Research Seminar in Sports, Training and Performance
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Sports Sciences |
Instance: 2024/2025 - A 
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To promote the formulation, development and refinement of the doctoral thesis project, stimulating the development of skills that allow to conceive and carry out relevant and original scientific research.
Learning outcomes and competences
- To project an in-depth and original study in a field of specialization in Sport Sciences, namely in the scope of sports training and performance;
- To demonstrate autonomy in the definition, planning and implementation of scientific research on the theme of the project to be developed;
- To set up the appropriate theoretical and methodological bases for planning and sustaining research;
- Properly use the available thematic documentation and demonstrate rigorous qualities in the argumentation and treatment of sources and data;
- To write with clarity a text that is coherent in its internal structure and in the articulation of the its parts;
- To present, orally and in writing, summaries of the research, evidencing the ability to argue in the face of questions and criticisms.
Working method
Presencial
Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)
Not applicable.
Program
The development of the Seminar includes sessions for the discussion of themes, presentation of projects and works by other doctoral students and doctorates. In addition, it involves periodic exposure of the evolution of the updated status of each doctoral student's projects. Each one makes at least four presentations to the group and to professors invited for the purpose, in addition to the official presentation of the project, held in the presence of a jury. The presentations, taken as a whole, should give an account of how the work evolved, as well as to report the changes and adjustments suggested and the difficulties encountered.
Mandatory literature
A. Mark Williams;
The^best. ISBN: 978-1-529-30435-0
Fergus Connolly;
Game changer. ISBN: 978-1-628601-18-3
Complementary Bibliography
Barnett-Page, E. & Thomas, J. ; Methods for the synthesis of qualitative research: a critical review, BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9 (59). DOI:10.1186/1471-2288-9-59, 2009
Capra, F. & Luisi, P.L; The systems view of life. A unifying vision, Cambridge University Press, 2014
Garganta, J.; Princípios e ideias para a elaboração do projeto de investigação., FADFEUP. Não publicado., 2011
Gobet, F. ; The future of expertise: the need for a multidisciplinary approach. , Journal of Expertise, 1 (2), 107-113. , 2018
Gustavii, B. ; How to write and illustrate a scientific paper. , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 2008
Henson, R., Hull, D. & Williams, C. ; Methodology in our education research culture: toward a stronger collective quantitative proficiency., Methodology in our education research culture: toward a stronger collective quantitative proficiency., 2010
Rugg, G. & Petre, M. ; A gentle guide to research methods. , New York: Open University Press. , 2007
Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, ; Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. , PLoS Med 6 (7). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097., 2009
Teaching methods and learning activities
Presentation of the updated status of the project, group work (analysis, characterization and production of texts and other materials), debate, and tutorial guidance.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
5,00 |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
5,00 |
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese |
75,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto |
15,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
10,00 |
Elaboração de projeto |
300,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
150,00 |
Estudo autónomo |
200,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
150,00 |
Total: |
810,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Not applicable.
Calculation formula of final grade
CF= 0,5xADTC+0,75xDPR+0,5xPP+0,15xTP
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable.
Internship work/project
Thesis project presented to a jury, in public evidence.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Not applicable.
Classification improvement
Not applicable.
Observations
Not applicable.