How enaction and ecological approaches can contribute to sports and skill learning

The purpose of this paper is to explain learning in sports and physical education (PE) from the perspective of enactive and ecological psychology. The learning process is first presented from the enactive perspective, and some relevant notions such as sensemaking and sensorimotor schemes are develop...

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Autores: Avilés Villarroel, Carlos Alberto, Navia, José A., Ruiz Pérez, Luis Miguel, Zapatero Ayuso, Jorge Agustín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/95084
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95084
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:159.95-053.4
796.011
796-053.2
Embodied cognition
Acquisition
Mastery
Expertise
Physical education
Educación física y deportiva
Psicología del deporte
5899 Otras Especialidades Pedagógicas
61 Psicología
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Sumario:The purpose of this paper is to explain learning in sports and physical education (PE) from the perspective of enactive and ecological psychology. The learning process is first presented from the enactive perspective, and some relevant notions such as sensemaking and sensorimotor schemes are developed. Then, natural learning environments are described, and their importance in the human development process is explained. This is followed by a section devoted to the learner’s experience in which some research methods are explained, such as neurophenomenology, in addition to self-confrontation, interviews aimed at bringing out the meaning, sensations, and emotions that performers experience when they are immersed in their sport or a PE class. The sections on the ecological approach deal with the attunement, calibration, the education of intention, and the importance of representative experimental designs. The last section addresses the main similarities and differences between the two approaches. Finally, we state our theoretical position in favor of a common project that brings together the main elements of both post-cognitive approaches.