Sustainable service-learning in Physical Education teacher education: examining postural control to promote ASD children’s well-being
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Sustainable service-learning in Physical Education teacher education: examining postural control to promote ASD children’s well-beingDate
2021-05-14Publisher
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Valverde-Esteve, T.; Salvador-Garcia, C.; Gil-Gómez, J.; Maravé-Vivas, M. Sustainable Service-Learning in Physical Education Teacher Education: Examining Postural Control to Promote ASD Children’s Well-Being. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5216. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18105216Type
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As classrooms become more and more diverse, it is imperative to provide physical education teacher education (PETE) students with opportunities to develop competencies that promote
quality education for all students. ... [+]
As classrooms become more and more diverse, it is imperative to provide physical education teacher education (PETE) students with opportunities to develop competencies that promote
quality education for all students. In this study, PETE students applied a physical education servicelearning (SL) program aimed at enhancing Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children’s motor domain
and general well-being—objectives that are connected to the third focus of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Traditionally, research on SL has focused on students’ outcomes,
and there is a call to examine SL’s effects on service receivers, which is the gap this paper aspires to fill.
The aim of this study was to measure the postural control of children with ASD who were involved in
a 6-month SL program in comparison to ASD peers in a control group. A quasi-experimental design
was used in which a total of 29 children with ASD participated. The results of the experimental
group showed a significant improvement in the vestibular pathways, an improvement trend in the
somatosensorial and visual pathways and improvements in the dynamic tests. This study provides
valuable feedback about how SL programs can benefit ASD children to improve their postural control,
thus contributing to the third SDG concerned with well-being promotion. [-]
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 18, Iss. 10, Núm. 5216 (May-2 2021)Funder Name
Universitat Jaume I | Universitat de València | Generalitat Valenciana
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UJI–A2019–01 | PREDOC/2016/53 | Best/2019/110
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