Evaluation of Extracurricular Sports Activities as an Educational Element for Sustainable Development in Educational Institutions

Abstract

Education that instills healthy habits has acquired much attention in recent years due to concerns related to obesity and the sedentary lifestyle of the scholastic population. Extracurricular sports activities can contribute to the creation of healthy habits and can promote active lifestyles. These positive habits provide social benefits and are a facilitator of sustainable development. Thisstudy had two objectives: To assess the quality and value of extracurricular sports activities offered by schools, as well as the satisfaction of the participants and their future intentions to participate; and to assess the relationship between these constructs, with the aim of identifying factors that encourage schoolchildren to be active. Information was gathered from 1080 children in secondary education in Spain (n = 1080) (65.90% boys, 13.76 ± 1.39 years). The instruments used were the Scale of Perception of Sports Organizations (EPOD2) and a future intentions scale. The evaluation of satisfaction, quality, and value, as well as the intentions expressed by the young athletes to continue participating in extracurricular sports activities were positive, with average values close to the maximum. The best-rated quality variables were human resources. A significant association was identified between communication and loyalty, and response capacity and sports spaces. Likewise, perceived satisfaction and value were related to loyalty and price. In short, student perceptions establish a clear relationship between evaluations of activities and the intention to continue practicing sports in schools.

Women and Physical Activity in Fitness Centres. Analysis of Future Intentions and Their Relationship with Age

“…The remaining results have revealed that satisfaction is not related to adaptation to price among female users of fitness services. In contrast, this relationship can be found in other studies, albeit in different population groups, where sex and age had not been studied separately [18,67,68]. This result is paradoxical, because the correlation between both constructs was one of the highest in this study, which, together with studies providing evidence to support this, seemed to indicate that there would be a correlation.…”

“…This means that an increase in the perceived value of the service may make users more willing to pay more for the service provided. This finding occurred in other studies, although with different populations and without distinguishing between age groups [18,67,68].…”

Analysis of Strength and Endurance Values in Schoolchildren Aged 7 to 10 Years in Tolú, Colombia

“…The analysis coincides with the argument presented by Peréz-Ordaz, Aznar, Nuviala, and Nuviala [57] that physical capabilities contribute to the sustainable development of education. Thus, physical education should be encouraged with the objective of creating healthy lifestyle habits that lead to better human development.…”

Back Pain and Knowledge of Back Care Related to Physical Activity in 12 to 17 Year Old Adolescents from the Region of Murcia (Spain): ISQUIOS Programme

“…Given the high prevalence of back pain and the important lack of knowledge found in the present study, and the fact that physical education has the potential for preventing back problems [1,[3][4][5][6][7]10,13,15], development of new strategies to promote back care-specific physical exercise from an early age, in order to support an active lifestyle as well as to generate adaptive behaviours and expand responsible attitudes for back care, is necessary [2,9,12,14,21,28,29].…”

“…To be more specific, physical education and physical activity make a direct contribution to health and well-being of all, as well as on quality education and lifelong learning for all [28]. In this sense, physical education, physical activity and sport in childhood and adolescence seems to be an important tool to promote the sustainable development of societies, and plays an essential role in strengthening each of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) [29,30]. In fact, the resolution 70/1 adopted in 2015 entitled "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", recognizes the role of physical education and sport in the promotion of social progress [31].…”