Pedro Gil-Madrona
Biographic Data
| ID | 1181732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pedro Gil-Madrona |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pedro |
| FAMILY NAME | Gil-Madrona |
| SIGNATURE | GIL-MADRONA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Castilla-La Mancha |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1503-6394 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Empowering early childhood educators
This study explores the relationship between the professional development of early childhood education teachers in Spain and their motivation to deliver physical education (PE). It examines five key dimensions: (1) initial and continuous training, (2) availability of resources, (3) motivation and beliefs about PE, (4) contextual influences, and (5) social recognition. Using a mixed-method design, 468 teachers completed a questionnaire, and 20 par…
Appropriate Behaviors, Social Skills, Life Satisfaction, and Perfectionism in Amateur Soccer and Basketball Athletes
This study examined the relationships between appropriate sport behaviors, social skills, life satisfaction, and perfectionism among amateur soccer and basketball athletes. A cross-sectional design was used with 274 participants (68.2% men) aged 8–46 years. Validated instruments assessed the target variables, and data were analyzed through correlations, -tests, ANOVA, and K-means clustering. Results revealed that social skills positively correlat…
Effects on an Educational Mediation in a Centre of Juvenile Offenders to Improve Their Behaviour
Introduction: The objective is to determine whether a juvenile facility contributes to the improvement of social skills and the reduction of aggressive or violent behaviours in juvenile offenders. Method: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest quantitative design was used, applied to n= 40 individuals. Three pretest/posttest instruments were administered to this sample to determine whether a juvenile facility contributes to the improvement of soci…
Is the Practicum an efficient process for the development of competences of future teachers? An approach from the perspective of professional socialisation
The Practicum was valued with an applicationist vision, highlighting its practical value. • There was a demand for a closer relationship between university and school tutors. • The school tutor was considered to be the point of reference for training and socialisation. • The impulse of belonging and autonomy were positive socialising strategies. The Practicum represents a pivotal stage in the development of future teachers' competences, which are…
Influence of Self-Perceived Affection on School Performance by Primary Education Students
This research addresses the complex dynamics between self-perceived affections, school performance, and the effectiveness of a didactic intervention among fifth and sixth graders. The sample encompassed 403 males and females age-ranged between 11 ( n = 247) and 12 ( n = 156), from nine public schools in Spain. To measure affections while assessing academic performance throughout grades in physical education, mathematics, and English, the Positive…
Play-Based Assessment
This study aims to explore the reliability, construct validity, and content validity of the Child Learning and Developmental Playful Assessment Battery (Batería de Evaluación Lúdica del Aprendizaje y Desarrollo Infantil; BELADI), a quantitative instrument based on the authentic assessment and playful learning principles, the purpose of which is to assess infant learning and development through motor and competitive games as well as storytelling. …
Developmental play-based assessment in early childhood education
The Relationship Between Early Childhood Teachers’ Professional Development in Physical Education and Children’s Fundamental Movement Skills
Research Findings: The influence of early childhood teachers’ professional development on fundamental movement skills remains unknown in the literature. The purpose of the present study was to examine how early childhood teachers’ professional development in physical education (PE) contributes to predicting children’s fundamental movement skills. For this purpose, sixty early childhood teachers from Spain completed the Questionnaire Professional …
Efecto de un programa de iniciación a la natación basado en juegos motores acuáticos sobre la autoestima corporal y socio afectiva en niñas y niños de 5 y 6 años de edad
This study analyzed whether the application of two swimming initiation programs managed to improve the bodily and socio-affective self-esteem of five- and six-year-old students, in addition to knowing which of the two programs was more effective in said improvement. For this, two programs were applied with a duration of three months. The programs were designed under the stage teaching approach of the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation. The first p…
Evaluation of a Program of Aquatic Motor Games in the Improvement of Motor Competence in Children from 4 to 5 Years Old
