The enactive approach in support of theorical models of pedagogy of the motor and sports activities

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7346/-fei-XX-03-22_49

Keywords:

Embodied cognition, Sport education sciences, Enactive didactics, Enactive paradigm

Abstract

The work is characterized as theoretical research aimed at analyzing the contribution that the enactive approach can make to the field of sport pedagogy, in particular in relation to the re-interpretation of the existing theoretical models in this area, advancing a renewed comprehension of the embodied high-profile motor practices. In fact, we believed that the enactive paradigm can explain some cognitive typologies such as those at the base of best sports performances. Starting from a radically enactive approach to cognition we de-emphasize the role of representations to characterize the environmental dimension of motor skill acquisition.

Author Biography

Elena Zambianchi, Liceo “Luigi Stefanini”; Venezia-Mestre, elena.zambianchi@posta.istruzione.it

Elena Zambianchi, PhD in Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione, è psicologa e psicoterapeuta e docente di Filosofia e Scienze umane in un liceo del veneziano. L’interesse per l’attività di ricerca l’ha portata a concentrare l’attenzione su diverse tematiche riguardanti l’ambito delle Scienze della psicologia generale, della metodologia della ricerca, delle scienze psicopedagogiche, dove ha contribuito con numerosi lavori di ricerca sperimentale e applicata. Già docente a contratto presso l’Università di Padova e l’Università ‘Giustino Fortunato’ di Benevento, da anni è tutor in corsi di formazione per accesso ai ruoli di docente nella scuola secondaria presso l’Università di Venezia. Tra le pubblicazioni recenti:

Zambianchi E., Scarpa S. (2022). Universal Design for Learning to Support Integrated Digital Teaching. In: E. Marchisio (ed.), Handbook of Research on Applying Emerging Technologies Across Multiple Disciplines. Hershey-USA: IGI Global Book, pp. 425-432.

Scarpa S., Zambianchi E. (2021). “La didattica enattiva come opportunità innovativa per migliorare l’insegnamento e l’apprendimento delle abilità sportive”. In: Francesco Peluso Cassese (a cura di), “Ricerche in neuroscienze Educative: Scuola, Sport e Società”, Roma: EUR-Edizioni Universitarie Romane, pp. 137-142; 252-253.

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Scarpa, S., & Zambianchi, E. (2022). The enactive approach in support of theorical models of pedagogy of the motor and sports activities. Formazione & Insegnamento, 20(3), 716–733. https://doi.org/10.7346/-fei-XX-03-22_49

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