From the Participation to the Dropout in Sport

Code:

PDCD036

Acronym:

DEBDH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sports Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - SP

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sport Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDCD	0	Plano em vigor a partir de 2009	1	-	5	45	135

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit (CU) aims to promote the deepening and consolidation of previously acquired knowledge about the main psychological, social and contextual issues determining the participation in sport and physical activity and dropout of people of all ages, as well to promote and to develop skills to intervene in this area.

Under the teaching of this course, students must:

demonstrate high knowledge of the most important

literature in this area;

improve and consolidate skills related to interventions to achieve predefined objectives and sustain the gains, and enhance and apply skills in goal setting, behavior change programs and maintenance of gains previously achieved.

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus of this course is consistent with the respective goals, because it was defined to allow students to deepen and consolidate a body of knowledge acquired in previous cycles of study more related to key issues relating to the participation and dropout of sport and physical activity by people of all ages. Accordingly, within the classroom, the fundamental concepts of this area of knowledge are revisited; as well its application in daily field situations is examined and emphasized

Working method

Presencial

Program

Why people do sport and exercise and why they drop out

Sources and strategies of motivation.

From the explanation of the causes of performance outcomes to its cognitive, emotional and behavioral consequences

Psychosocial processes in sport and physical activity contexts.

Interventions in sport and physical activity contexts

Promotion of sport and physical activity across different contexts

Mandatory literature

Anshel, M. H.; Applied Exercise Psychology, Springer Publishing Company, 2011
Cruz José Fernando 340; Manual de psicologia do desporto. ISBN: 972-96044-3-6
Fonseca António Manuel; A^FCDEF-UP e a psicologia do desporto. ISBN: 972-8687-07-9
Fonseca António 340; A^FCDEF-UP e a psicologia do desporto. ISBN: 972-8687-00-1
Hagger, MS & Chatzisarantis, NLD; Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Exercise and Sport, HKinetics, 2007
Lox, C., Ginis, K. M., & Petruzzello,S. J.; The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice, Holcomb Hathaway, Pub, 2010 (3rd edition)
Rejesk, W. &Bailey, EK; Fitness Motivation: Preventing Participant Dropout, Human Kinetics, 1991
Roberts Glyn C. 340; Advances in motivation in sport and exercise. ISBN: 0-88011-849-0
Weinberg Robert S.; Foundations of sport and exercise psychology. ISBN: 978-1-4504-6981-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

The adopted teaching methods take different forms:

i) Expository, with explanatory content by the faculty staff;

ii) Exploration, with reflection and analysis of texts;

iii) Interactive, with the facilitation of discussions and exhibitions on the part of the students, and

iv) Autonomous, emphasizing the student as a learning agent

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The student evaluation will be done by performing a work of literature review and the preparation of a research project or intervention.

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