| Code |
15668
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| Year |
2
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
T(15H)/TP(30H)
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| Scientific area |
Sports Sciences
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Entry requirements |
NA
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Learning outcomes |
The purpose of the UC is to develop the student knowledge, skills, and competencies about scientific research methods in the context of school Physical Education.
Thus, at the end of the UC, the student must have acquired the following learning outcomes:
1. Be able to elaborate a critical analysis of educational research in the particular domain of Physical Education;
2. Be able to develop research capacity in Physical Education, applying criteria, models, strategies, procedures, and instruments appropriate to the study problem and given the ethical requirements of research in this domain.
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Syllabus |
1. The context of educational research
1.1. Conceptual and critical approach to the positivist, interpretive and critical paradigm of educational research
1.2. The emerging model of complexity theory
2. Planning educational research
2.1. Ethics in educational research
2.2. Problem identification: relevance and originality
2.2.1. Literature review and scientific writing
2.2.2. Research models and methods in Physical Education - Stages of scientific research
3. Population, Sample, Variables and scales, data
4. Data collection methods
5. Descriptive characterization and exploratory data analysis: Univariate analysis; Bivariate and correlational analysis;
6. Introduction to statistical methods for the analysis of questionnaires.
7. Parametric and nonparametric hypothesis tests: comparison of the mean in paired samples; independence between two variables;
8. Analysis of Variance Model and respective hypothesis tests
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Main Bibliography |
- Armour, K., & Macdonald, D. (2012). Research Methods in Physical Education and Youth Sport. London: Routledge.
- Thomas, J. R., Nelson, J. K., & Silverman, L. (2011). Research methods in physical activity (6th edition). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
- Kirk, K., Macdonald, D., & O'Sullivan, M. (2006). The handbook of physical education. Oxford: Sage Publications.
- APA. (2009). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th Edition. Washington - DC: APA.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The typology of classes is theoretical, although it does not fail to combine exposure to research, discussion, and presentation of practical and concrete examples within the scope of educational research / Physical Education, debated in a problem-solving model (in small analysis groups), which can be enriching and simultaneously motivating for students. It is also intended to create a learning environment applied to problems in the scientific area so that the most theoretical contents will be presented using practical and concrete examples within the scope of research in physical education.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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