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What can gender tell us about the pre-retirement experiences of elite distance runners in Finland?: A thematic narrative analysis
2016
Abstract Objectives This study explores gendered experiences of the mastery stage in endurance runners' athletic careers in terms of (a) key themes in this period of life, (b) retirement decision-making and (c) changes in athletic and runner identities. Design and method Ten male and nine female athletes aged between 25 and 62 participated in individual interviews. The data were analyzed via thematic narrative analysis. Results and conclusion Gendered meanings permeate career decision-making and retirement patterns of Finnish runners. Female athletes reported many difficulties, including health problems, loneliness, societal pressure and lack of social support during the final years of thei…
A team fares well with a fair coach: Predictors of social loafing in interactive female sport teams
2014
The present research aimed to develop and test a theoretical model that links players' perceived justice of the coach to a more optimal motivational climate, which in turn increases players' team identification and cohesion, and results in lower levels of social loafing in female sport teams. Belgian elite female basketball, volleyball, and football players (study 1; N = 259; M(age) = 22.6) and Norwegian world-class female handball players (study 2; N = 110; M(age) = 22.8) completed questionnaires assessing players' perceived justice (distributive and procedural), motivational climate, team identification, team cohesion (task and social), and social loafing (perceived and self-reported). …
El Desarrollo profesional del profesor de ciencias mediante tutorías de grupos cooperativos : estudio de ocho casos
2002
La formación continuada de profesores de ciencias, concebida como desarrollo profesional, ha adquirido recientemente relevancia en la investigación en didáctica de las ciencias. En este artículo se presenta un modelo de formación de profesores en activo basado en un programa teórico-práctico desarrollado mediante tutorías de orientación constructivista. Este modelo se ha puesto a prueba en un estudio longitudinal de varios años en el que se ha hecho un seguimiento del cambio didáctico ocurrido en ocho profesores de ciencias de secundaria. En el trabajo se presenta un diseño pretest-postest con indicadores de los cambios epistemológicos y actitudinales que han tenido lugar en estos profesore…
Promoting Leadership Skills in Teachers with Coaching
2023
Today, the acquisition of additional skills by the teacher is a central fac tor in addressing contemporary changes in educational practices. Parallel to this, teaching profession requires an identity and practical teaching skills to improve the ability to help the younger generation in their self-realization. As a result, the teacher is no longer just a disseminator of knowledge, but a professional committed to consolidating his/her profile through paths of training and cultural growth, participation in experiences that intertwine teaching activity, with multi disciplinary design, educational research and ongoing training. Taking a closer look at how coaching can support teachers’ developme…
Las habilidades comunicativas básicas en la inserción profesional. Intervención con estudiantes del Grado de Administración y Dirección de Empresas
2014
This research is a study on communication skills, skills needed in professional insertion. Our starting point is a consideration of what is demanded in today's society, what companies ask for when hiring students after college and how students should prepare for their working lives. The most necessary skills in the workplace are analyzed and explained through a study of students in the final year of the Bachelor of Administration and Management, using questionnaires and conducting a workshop coordinated by two qualified educational specialists. We find that in addition to language skills, skills in information technology and communication, the ability to adapt to new situations and initiati…
2018
Currently, there are various definitions for extreme sports and researchers in the field have been unable to advance a consensus on what exactly constitutes an 'extreme' sport. Traditional theory-led explanations, such as edgeworks, sensation seeking and psychoanalysis, have led to inadequate conceptions. These frameworks have failed to capture the depth and nuances of experiences of individuals who refute the notions of risk-taking, adrenaline- and thrill-seeking or death-defiance. Instead, participants are reported to describe experiences as positive, deeply meaningful and life-enhancing. The constant evolution of emerging participation styles and philosophies, expressed within and across…
Elena+ care for COVID-19, a pandemic lifestyle care intervention : intervention design and study protocol
2021
Background: The current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an emergency on a global scale, with huge swathes of the population required to remain indoors for prolonged periods to tackle the virus. In this new context, individuals' health-promoting routines are under greater strain, contributing to poorer mental and physical health. Additionally, individuals are required to keep up to date with latest health guidelines about the virus, which may be confusing in an age of social-media disinformation and shifting guidelines. To tackle these factors, we developed Elena+, a smartphone-based and conversational agent (CA) delivered pandemic lifestyle care intervention. Methods: Elena+ utilizes varie…
Supervening impossibility of the provision of sports training and coaching due to the 'coronavirus'
2021
The paper analyses the situation of the contracts to provide services that persons or sport organisations agree with their students in the context of expanded health crisis worldwide caused by the coronavirus. Given the diverse background of the readers, reference to specific national or local regulations will be avoided. Instead, general principles of the service contract contained in some studies that have dealt with the transnational harmonisation of private law are considered.
Programa de intervención basada en el coaching en jóvenes deportistas de alto rendimiento, y su relación con la percepción de bienestar y salud psico…
2021
El objetivo de este trabajo es el de estudiar el efecto de un programa de coaching sobre la percepción de la salud general y emocional (medido con el GHQ-12; Sánchez-López y Dresch, 2008) y el bienestar psicológico (medido con el EBP; Díaz et al., 2006) en un grupo de jóvenes atletas de alto rendimiento. Los resultados indican que el grupo experimental (n = 38), tras la realización del programa de coaching (con un promedio de 4 a 6 sesiones y 45 a 60 minutos por sesión), mejora su percepción de bienestar y salud psicológica. Estos cambios no se observan en el grupo control (n = 41). Se concluye que cuando una intervención en coaching aporta mejoras en la vida de la persona es posible que se…
Libro de Actas del Primer Congreso Internacional de Análisis de Rendimiento Deportivo y Coaching
2015
Este libro es una compliación de las Comunicaciones y Ponencias presentadas en el I Congreso Internacional de Análisis de Rendimiento Deportivo y Coaching, celebrado en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte de la Universidad de Valencia entre el 25 y 27 de Marzo de 2015. Organizado por la Universidad de Valencia y la Asociación Valenciana de Análisis de Rendimiento Deportivo y Coaching. This book is a compilation of Communications and lectures presented at the Firsth International Conference on Performance Analysis and Coaching in Sport, performed in the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences of the University of Valencia, 25-27th of March. Organized by the Un…