboration with five different social associations, each of them being one of the case studies under analysis. The...

En el presente capítulo los autores apostan por la flipped classroom (FC) como planteamiento pedagógico activo y globalizador que sirva de vehículo para el aprendizaje y comprensión de un tema tan delicado como es el dopaje en la formación de los profesionales del ámbito de la educación física, la salud y el deporte. En primer lugar, este texto pre...

Service-learning (SL) is a pedagogical model focused on achieving curricular goals while providing a community service. Previous research suggests that SL might promote qualities such as self-esteem, motivation, problem-focused coping, decision-making, empathy, and communication, which are associated with a psychological construct known as students...

En los últimos años han ido surgiendo una serie de iniciativas centradas en la creación de programas de formación orquestal en colegios de Educación Primaria con una clara intención de favorecer la inclusión social. El proyecto "Musiquem! Fent música comunitària a les escoles" desarrollado en el CEIP “Mestre Canós Sanmartín” de Castellón es uno de...

El presente trabajo examinó los efectos crónicos del ejercicio físico en el funcionamiento cognitivo de “adultos mayores”, concretamente en la función de nivel de la atención sostenida. Analizamos los efectos de un programa de entrenamiento físico, fuerza y resistencia, de ocho semanas de duración sobre características antropométricas, parámetros f...

Background: The population of older adults is growing faster but most of them experience physical, psychological and social limitations. Higher education should reflect these concerns by providing students appropriate skills to support a sustainable society and putting the acquired theoretical knowledge into practice. Intergenerational Service-Lear...

La longevidad en la sociedad actual se caracteriza por una mayor esperanza de vida. El ejercicio físico en este colectivo se presenta como obligatoria si lo que se pretende es mantener las capacidades físicas. A lo anterior, se suma la necesidad de abordar un enfoque pedagógico en la educación universitaria, garantizando una calidad mínima de un se...

Background A high number of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) present motor deficits. The objectives of this study were (1) to evaluate the motor performance of children with ASD and (2) to analyze the influence that sociodemographic variables and difficulties related to learning have in the development of motor deficits. Method: Part...

El texto pone en valor las emociones vividas en proyectos de aprendizaje-servicio (ApS) aplicados en educación física y su vinculación con los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS). Los destinarios del servicio presentan situaciones de vulnerabilidad que ponen a prueba las habilidades del alumnado a través de la experiencia y las emociones vivid...