Neurocognitive stimulation in physical education with Tyro Motion and Fitlight

Abstract

In 1925, Maria Montessori designed teaching materials to stimulate cognition through sensorimotor development. Today, with the support of neuroscience research (Aguilera et al., 2023; Kaloka et al., 2024), more complex proposals are being made and new tools such as gamification are being integrated into the development of the neurocognitive component of Physical Education (De Sousa Mendes et al., 2022; León-Díaz et al., 2019). This workshop aims to provide teachers with tools to implement neurodidactic strategies using technological tools to stimulate neurocognition in Physical Education classes.

An experiential workshop was developed in four phases: (1) Exploratory, to conceptually address the process of neurocognitive stimulation in the sensitive phases of human development, where the most relevant advances in neuroscience related to education and sport are presented; (2) Formation of work groups where participants will receive a hands-on demonstration of comprehensive neurocognitive stimulation exercises focused on executive function, attention, memory and information processing speed using the educational gamification strategy with the Tyro Motion and Fitlight programs; (3) Implementation, in which each group, based on the acquired knowledge, develops an exercise that integrates coordination and cognitive skills, which will be evaluated with Tyro Motion and Fitlight; and (4) Creative Feedback, which consists of a discussion table where the experiences, opinions and contributions of the workshop participants are collected. In short, the workshop sensitized the participants to the importance of psychomotor stimulation integrated with the neurocognitive component and its applicability in different stages of human development, in order to be able to transfer to the classroom discussions on the importance of its contribution to the integral formation of students and to promote a holistic approach in education.