The present study aimed to verify whether a program of initiation to the aquatic environment composed of motor games (motor stories, learning environments and motor circuits) is more effective in the acquisition of aquatic skills in early childhood education than a traditional program. For this purpose, the Escala de Competencia Motriz Acuática for 4-5 year-old children was used before and after both programs. This scale has two factors, one name…
Motor Development among Spanish Preschool Children
The purpose of this study was to analyze motor development of Spanish preschoolers, taking into account sex and age, being an only child, prematurity, and the practice of extracurricular activities. The sample was composed of 300 preschoolers (132 girls, 168 boys) ages 3 to 6 years. Preschoolers were tested on 12 fundamental motor skills (locomotor and object control) through the Test of Gross Motor Development-Second Edition (TGMD-2). Nonparamet…
Physical, Perceptual, Socio-Relational, and Affective Skills of Five-Year-Old Children Born Preterm and Full-Term According to Their Body Mass Index
The main purpose of this study was to compare the psychomotor development of five-year-old children born preterm and full term. The comparison included physical-motor, perceptual-motor, and socio-relational and affective skills. As low weight is one of the variables that most influences the psychomotor development of premature infants, a secondary aim was to analyze these skills according to their current body mass index (BMI). A prospective simp…
Meanings of pedagogical authority in future teachers in Spain and Latin America. Understandings in education students from Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain ( Significados de la autoridad pedagógic…
School education requires the guidance, orientation and conduction of a teaching staff that is responsible for their students’ development. This is why educating implies asymmetry and hierarchy, that is, pedagogical authority. However, today’s societies are decreasingly hierarchical, and subjects are more critical of authority. In a sociocultural context in which the classical forms of authority are weakening, young education students have to con…
Scale of Pedagogical Authority Meanings in the classroom (Esapa) for Ibero-America built on the opinions of teaching students
Psychomotor Limitations of Overweight and Obese Five-Year-Old Children
The present research aimed to study the psycho-motor performance of five-year-old children with different body mass indices (BMI). A total of 694 pre-school children in the province of Albacete-Spain participated. Their performance in motor, perceptual, and social-emotional skills was analyzed using a standardized observation sheet (Checklist of Psychomotor Activities-CPA) and then compared according to their BMI using non-parametric statistical …
Effects of an Educational Glass Recycling Program against Environmental Pollution in Spain
In this article, we analyzed the effects of an educational glass recycling program on primary schools and their students in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). A sample of 89 schools, with 20,710 elementary students, was selected by simple random sampling. For the statistical analysis, descriptive techniques (frequencies and statistics), parametric (One Way ANOVA test), and non-parametric (Chi-Square test) inferential techniques were used, with a 5% sign…
Objective and subjective factors associated with Spanish students’ performance in science in Pisa 2015 / Factores objetivos y subjetivos asociados al rendimiento del alumnado español en ciencias en Pi…
This study aims to evaluate the real effect of students’ subjective and emotional spheres on academic performance in science and to compare it with other objective and structural factors. The Spanish sample is made up of 6,736 15-year-old students who participated in the PISA 2015 study. In order to evaluate the relationship between the different variables, a confirmatory factor analysis was performed and a structural equations model was construc…
Dinamización del recreo como resolución de conflictos y participación en actividades físico-deportivas
This research paper aims to see to what extent a project of revitalization of playgrounds contributes to improving coexistence, conflict resolution, and the participation of boys and girls in sport and physical activities. The paper also aims to know the level of motivation and interest the project could have for the students. For this, after initial assessment, a project of revitalization of recreations was designed, and after a few days of trai…
Percepción de los estudiantes de maestro de educación infantil sobre su formación intercultural
Se pretende conocer las creencias de los estudiantes de maestro de educación infantil acerca de la multiculturalidad, y comprender cómo se desarrolla la competencia intercultural en el proceso de formación inicial en la Facultad de Educación de Albacete de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM, España). Los participantes fueron 172 estudiantes. El diseño se enmarca en el paradigma de Mixed Methods, definido como la integración sistemática de…
Scale of Pedagogical Authority Meanings in the classroom (Esapa) for Ibero-America built on the opinions of teaching students
Dinamización del recreo como resolución de conflictos y participación en actividades físico-deportivas
