Sixto González-Víllora
Biographic Data
| ID | 4638627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sixto González-Víllora |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sixto |
| FAMILY NAME | González-Víllora |
| SIGNATURE | GONZÁLEZ-VÍLLORA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Castilla-La Mancha |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2473-5223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reconciling model fidelity and teaching agency
This study examined how different levels of implementation fidelity to critical elements of a hybrid Sport Education–Step Game Approach (SE-SGA) were associated with students’ game performance during volleyball teaching. Within a master's-level physical education teacher education program in Northern Portugal, nine preservice teachers (PSTs) and 189 10th-grade students across nine classes participated. Prior to school placement, the PSTs complete…
Prosocial behaviour in primary and secondary school students. Effects of the Cybupre intervention
Prosocial behaviour is regarded as a critical factor in reducing aggressive behaviours among peers, both in physical settings and virtual spaces. This variable facilitates the enhancement of social relationships, promoting empathy, deep listening, physical and verbal service, and even solidarity, among other benefits. The objective of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of the CYBUPRE intervention in fostering prosocial behaviour, analysing…
Assessing sustainability competence in future early childhood physical education teachers
Purpose This study aims to assess the self-perceived sustainability competence of pre-service teachers enrolled in early childhood Education programs with a specialization in physical education (PE) in Spain. The research addresses a gap in the literature concerning how sustainable development principles are internalized within initial teacher education, especially in disciplines traditionally considered peripheral to sustainability discourse Des…
Health-Based Physical Education and Sport Education
This qualitative study aimed to describe the collaborative process followed by an in-service teacher and two university researchers in co-designing and implementing a Health-based Physical Education/Sport Education hybridization and to explore the perceived strengths/weaknesses of the process. An 11-lesson (six weeks) intervention on rope-skipping was conducted in a 5th-grade classroom. Qualitative data was collected (teacher’s interviews, partic…
Game performance assessment instrument in physical education
Psychological approaches to sustainability
One of the pending challenges facing Education for Sustainable Development is to change students' behavior in favor of sustainability so that these are lasting and even transferable to other people. This study analyzes how various psychological factors, including motivation, attitudes, beliefs and emotions, can be channeled to enhance social and ecological awareness through education. This paper presents an innovative approach to Sustainable Deve…
Development and Validation of an Assessment Tool for Physical Education for Sustainable Development
The study presents the design and validation of a Physical Education for Sustainable Development (PESD) instrument. This consists of a 25-item quantitative instrument that assesses the teaching interventions of physical education teachers. A total of 358 physical education teachers completed the questionnaire. The instrument uses an 8-point Likert scale. For the validation of the instrument, content validation, factorial validation, reliability t…
Teachers and pre-service teachers’ scientific competencies
Future physical education teachers’ perceptions of sustainability
The integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the curriculum of prospective physical education (PE) teachers is limited. This research aims to analyze their knowledge and perceptions of the role of physical education in promoting the SDGs. The SDGs most related to physical education are health and well-being, quality education, gender equality and reducing inequalities. Participants felt that PE contributes to the development o…
Cyberbullying in elementary and middle school students
Exploring physical education teachers’ perceptions of sustainable development goals and education for sustainable development
The world, society and education are constantly evolving, and to respond to these changes, the main governmental institutions have been proposing different global strategies to focus efforts in the same direction. Currently, the United Nations and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have presented a series of indicators that could help to minimise the environmental, economic and social instability we are experiencing. In this sense, Educat…
Physical education for sustainable development goals
The sustainability requirements of the planet in recent years have made it necessary for everyone to reflect on new lifestyles. For this purpose, the United Nations has established an agenda for change organised into 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that claim to be achieved by 2030. The demands of this sustainable development are organised into three main dimensions: social, environmental, and economical. To achieve these goals, the educa…
Sustainability Awareness of In-Service Physical Education Teachers
Physical Education has been described as a subject with unique characteristics that can contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals. However, an analysis of PE teachers’ (PETs) sustainability consciousness has not yet been conducted. For this purpose, a total of 203 PETs completed the validated SCQ-S instrument to measure the three dimensions of sustainable development in three components of consciousness (attitudes, knowledge and behav…
Sport Education, Cooperative Learning and Health-Based Physical Education
The aim of this article is to explain how sport education, cooperative learning, and health-based physical education can be hybridized using an educative version of CrossFit as content in fifth and sixth grade to promote the abovementioned goals. The main features of the three models and the content used are fully described. Finally, recommendations for the key elements of the hybridization have been highlighted to help teachers use them
Fútbol sala y alto rendimiento
