ERIC Number: EJ1471705
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1472-9679
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Plogging Improves Environmental Awareness in High School Physical Education Students
Carlos Martinez-Mirambell1; Olalla García-Taibo3; Alberto Ferriz-Valero1,2; Salvador Baena-Morales1,2
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, v25 n2 p333-343 2025
Plogging, a practice that combines outdoor exercise with waste collection, is a novel alternative to physical activity; therefore, it has not been extensively studied in the scientific literature yet. The aim of this research is to analyse whether students' environmental attitudes are affected by a 6-week intervention based on plogging. A total of 143 students (mean age 15.58 ± 3.28) participated in the study. A pre-post design with control and experimental group was carried out. To assess attitudes, a diagnostic questionnaire of attitudes towards the environment in secondary school students was used. The instrument is composed of five factors (motivation, participation, communication, environment and education). To measure the effect of the intervention, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed. The results showed that the experimental group significantly improved in factors such as motivation and environmental awareness. These results contribute to increasing research on the integration of sustainability in Physical Education.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Physical Education, Outdoor Education, Exercise, Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Secondary School Students, Wastes, Sanitation, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of General and Specific Didactics, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain; 2Education, EDUCAPHYS Research Group, Alicante, Spain; 3Department of Physical Education and Sport, University Pontificial of Comillas CESAG-Mallorca, Palma, Spain