Manual sobre valores en la educación física y el deporte


Book Description

Desde la antigüedad, filósofos, psicólogos, sociólogos, pedagogos y otros agenes sociales, vienen resaltando la necesidad de educar en valores, siendo conscientes de la redundancia que esto supone, puesto que “aquello que no educa en valores no es verdaderamente educación”. Pero, ¿a quién correspnde realizar tan díficil tarea? ¿padres? ¿profesores? ¿educadores?... Así como otras áreas educativas hace tiempo que intentan superar barreras y abordar estos contenidos en sus programaciones, la educación física y el deporte han mostrado mayor resistencia a incluirlos, pensando que sus objetivos eran otros. Afortunadamente, la perspectiva más humanística de la educación física actual, una mayor sensibilidad de los educadores físico-deportivos hacia este campo y las demandas de la propia sociedad han hecho que cada vez se considere más normal el tratamiento de los contenidos afectivos y el mundo de los valores, tanto en las clases de educación física, en contexto escolar, como en los entrenamientos deportivos, en busca de una formación integral de la persona. Paralelamente, el progresivo deterioro de muchos de los eventos deportivos, en lo que se refiere al comportamiento de los deportistas y al de sus “hinchas” y seguidores, hace cada vez más necesario el estudio y promoción de valores sociales y personales en las prácticas físico-deportivas. Ante tal panorama, este Manual sobre valores en la educación física y el deporte pretende proporcionar a los alumnos, deportistas, padres, profesores, entrenadores, técnicos y gestores del deprote, una amplia serie de instrumentos, actividades, sugerencias y propuestas prácticas para llevar a cabo la contemplación y desarrollo de unos valores encaminados a devolver a la práctica deportiva su carácter más educativo.




Olympic Education


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A fundamental component of the Olympic ideal is the concept of Olympic education. This is the notion that sport can help children and young people develop essential life skills. Olympic Education: An international review is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of the diffusion and implementation of Olympic education programmes around the world. The book includes 28 chapters with 21 national case studies of countries on every major continent, including Australia, Brasil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Spain, the UK, the US and Zambia. Each chapter examines the cultural, pedagogical, political and societal challenges of teaching Olympic education, as well as the national, individual and institutional programmes that have emerged. It explores key practical and conceptual issues, such as the incorporation of Olympic values in PE curricula, sport coaching and coach education programmes, while also taking into account the collaborative efforts of the governmental bodies, sport federations and Olympic institutions responsible for policy and implementation. This is important reading for all students, researchers and professionals with an interest in the Olympics, sport education, sports coaching, sport policy or physical education.




Becoming a Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Professional


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This edited book by two prominent professionals of Sport and Exercise and Performance Sciences addresses relevant issues and experiences as one becomes a sport, exercise and performance psychology practitioner. Chapters discuss the supervision and training involved along with models of practice, theory, techniques, and ethical issues.




Leisure Activities in the Outdoors


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The benefits of being outdoors in a leisure context are widely acknowledged across a range of disciplinary perspectives (including tourism, therapeutics, education and recreation). These benefits include the development of: health and wellbeing; social skills; leadership and facilitation skills; personal, emotional and reflective abilities; confidence and identity creation. Drawing on a variety of perspectives, geographies and approaches, this book explores the opportunities that leisure in the outdoors provides for learning, developing and challenging. The authors in this collection challenge dominant discourses of outdoor leisure through their selection of outdoor activities, theoretical approaches and modes of representation. All offer fresh insights and thinking into how leisure in the outdoors can be understood. The book covers a range of outdoor conceptualisations that challenge the reader to think deeply and broadly about the common threads which bind the broad field of outdoor leisure together. The experiences explored in this book range from suburban outdoors to wild places, surfing to mindful reflection, and trail walking to Nordic skiing, and encompass a broad spectrum of people.







National Union Catalog


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Includes entries for maps and atlases.