The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents

Adolescents’ academic performance and the way it is related to their subjective wellbeing are issues of great interest across educational systems. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how satisfaction with high school subjects can predict school satisfaction and academic performance in Mexican students. The sample consisted of 457 high school students in the Baja California and Nuevo León states in Mexico (247 boys, 210 girls); their mean age being 14.10 (SD = 0.84). We used a questionnaire featuring a subject satisfaction scale, an intrinsic school satisfaction scale, and one related to academic grades. We used descriptive analyses, correlations, and structural regression models. In terms of results, the high satisfaction and academic performance levels in physical education, Spanish and English are worth highlighting. Geography and history are the most relevant predictors of academic grades, while Spanish predicts school satisfaction and physical education predicts boredom. In conclusion, satisfaction with mathematics, Spanish, and English are strong predictors of satisfaction (SATF), and the latter in turn predicts Mexican high school students’ academic performance

Didactic proposal to prevent the main injures in climbers

Resumen tomado de la publicaciónEl objetivo del presente trabajo es doble: por un lado estudiar, a través de una revisión bibliográfica, las lesiones musculares, articulares y tendinosas más comunes en aquellos sujetos que practican escalada, bien en forma de competición o bien en forma de clases educativas. El segundo objetivo es establecer unas propuestas didácticas para mejorar la práctica de este deporte y reducir el número de lesiones producidas en nuestros alumnos.ES

The professional competences in Physical Education and educational needs

Resumen basado en el de la publicaciónTítulo, resumen y palabras clave también en inglésSe hace un pequeño análisis de lo que ha supuesto y debe suponer, la creación de los grados de Educación Física, desde dicho enfoque hacia la creación de un estilo de vida activo en los alumnos. Se piensa que crear un enfoque curricular competencial de los estudios puede ser el modo de asumir la responsabilidad social de educar para una vida saludable, tras las investigaciones que cada día nos muestran las necesidades de la población actual. Para ello, hacen falta ciertos cambios tanto en los planes de estudios, como en la formación de los futuros docentes.ES

Canoeing in teacher continous training as update of contents of Physical Education

El profesorado que imparte su ejercicio profesional docente en centros no universitarios, una vez finalizada su formación inicial, necesita de la denominada formación permanente para actualizar sus conocimientos y sus métodos a la evolución científica y pedagógica. En el desarrollo del Plan de Actuación del Centro del Profesorado Cuevas-Olula se incardina esta actividad formativa que tiene como objetivo la actualización de contenidos del bloque de actividad física en el medio natural, como recoge el R.D. 1631/2006, concretados en el piragüismo, tratando de despertar el interés hacia esta práctica deportiva, proporcionando experiencias en distintos contenidos de aprendizaje, con el fin de formar al profesorado para que sea capaz de llevar al alumnado hacia el conocimiento del piragüismo y a la primera toma de contacto de la actividad.ES

Preliminary exploration of the “Sport Motivation Scale (SMS)” adapted to physical education

Resumen tomado de la publicaciónEl objetivo de este trabajo fue aportar evidencias sobre la dimensionalidad de la versión española del SMS adaptado a la Educación Física en su versión de 3 y 7 factores. Se utilizó una muestra de 253 alumnos (118 varones y 135 mujeres) de tres centros de Educación Secundaria de la provincia de Almería, con edades de entre 13 y 18 años (M = 15.51; SD = 1.31). Como instrumentos se utilizaron la escala Sport Motivation Scale adaptada a la Educación Física y el Cuestionario de Orientación al Aprendizaje y al Rendimiento en las Clases de Educación Física. Los resultados mostraron que los dos modelos en español obtienen buenos indicadores para poder ser probados mediante modelos confirmatoriosES

New Developments in Physical Education and Sport

Continuous updates of knowledge among professionals in physical education (PE) and sport are essential for the goal of developing quality professional work. In our current globalized and changing world, continuous and permanent learning is fundamental for organizing and complementing initial training and previous experience. To ensure competence in the field of PE and sport, it is important to have a proactive attitude towards the extensive knowledge arising from continuous research and to integrate it with one’s prior knowledge and work experience. This is the path to career improvement and satisfaction. Certainly, research is an unfinished and diverse construct: it is a permanent learning process in terms of interpretations, explanations, and contributions. Globalization, research, and education must respond to continuous changes in the different spheres of social, economic, and scientific activity. Information and communication technologies provide excellent mechanisms to facilitate the study, exchange, and dissemination of principal research findings regarding knowledge and knowledge socialization events. For this reason, and to develop competence or learning, it is also necessary to select the most appropriate information as well as quality publications that are produced with methodological rigor. Integrating knowledge in a way that can be suitably applied in the modern setting will help us to flourish as highly competent professionals in PE and sports, a field that is increasingly taken up by the population