This research paper aims to see to what extent a project of revitalization of playgrounds contributes to improving coexistence, conflict resolution, and the participation of boys and girls in sport and physical activities. The paper also aims to know the level of motivation and interest the project could have for the students. For this, after initial assessment, a project of revitalization of recreations was designed, and after a few days of trai…
Percepción de los estudiantes de maestro de educación infantil sobre su formación intercultural
Se pretende conocer las creencias de los estudiantes de maestro de educación infantil acerca de la multiculturalidad, y comprender cómo se desarrolla la competencia intercultural en el proceso de formación inicial en la Facultad de Educación de Albacete de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM, España). Los participantes fueron 172 estudiantes. El diseño se enmarca en el paradigma de Mixed Methods, definido como la integración sistemática de…
Dinamización del recreo como resolución de conflictos y participación en actividades físico-deportivas
This research paper aims to see to what extent a project of revitalization of playgrounds contributes to improving coexistence, conflict resolution, and the participation of boys and girls in sport and physical activities. The paper also aims to know the level of motivation and interest the project could have for the students. For this, after initial assessment, a project of revitalization of recreations was designed, and after a few days of trai…
Psychomotor Limitations of Overweight and Obese Five-Year-Old Children
The present research aimed to study the psycho-motor performance of five-year-old children with different body mass indices (BMI). A total of 694 pre-school children in the province of Albacete-Spain participated. Their performance in motor, perceptual, and social-emotional skills was analyzed using a standardized observation sheet (Checklist of Psychomotor Activities-CPA) and then compared according to their BMI using non-parametric statistical …
Effects of an Educational Glass Recycling Program against Environmental Pollution in Spain
In this article, we analyzed the effects of an educational glass recycling program on primary schools and their students in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). A sample of 89 schools, with 20,710 elementary students, was selected by simple random sampling. For the statistical analysis, descriptive techniques (frequencies and statistics), parametric (One Way ANOVA test), and non-parametric (Chi-Square test) inferential techniques were used, with a 5% sign…
Objective and subjective factors associated with Spanish students’ performance in science in Pisa 2015 / Factores objetivos y subjetivos asociados al rendimiento del alumnado español en ciencias en Pi…
This study aims to evaluate the real effect of students’ subjective and emotional spheres on academic performance in science and to compare it with other objective and structural factors. The Spanish sample is made up of 6,736 15-year-old students who participated in the PISA 2015 study. In order to evaluate the relationship between the different variables, a confirmatory factor analysis was performed and a structural equations model was construc…
Meanings of pedagogical authority in future teachers in Spain and Latin America. Understandings in education students from Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain ( Significados de la autoridad pedagógic…
School education requires the guidance, orientation and conduction of a teaching staff that is responsible for their students’ development. This is why educating implies asymmetry and hierarchy, that is, pedagogical authority. However, today’s societies are decreasingly hierarchical, and subjects are more critical of authority. In a sociocultural context in which the classical forms of authority are weakening, young education students have to con…
Scale of Pedagogical Authority Meanings in the classroom (Esapa) for Ibero-America built on the opinions of teaching students
Motor Development among Spanish Preschool Children
The purpose of this study was to analyze motor development of Spanish preschoolers, taking into account sex and age, being an only child, prematurity, and the practice of extracurricular activities. The sample was composed of 300 preschoolers (132 girls, 168 boys) ages 3 to 6 years. Preschoolers were tested on 12 fundamental motor skills (locomotor and object control) through the Test of Gross Motor Development-Second Edition (TGMD-2). Nonparamet…
Physical, Perceptual, Socio-Relational, and Affective Skills of Five-Year-Old Children Born Preterm and Full-Term According to Their Body Mass Index
The main purpose of this study was to compare the psychomotor development of five-year-old children born preterm and full term. The comparison included physical-motor, perceptual-motor, and socio-relational and affective skills. As low weight is one of the variables that most influences the psychomotor development of premature infants, a secondary aim was to analyze these skills according to their current body mass index (BMI). A prospective simp…
Evaluation of a Program of Aquatic Motor Games in the Improvement of Motor Competence in Children from 4 to 5 Years Old
