Pedro Gil-Madrona

Pedro Gil-Madrona is a Physical Education Teacher, Bachelor and Doctor of Education Sciences with an extraordinary doctorate award. Honorable mention in the national educational research awards in 1998. Third regional research award In Spain. School principal. Head of University in the area of Teaching of Body Expression, in Spain. Participation in more than 20 research projects (Spain, Chile and Colombia). More than 100 articles in prestigious magazines. 45 of them in ISI-JCR and Scopus. 5 of them in Q1. Author, co-author and director of more than 20 books, most of them in relation to Physical Education in Early Childhood Education. He has given more than 50 conferences at national and international conferences in Spain, Paris, London, Rome, Bologna, Verona, Bogotá, Tirgu-Mures, Mar del Plata, Budapest, Maracay, San Cristobal, Caracas, Rubio, Valencia and San Diego, University of Edinburgh (Scotland) Antigua and Rotahuleu, University of Vienna (Austria), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bogotá, and the University of Miami, in Verona, New York University in Brockport, in the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University in Project Zero and Tufts University in the USA.

Publications

Early Childhood Teacher Professional Development in Physical Education and Its Impact on Preschooler Motor Development
Early Childhood Teacher Professional Development in Physical Education and Its Impact on Preschooler Motor Development
Cristina Honrubia Montesinos, Pedro Gil-Madrona, Luisa Losada-Puente. © 2023. 17 pages.
Physical education in early years makes a unique contribution to the learning experience of children and support physical, cognitive, and social development. Teacher plays an...
Handbook of Research on Using Motor Games in Teaching and Learning Strategy
Handbook of Research on Using Motor Games in Teaching and Learning Strategy
Pedro Gil-Madrona. © 2022. 511 pages.
Motor games are incredibly useful in enhancing education and developing critical skills; they can entertain, produce pleasant emotions, improve moods, and increase the level of...
Gamification in Physical Education Through the Popular Games of Don Quijote de la Mancha to Improve Affective Domain and Social Interactions
Gamification in Physical Education Through the Popular Games of Don Quijote de la Mancha to Improve Affective Domain and Social Interactions
Pedro Gil-Madrona, Pedro José Carrillo López, Iván Puebla Martín, Antonio Morcillo Martínez. © 2022. 25 pages.
Gamification in the educational context is currently a reality despite the absence of empirical studies that support its application. Therefore, the objective is to analyze the...
A Proposal of a Gamified Physical Education Lesson to Enhance Social and Emotional Skills in Primary Education
A Proposal of a Gamified Physical Education Lesson to Enhance Social and Emotional Skills in Primary Education
Cristina Honrubia Montesinos, Pedro Gil-Madrona, Jorge González Bartolomé, Alejandro Sánchéz Molina. © 2022. 10 pages.
The literature has highlighted that gamification is an innovative methodology that might improve social and emotional skills. The aim was to analyse the impact of a gamified...
Physical Education Initiatives for Early Childhood Learners
Physical Education Initiatives for Early Childhood Learners
Pedro Gil-Madrona. © 2021. 431 pages.
In early childhood education, children find in their own body and movement the main way to get in touch with the reality that surrounds them and, therefore, acquire knowledge...
Early Childhood Teacher Professional Development in Physical Education and Its Impact on Preschooler Motor Development
Early Childhood Teacher Professional Development in Physical Education and Its Impact on Preschooler Motor Development
Cristina Honrubia Montesinos, Pedro Gil-Madrona, Luisa Losada-Puente. © 2021. 17 pages.
Physical education in early years makes a unique contribution to the learning experience of children and support physical, cognitive, and social development. Teacher plays an...
Learning Environments About Colombian Legends as a Didactic Strategy
Learning Environments About Colombian Legends as a Didactic Strategy
Yulmis Isabel Rodríguez, Pedro Gil-Madrona, Luz Marina Méndez Hinojosa. © 2021. 25 pages.
This chapter presents a proposal for a didactic intervention in physical education for early childhood education in a learning environment created from the Colombian legends. The...