THE PEDAGOGICAL ROLE OF MOTOR ACTIVITY IN CONTRASTING EDUCATIONAL POVERTY

Educational and economic poverty are two phenomena closely connected to each and are spreading exponentially, also due to the health emergency due to the Coronavirus. The first educational areas that must be valued in order to face and reduce this constant growth are certainly the school institution, the family and physical education. In particular, the school, intended as the first educational agency and glue among others, has the task of using all the educational sources that exist, thereforeit must exploit all the potential of Motor Activity to be able to counter the family economic difficulties that inevitably compromise the correct cultural and social growth of the child and therefore of the future citizen. This article aims to highlight how the combination of “School and Physical Education” is one of the necessary pillars to tackle Educational Poverty, especially in the developmental age.