The present study aimed to verify whether a program of initiation to the aquatic environment composed of motor games (motor stories, learning environments and motor circuits) is more effective in the acquisition of aquatic skills in early childhood education than a traditional program. For this purpose, the Escala de Competencia Motriz Acuática for 4-5 year-old children was used before and after both programs. This scale has two factors, one name…
Efecto de un programa de iniciación a la natación basado en juegos motores acuáticos sobre la autoestima corporal y socio afectiva en niñas y niños de 5 y 6 años de edad
This study analyzed whether the application of two swimming initiation programs managed to improve the bodily and socio-affective self-esteem of five- and six-year-old students, in addition to knowing which of the two programs was more effective in said improvement. For this, two programs were applied with a duration of three months. The programs were designed under the stage teaching approach of the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation. The first p…
Play-Based Assessment
This study aims to explore the reliability, construct validity, and content validity of the Child Learning and Developmental Playful Assessment Battery (Batería de Evaluación Lúdica del Aprendizaje y Desarrollo Infantil; BELADI), a quantitative instrument based on the authentic assessment and playful learning principles, the purpose of which is to assess infant learning and development through motor and competitive games as well as storytelling. …
Developmental play-based assessment in early childhood education
The Relationship Between Early Childhood Teachers’ Professional Development in Physical Education and Children’s Fundamental Movement Skills
Research Findings: The influence of early childhood teachers’ professional development on fundamental movement skills remains unknown in the literature. The purpose of the present study was to examine how early childhood teachers’ professional development in physical education (PE) contributes to predicting children’s fundamental movement skills. For this purpose, sixty early childhood teachers from Spain completed the Questionnaire Professional …
Is the Practicum an efficient process for the development of competences of future teachers? An approach from the perspective of professional socialisation
The Practicum was valued with an applicationist vision, highlighting its practical value. • There was a demand for a closer relationship between university and school tutors. • The school tutor was considered to be the point of reference for training and socialisation. • The impulse of belonging and autonomy were positive socialising strategies. The Practicum represents a pivotal stage in the development of future teachers' competences, which are…
Influence of Self-Perceived Affection on School Performance by Primary Education Students
This research addresses the complex dynamics between self-perceived affections, school performance, and the effectiveness of a didactic intervention among fifth and sixth graders. The sample encompassed 403 males and females age-ranged between 11 ( n = 247) and 12 ( n = 156), from nine public schools in Spain. To measure affections while assessing academic performance throughout grades in physical education, mathematics, and English, the Positive…
Empowering early childhood educators
This study explores the relationship between the professional development of early childhood education teachers in Spain and their motivation to deliver physical education (PE). It examines five key dimensions: (1) initial and continuous training, (2) availability of resources, (3) motivation and beliefs about PE, (4) contextual influences, and (5) social recognition. Using a mixed-method design, 468 teachers completed a questionnaire, and 20 par…
Appropriate Behaviors, Social Skills, Life Satisfaction, and Perfectionism in Amateur Soccer and Basketball Athletes
This study examined the relationships between appropriate sport behaviors, social skills, life satisfaction, and perfectionism among amateur soccer and basketball athletes. A cross-sectional design was used with 274 participants (68.2% men) aged 8–46 years. Validated instruments assessed the target variables, and data were analyzed through correlations, -tests, ANOVA, and K-means clustering. Results revealed that social skills positively correlat…
Effects on an Educational Mediation in a Centre of Juvenile Offenders to Improve Their Behaviour
Introduction: The objective is to determine whether a juvenile facility contributes to the improvement of social skills and the reduction of aggressive or violent behaviours in juvenile offenders. Method: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest quantitative design was used, applied to n= 40 individuals. Three pretest/posttest instruments were administered to this sample to determine whether a juvenile facility contributes to the improvement of soci…
Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Children's Physical and Motor Development (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Motor skill (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Child development (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)