Measurement of Physical Activity in Physical Education Through Technology

Measurement of Physical Activity in Physical Education Through Technology provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide for implementing technology to measure and enhance children’s physical activity (PA) in educational settings. It includes PA and physical assessment methods in physical education (PE) with contemporary technologies and emerging AI applications to help educators optimize activity levels, prevent sedentary behavior, support holistic child development, and address the global childhood physical inactivity crisis through accessible, practical, and ethically grounded approaches.

While sports science has extensively adopted monitoring technology for athletes, and educational technology literature exists broadly, no comprehensive resource bridges these domains specifically for PE. This cutting-edge new book addresses this critical knowledge gap at the intersection of technology, PA measurement, and educational pedagogy.

With contemporary and forward-looking content, and a holistic developmental perspective addressing multiple developmental outcomes such as motor, cognitive, social-emotional, and health, Measurement of Physical Activity in Physical Education Through Technology recognizes PE’s role beyond physical fitness to encompass whole-child development and broader educational objectives. As such, this book is key reading for final-year undergraduate and master’s students in PE teacher education, PE pedagogy, children’s PA, or educational technology programs.

Markel Rico-González is an assistant professor in the Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of the Basque Country (EHU), Spain. He is the author of more than 120 scientific articles in journals and more than 25 book chapters. He is also the co-editor of the book The Use of Applied Technology in Team Sport (Routledge, 2021, with José Pino-Ortega), the editor of the book Physical Education in Early Childhood: Movement and Development from 3 to 6 Years (Routledge, 2025), and the co-editor of the book Physical Education in Primary Education: Movement and Development from 6 to 12 Years (Routledge, 2027).

José Pino-Ortega is a university professor in the Department of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, Spain. His main research area is technology applied to physical activity. He is the author of nearly 200 scientific articles in high-impact journals and co-editor of the book The Use of Applied Technology in Team Sports (Routledge, 2021, with Markel Rico-González). José Pino-Ortega is currently the main researcher in the Research Chair of Education, Activity and Cancer, University of Murcia, Spain.