Futsal is a sport with a significant number of practitioners. Its small playing field and the rapidity of the players’ actions encourage research on its configuration parameters to learn strategies that improve sports performance. The objective of this paper is to review the articles published between 2015 and 2020 that deal with elite futsal. A bibliographic search was carried out in the Scopus and Dialnet databases using different combinations …
Internal and External Load Variations in Young Students
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of internal and external load in soccer small-sided games (SSGs) and a strength program based on CrossFit combined with SSGs for 7 weeks. Fifty-five students participated in this research (age: 9.04 ± 0.19 years) and were randomly assigned to SSGs ( n = 27) or strength combined with SSGs ( n = 29) group. Two sessions/week were implemented. The results revealed that internal load on SSGs promote…
Application of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model in the Secondary Education Curriculum
The aim was to implement a value-promoting programme (Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility, TPSR) and to assess its impact on psychological and contextual variables in students comparing the differences among one group that applied it in several subjects, another group only in Physical Education (PE), and a control group. Method: The programme was applied for eight months with 257 students from three secondary school centres (151 boys and …
Students’ perceptions on three-way pedagogical models hybridization
The goal of the present study was to explore Primary Education students’ views on their involvement in a three pedagogical models’ hybridization (Health-Based Physical Education, Cooperative Learning and Sport Education) based on their common features, links and frameworks (e.g. the influence of the models in the students’ basic psychological needs or motivation), as well as their limitations. A total of 115 year-5 and year-6 students (46.09% gir…
How Does the Family Influence the Physical Condition and Health of Children in a Rural Environment
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess physical conditions related to health status and establish relationships with influencing factors such as family structure, educational level, and parental professional occupation in the infant stage of three to five years in a rural setting. The sample included 205 children between 3 and 5 years of age from rural areas (<10,000 inhabitants) from the region of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). Fitness…
Effects of 6 Weeks Direct Instruction and Teaching Games for Understanding Programs on Physical Activity and Tactical Behaviour in U-12 Soccer Players
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of 6 weeks direct instruction and teaching games for understanding (TGfU) programs on the decision-making and execution (post-interventions), as well, as on the physical activity (PA) levels during sessions. Thirty under-12 football players participated in this study (age: 10.3 ± 0.45 years) and were randomly assigned to TGfU ( n = 15) or direct instruction ( n = 15) group. Two sessions/week we…
Effect of a hybrid teaching games for understanding/sport education unit on elementary students’ self-determined motivation in physical education
As an alternative to the direct instructional model, Metzler proposed a range of pedagogical models that include second generation models such as teaching games for understanding (TGfU) and sport education (SE). These pedagogical models have key design features that can promote high levels of autonomous motivation for both boys and girls. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to investigate the motivational outcomes of elementary boys and g…
Observation Criteria for Physical Education Teachers to Identify Gifted Children through Invasion Games
Whilst in other curriculum subjects, it exists observation criteria to detect gifted pupils, there is a paucity of information in Physical Education. For that reason, we aimed to reveal the observation criteria for identifying gifted pupils in Physical Education in an invasion game. Physical Education (PE) talent was evaluated combining results of questionnaire to experts, parents, and students. A validated nomination scale (NSIFT) and the Game P…
Hybridizing pedagogical models
The goal of this study was to assess hybridizations conducted among pedagogical models (PMs) from 1st to 12th grade (six–18 years) in physical education (PE). Research articles selected were found through Web of Science, Medline, Scopus, SportDiscus (EBSCO), ERIC (ProQuest) and Google Scholar databases. The keywords associated with PMs (e.g. models-based practice and sport education (SE)), hybridization (e.g. hybrid), PE and educational levels (e…
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…
Analysis of execution and visual search behavior on return action in Squash
El objetivo del presente estudio ha sido analizar el comportamiento visual (localización, número y duración de las fijaciones visuales) y la ejecución de jugadores de squash de diferente nivel de pericia en el gesto técnico-táctico del resto al servicio.La muestra estaba compuesta por 84 jugadores, divididos en cuatro niveles de pericia (Primera categoría nacional, Segunda categoría nacional, nivel autonómico y nivel provincial).Se utilizó la Her…
Physical education for sustainable development goals
The sustainability requirements of the planet in recent years have made it necessary for everyone to reflect on new lifestyles. For this purpose, the United Nations has established an agenda for change organised into 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that claim to be achieved by 2030. The demands of this sustainable development are organised into three main dimensions: social, environmental, and economical. To achieve these goals, the educa…
Exploring physical education teachers’ perceptions of sustainable development goals and education for sustainable development
The world, society and education are constantly evolving, and to respond to these changes, the main governmental institutions have been proposing different global strategies to focus efforts in the same direction. Currently, the United Nations and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have presented a series of indicators that could help to minimise the environmental, economic and social instability we are experiencing. In this sense, Educat…
Future physical education teachers’ perceptions of sustainability
The integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the curriculum of prospective physical education (PE) teachers is limited. This research aims to analyze their knowledge and perceptions of the role of physical education in promoting the SDGs. The SDGs most related to physical education are health and well-being, quality education, gender equality and reducing inequalities. Participants felt that PE contributes to the development o…
Psychological approaches to sustainability
One of the pending challenges facing Education for Sustainable Development is to change students' behavior in favor of sustainability so that these are lasting and even transferable to other people. This study analyzes how various psychological factors, including motivation, attitudes, beliefs and emotions, can be channeled to enhance social and ecological awareness through education. This paper presents an innovative approach to Sustainable Deve…
Students’ perceptions on three-way pedagogical models hybridization
The goal of the present study was to explore Primary Education students’ views on their involvement in a three pedagogical models’ hybridization (Health-Based Physical Education, Cooperative Learning and Sport Education) based on their common features, links and frameworks (e.g. the influence of the models in the students’ basic psychological needs or motivation), as well as their limitations. A total of 115 year-5 and year-6 students (46.09% gir…
Analysis of execution and visual search behavior on return action in Squash
El objetivo del presente estudio ha sido analizar el comportamiento visual (localización, número y duración de las fijaciones visuales) y la ejecución de jugadores de squash de diferente nivel de pericia en el gesto técnico-táctico del resto al servicio.La muestra estaba compuesta por 84 jugadores, divididos en cuatro niveles de pericia (Primera categoría nacional, Segunda categoría nacional, nivel autonómico y nivel provincial).Se utilizó la Her…
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…
Observation Criteria for Physical Education Teachers to Identify Gifted Children through Invasion Games
Whilst in other curriculum subjects, it exists observation criteria to detect gifted pupils, there is a paucity of information in Physical Education. For that reason, we aimed to reveal the observation criteria for identifying gifted pupils in Physical Education in an invasion game. Physical Education (PE) talent was evaluated combining results of questionnaire to experts, parents, and students. A validated nomination scale (NSIFT) and the Game P…
Hybridizing pedagogical models
The goal of this study was to assess hybridizations conducted among pedagogical models (PMs) from 1st to 12th grade (six–18 years) in physical education (PE). Research articles selected were found through Web of Science, Medline, Scopus, SportDiscus (EBSCO), ERIC (ProQuest) and Google Scholar databases. The keywords associated with PMs (e.g. models-based practice and sport education (SE)), hybridization (e.g. hybrid), PE and educational levels (e…
How Does the Family Influence the Physical Condition and Health of Children in a Rural Environment
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess physical conditions related to health status and establish relationships with influencing factors such as family structure, educational level, and parental professional occupation in the infant stage of three to five years in a rural setting. The sample included 205 children between 3 and 5 years of age from rural areas (<10,000 inhabitants) from the region of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). Fitness…
Effects of 6 Weeks Direct Instruction and Teaching Games for Understanding Programs on Physical Activity and Tactical Behaviour in U-12 Soccer Players
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of 6 weeks direct instruction and teaching games for understanding (TGfU) programs on the decision-making and execution (post-interventions), as well, as on the physical activity (PA) levels during sessions. Thirty under-12 football players participated in this study (age: 10.3 ± 0.45 years) and were randomly assigned to TGfU ( n = 15) or direct instruction ( n = 15) group. Two sessions/week we…
Effect of a hybrid teaching games for understanding/sport education unit on elementary students’ self-determined motivation in physical education
As an alternative to the direct instructional model, Metzler proposed a range of pedagogical models that include second generation models such as teaching games for understanding (TGfU) and sport education (SE). These pedagogical models have key design features that can promote high levels of autonomous motivation for both boys and girls. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to investigate the motivational outcomes of elementary boys and g…
Sustainability Awareness of In-Service Physical Education Teachers
Physical Education has been described as a subject with unique characteristics that can contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals. However, an analysis of PE teachers’ (PETs) sustainability consciousness has not yet been conducted. For this purpose, a total of 203 PETs completed the validated SCQ-S instrument to measure the three dimensions of sustainable development in three components of consciousness (attitudes, knowledge and behav…
Sport Education, Cooperative Learning and Health-Based Physical Education
The aim of this article is to explain how sport education, cooperative learning, and health-based physical education can be hybridized using an educative version of CrossFit as content in fifth and sixth grade to promote the abovementioned goals. The main features of the three models and the content used are fully described. Finally, recommendations for the key elements of the hybridization have been highlighted to help teachers use them
Fútbol sala y alto rendimiento
Futsal is a sport with a significant number of practitioners. Its small playing field and the rapidity of the players’ actions encourage research on its configuration parameters to learn strategies that improve sports performance. The objective of this paper is to review the articles published between 2015 and 2020 that deal with elite futsal. A bibliographic search was carried out in the Scopus and Dialnet databases using different combinations …
Internal and External Load Variations in Young Students