Mood, self-confidence and pre-competitive anxiety in sport shooting

Resumen tomado de la publicaciónEl objetivo de este estudio fue analizar los niveles de estado de ánimo y ansiedad precompetitiva, según el nivel de los deportistas. Han participado un total de 183 deportistas con edades entre 26 y 59 años (M= 41.14; DT= 6.43); 179 eran hombres y solamente cuatro mujeres. Se utilizaron los siguientes instrumentos: Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 y Profile of Mood States. Se realizó un análisis multivariante de la varianza y se realizó el cálculo de la dispersión de los impactos a través de un programa informático diseñado para tal efecto.ES

Effects of Motivation, Basic Psychological Needs, and Teaching Competence on Disruptive Behaviours in Secondary School Physical Education Students

Currently, disruptive and aggressive behaviours of a physical and verbal nature are a reality among adolescent students and a concern in the educational context. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to analyse the effects of perceived teaching competence, motivation and basic psychological needs on disruptive behaviours in secondary school PE students. The sample was composed of 758 adolescent students from seven public secondary schools. The following instruments adapted to physical education were used: The Disruptive Behaviours Questionnaire, The Evaluation of Teaching Competencies Scale, The Sport Motivation Scale, and The Basic Psychological Needs Scale. Multilevel regression models with the MIXED procedure were performed for data analysis. The results show that misbehaviour is more likely among male students and that disruptive behaviours decrease when a teacher is perceived as competent. Students with greater self-determined motivation are more likely to exhibit fewer behaviours related to low engagement and irresponsibility while amotivation increases the different disruptive behaviours in the classroom. In conclusion, it is proposed that educators work in line with the students’ needs by responding to their interests and that this will increase self-determined motivation

Contenidos desarrollados mediante las actividades en el medio natural de las clases de Educación Física en Secundaria Obligatoria

En este artículo se presenta un estudio cuyo objetivo es el análisis de los contenidos relativos al bloque de Actividades en el Medio Natural que el profesorado incluye en sus programaciones didácticas y que son abordados en el aula en los distintos niveles de la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria.Para ello se ha utilizado como instrumento un cuestionario que se ha aplicado a 51 profesores de Educación Física de Almería. Estos docentes participaban en una actividad de formación permanente de carácter provincial relacionada con las actividades físico-deportivas en el medio natural. El tratamiento estadístico se ha realizado con el SPSS V.15.Entre las conclusiones, cabe destacar que los contenidos a los que los profesores prestan más atención en sus programaciones son los concernientes a las prácticas de orientación y senderismo. Ello parece ser debido, por un lado, a que dichos contenidos son los más regulados por los Reales Decretos de enseñanza y, por otro, a la existencia de abundantes recursos y materiales bibliográficos sobre esa temática.This article summarizes a study whose aim was the analysis of the content concerning the block of Outdoor Activities in the Natural Environment which is included in the annual syllabus designed by PE teachers and, thus, that tends to be developed during the course at different levels of Compulsory Secondary Education.To do so, the main instrument used has been a questionnaire that has been applied to 51 PE teachers of the Almeria province (Spain). These teachers were taking part on an in service training course around physical and sports outdoor activities in the natural environment. Data obtained has been analyzed using SPSS V.15.Among the findings, we show that teachers pay more attention to the contents related to the practices of hiking, trecking and orienteering. This seems to be due, on the one hand, to the fact that these contents are the most regulated (among the outdoor activities) by the Official Curricula and, on the other, to the existence of many resources and bibliographic materials on this topic

Effects of a Motivational Climate on Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Motivation and Commitment in Teen Handball Players

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the motivational climate created by the coach and perceived by a group of young high-performance handball players on their sport motivation, self-determination, sport psychological needs and sport commitment. The study participants were 479 young handball players. The age range was 16–17 years old. Players were administered a battery composed of a Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire, Sport Motivation Scale, the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale and Sport Commitment Questionnaire to measure the above-mentioned theoretical constructs. Results showed that the handball players showed high levels of a task-involving climate, of basic psychological needs satisfaction and of self-determined motivation and commitment. Higher levels of basic psychological needs such as autonomy and competence were associated with a higher task-involving climate, self-determined index and sport commitment (task-involving climate–basic psychological needs (β = 0.55; 95% IC 0.387/0.682; p = 0.001); Ego-involving climate–basic psychological needs (β = 0.06; 95% IC −0.069/0.181; p = 0.387); Basic psychological needs–self-determined index (β = 0.48; 95% IC 0.376/0.571; p = 0.001); Self-determined index–commitment (β = 0.58; 95% IC 0.488/0.663; p = 0.001). The obtained model showed that basic psychological needs mediated the association between a task-involving climate and self-determination, and self-determination mediated the association between basic psychological needs satisfaction and commitment