Relatório_Miguel Abreu.pdf

Miguel Abreu – Causas de Abandono do Desporto Escolar (em algumas escolas de Lisboa)
Title: Causes of Abandonment of School Sports (in some schools of Lisbon)
Abstract
In an increasingly demanding society, where access to studies and statistics
is becoming rather easy, all subjects for sport activities must be aware concerning the
lack of physical and sports activity of our young people in their day-to-day life, as well
as the early withdrawn. This dropout mus be presented as a multifactorial
phenomenon, as there are several contexts and motives which determine it.
In daily work of teachers/coaches, aspects related to the factors that lead to
the abandonment of the youngsters deserve continued attention. Therefore, it is
important to answer the questions "Why does abandonment arises?" "What are the
causes?" or "What are the factors? This is the key issue and the goal of this study.
The sample was 174 students of both genders, of elementary and secondary
school grade, from several schools in Lisbon, who had abandoned the practice of
school sports during the academic year 2011/2012. To determine the reasons of
dropout we use the Questionnaire of Reasons for the Abandonment of School Sports –
QRAPDE, version adapted for school sports based on a similar instrument developed
by Cruz et al (1988; 1995)
The results show that the most important causes for the abandonment are
related to the dimension "lack of time" with an average of 1.84, followed by the
dimension "Sports Guidance" with an average of 1.44, and, as the less important
cause, the "Indicators of training and competition" (1.26).
All responsible intervenients, namely teachers, should thoroughly reflect about
the factors of dropout. We believe that with a conscious and sustainable guidance it will
be possible to reverse the abandonment of school sports by students.
Key-words: School Sports, Abandonment (dropout)
ULHT – Faculdade de Educação Física e Desporto
Mestrado em Ensino de Educação Física e Desporto nos Ensinos Básico e Secundário
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