Special Issue "The Acquisition of Skills and Social Values Through Sport and Physical Activity"

A special issue of American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (ISSN 2333-4606).

Special Issue Editors

Chief Guest Editor

Pedro Gil Madrona
Faculty of Education Albacete, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Email: Pedro.Gil@uclm.es

Special Issue Information

The objective of this case is to present the audience different theoretical and empirical work on the development and acquisition of social skills and social values through the practice of physical and sports activities character. The research work will host institutional education and after-school contexts: schools in kindergarten, primary and secondary schools and sports clubs.

Special Issue Topics

About the issue

The topics of this special issue include, but are not limited to:

  • The values in the practice of physical and sporting activities.
  • The adqusición social skills through sports.
  • The formation of character through sports.
  • Health and physical activity.
  • Sport and physical activity and body image.
  • Physical activity habits of young people.

Import Dates & Submit

Important dates

Submission Deadline: September 30, 2014
Notification of Acceptance: October 30, 2014
Final Version Due: November 30, 2014
Special Issue Publishing Date: December 30, 2014

Submit your article now

Manuscripts should be submitted as an attached file to an e-mail directed to the Chief Guest Editor, Iman M. Fawzy at the address: <Clinical.pathology@yahoo.com>

Published Papers (5 Papers)

Research Article
Schoolfailure, Why?
by Rubén Herrero Carrasco, Vicente Morales Baños and Arturo Díaz Suarez
American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2014, 2(6A), 1-4. DOI: 10.12691/ajssm-2-6A-1
Pub. Date: December 25, 2014
Keywords: education in values, violence, students
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Research Article
Improving Social Skills through Physical Education in Elementary 4th Year
by Pedro Gil Madrona, Amaury Samalot-Rivera, Eva Cristina Gutiérrez Marín, Jesús Rodenas-Jiménez and Mª Llanos Rodenas-Jiménez
American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2014, 2(6A), 5-8. DOI: 10.12691/ajssm-2-6A-2
Pub. Date: December 25, 2014
Keywords: social skills, learning, games, physical education, elementary education
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Research Article
Intervention Guidelines on Teaching Social and Motor Skills in Kindergarten
by Pedro Gil Madrona, José Roldán Iniesta, Ana Isabel García Espinosa and Javier Sánchez Sánchez
American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2014, 2(6A), 9-12. DOI: 10.12691/ajssm-2-6A-3
Pub. Date: December 25, 2014
Keywords: social skills, kindergarten, physical, education, movement
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Research Article
The Development of a Sport-based Personal and Social Responsibility Intervention on Daily Violence in Schools
by Bernardino Javier Sánchez-Alcaraz Martínez, Alberto Gómez-Mármol, Alfonso Valero Valenzuela, Ernesto De la Cruz Sánchez and Arturo Díaz Suárez
American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2014, 2(6A), 13-17. DOI: 10.12691/ajssm-2-6A-4
Pub. Date: December 25, 2014
Keywords: education in values, violence, students
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Research Article
Acquisition a Baseball-Pitch through Observation: What Information Is Extracted?
by Saeed Ghorbani and Andreas Bund
American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2014, 2(6A), 18-21. DOI: 10.12691/ajssm-2-6A-5
Pub. Date: December 31, 2014
Keywords: skill acquisition, observation, baseball-pitch, relative motion information, movement phases
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