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

• Published in: Sustainability 2018-05, Vol.10 (6), p.1786
• Main Authors: San Pedro Veledo, María, López Manrique, Inés, Fombella Coto, Inés, del Cura González, Yolanda, Sánchez Martínez, Beatriz, Álvarez González, Ana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Children; Culture; Education; Innovations; Leisure; Physical activity; Recreation; Schools; Social change; Social interactions; Social sciences; Students; Sustainability; Teacher education; Teachers; Urbanization
• ISSN: 2071-1050; 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su10061786

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.