Da Educação Física para a Vida - Aprender a ensinar a Responsabilidade Pessoal e Social através da hibridização de modelos pedagógicos.

The present research aimed to examine the role of Physical Education and sport participation in the development of personal and social responsibility and in the prevention of bullying in socially vulnerable school contexts, while also exploring the underlying psychosocial processes and the effectiveness of pedagogical approaches based on model hybridization. Specifically, the dissertation integrates contributions from Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), Self-Determination Theory (SDT), the T...

Physical education teacher education impact on the development of preservice teachers' epistemological beliefs: A two-year longitudinal case study

The general aim of this study was to understand the impact of a physical education teacher education (PETE) program on the development and reconfiguration of pre-service teachers' (PSTs) epistemological beliefs (EBs) through a longitudinal case study design. Furthermore, the study sought to gain an in-depth understanding of how different phases of PETE guide PSTs' epistemology over time, attending to both cognitive and contextual dimensions of epistemological development. Grounded in an inter...

Estudo dos fundamentos táticos ofensivos no Basquetebol Feminino de formação assumidos pelos treinadores e observados no contexto de jogo

The objective of this thesis is to understand and analyze the offensive tactical fundamentals in women's youth basketball as assumed by coaches and observed in the context of the game. The work is divided into four complementary studies: (1) theoretical reflection, (2) coaches' narratives, (3) social network analysis, and (4) space and time dynamics, with a focus on positional attack and the respective tactical formations. The theoretical study reflecting on the landscape of basketball for ch...

Hamstring strain injury prevention in high-performance football players

The overarching aim of this doctoral thesis was to investigate how hamstring strain injury risk in high-performance football players is influenced by the organisation, modulation and degradation of sprinting mechanics under different task related and fatigue induced constraints. To address this aim, four studies were conducted using biomechanical modelling, time continuous analyses and coordination based approaches: (i) how wearable resistance modulates the distribution of hamstring mechanica...