Abstract
<p>Enactive education is an innovative model based on embodied cognition. This quasi-experimental controlled study with pretest-posttest design investigated the effects of an online enactive school program on students’ learning outcomes, academic self-concept, and physical self-concept. The study was conducted in three secondary schools in the districts of Salerno and Potenza, Italy, during COVID-19 school closures in 2021. Participants were 431 students, 52.4% girls, mean age 14.27 years (SD = 1.01). The study instruments included a school questionnaire and the academic and physical scales of the multidimensional self-concept scale (MSCS). The experimental group received online sessions on mind-body wellbeing, healthy eating, and movement, while controls received non-enactive online classes on the same subjects. Findings indicate that the experimental group, compared to controls, showed higher levels of all the variables considered. Implications include that online enactive education should be used at secondary school level to promote desirable educational and psychological outcomes.</p>