Social Sciences, Art and Physical Activity in Leisure Environments. An Inter-Disciplinary Project for Teacher Training

María Belén San Pedro Veledo, Inés López Manrique, Inés Fombella Coto, Yolanda Del Cura González, Beatriz Sánchez Martínez and Ana Isabel Álvarez González
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María Belén San Pedro Veledo: Department of Education Sciences, University of Oviedo, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Inés López Manrique: Department of Education Sciences, University of Oviedo, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Inés Fombella Coto: Department of Education Sciences, University of Oviedo, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Yolanda Del Cura González: Department of Education Sciences, University of Oviedo, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Beatriz Sánchez Martínez: Department of Education Sciences, University of Oviedo, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Ana Isabel Álvarez González: Department of English, French and German Philology, University of Oviedo, 33011 Oviedo, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 6, 1-16

Abstract: Factors such as social change and increasing urbanization processes in the early years of the 21st century have caused a reduction in the amount of time that children devote to leisure activities in the open-air, resulting in more sedentary lifestyles than children in previous decades. An education in healthy habits from early ages to increase children’s physical and mental well-being together with their level of cultural knowledge contributes to the acquisition of a Leisure Culture that allows children to perceive the close environment as a scene for learning and enjoyment. It is thus be necessary for schools to foster pedagogical experiences, taking the physical and cultural environment as teaching resources. An innovation project is proposed which will be implemented with 25 university students from the School of Teacher Training and Education at the University of Oviedo (Oviedo, Spain). The project will consist of the proposal of educational itineraries through the city of Oviedo and Mount Naranco. As teachers-to-be, students must combine knowledge of the related areas and generate inter-disciplinary activities throughout the routes that will foster respect for the environment and leisure based on culture and physical activity, attitudes that they will transmit to their own students in the future.

Keywords: education; teacher training; interdisciplinary; social sciences; art; physical education; leisure culture; educational itineraries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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