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of internal and external load in soccer small-sided games (SSGs) and a strength program based on CrossFit combined with SSGs for 7 weeks. Fifty-five students participated in this research (age: 9.04 ± 0.19 years) and were randomly assigned to SSGs ( n = 27) or strength combined with SSGs ( n = 29) group. Two sessions/week were implemented. The results revealed that internal load on SSGs promote…
Application of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model in the Secondary Education Curriculum
The aim was to implement a value-promoting programme (Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility, TPSR) and to assess its impact on psychological and contextual variables in students comparing the differences among one group that applied it in several subjects, another group only in Physical Education (PE), and a control group. Method: The programme was applied for eight months with 257 students from three secondary school centres (151 boys and …
Students’ perceptions on three-way pedagogical models hybridization
The goal of the present study was to explore Primary Education students’ views on their involvement in a three pedagogical models’ hybridization (Health-Based Physical Education, Cooperative Learning and Sport Education) based on their common features, links and frameworks (e.g. the influence of the models in the students’ basic psychological needs or motivation), as well as their limitations. A total of 115 year-5 and year-6 students (46.09% gir…
Cyberbullying in elementary and middle school students
Exploring physical education teachers’ perceptions of sustainable development goals and education for sustainable development
The world, society and education are constantly evolving, and to respond to these changes, the main governmental institutions have been proposing different global strategies to focus efforts in the same direction. Currently, the United Nations and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have presented a series of indicators that could help to minimise the environmental, economic and social instability we are experiencing. In this sense, Educat…
Physical education for sustainable development goals
The sustainability requirements of the planet in recent years have made it necessary for everyone to reflect on new lifestyles. For this purpose, the United Nations has established an agenda for change organised into 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that claim to be achieved by 2030. The demands of this sustainable development are organised into three main dimensions: social, environmental, and economical. To achieve these goals, the educa…
Development and Validation of an Assessment Tool for Physical Education for Sustainable Development
The study presents the design and validation of a Physical Education for Sustainable Development (PESD) instrument. This consists of a 25-item quantitative instrument that assesses the teaching interventions of physical education teachers. A total of 358 physical education teachers completed the questionnaire. The instrument uses an 8-point Likert scale. For the validation of the instrument, content validation, factorial validation, reliability t…
Teachers and pre-service teachers’ scientific competencies
Future physical education teachers’ perceptions of sustainability
The integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the curriculum of prospective physical education (PE) teachers is limited. This research aims to analyze their knowledge and perceptions of the role of physical education in promoting the SDGs. The SDGs most related to physical education are health and well-being, quality education, gender equality and reducing inequalities. Participants felt that PE contributes to the development o…
Game performance assessment instrument in physical education
Psychological approaches to sustainability
One of the pending challenges facing Education for Sustainable Development is to change students' behavior in favor of sustainability so that these are lasting and even transferable to other people. This study analyzes how various psychological factors, including motivation, attitudes, beliefs and emotions, can be channeled to enhance social and ecological awareness through education. This paper presents an innovative approach to Sustainable Deve…
Assessing sustainability competence in future early childhood physical education teachers
Purpose This study aims to assess the self-perceived sustainability competence of pre-service teachers enrolled in early childhood Education programs with a specialization in physical education (PE) in Spain. The research addresses a gap in the literature concerning how sustainable development principles are internalized within initial teacher education, especially in disciplines traditionally considered peripheral to sustainability discourse Des…
Health-Based Physical Education and Sport Education
This qualitative study aimed to describe the collaborative process followed by an in-service teacher and two university researchers in co-designing and implementing a Health-based Physical Education/Sport Education hybridization and to explore the perceived strengths/weaknesses of the process. An 11-lesson (six weeks) intervention on rope-skipping was conducted in a 5th-grade classroom. Qualitative data was collected (teacher’s interviews, partic…
Reconciling model fidelity and teaching agency
This study examined how different levels of implementation fidelity to critical elements of a hybrid Sport Education–Step Game Approach (SE-SGA) were associated with students’ game performance during volleyball teaching. Within a master's-level physical education teacher education program in Northern Portugal, nine preservice teachers (PSTs) and 189 10th-grade students across nine classes participated. Prior to school placement, the PSTs complete…
Prosocial behaviour in primary and secondary school students. Effects of the Cybupre intervention
Prosocial behaviour is regarded as a critical factor in reducing aggressive behaviours among peers, both in physical settings and virtual spaces. This variable facilitates the enhancement of social relationships, promoting empathy, deep listening, physical and verbal service, and even solidarity, among other benefits. The objective of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of the CYBUPRE intervention in fostering prosocial behaviour, analysing…
Psychology (15 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (13 works) · Physical education (12 works) · Mathematics education (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (7 works) · Sustainability (7 works) · Sustainable development (7 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (6 works)