Maria Claudia Pinheiro

• Phd
• Professor (Assistant) at University of Maia

The gymnastics’ environment has been criticised for producing uncompromising coaching practices, emotional disorders, harassment and abuse. Furthermore, the challenges faced by the young gymnasts can be acute when they live in gymnastics boarding schools, where many aspects of their lives are controlled. Drawing upon a Foucauldian lens, this study...

O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar a relação entre imagem corporal e grau de satisfação e insatisfação com a mesma tendo em consideração as variáveis morfológicas sexo e índice de massa corporal. Foram entrevistados 12 adolescentes (6 rapazes e 6 garotas) divididos em 3 categorias de acordo com o seu IMC. Verificamos que alguns dos nossos e...

This research examined the experiences of eight Portuguese (former) elite athletes from a social scientific perspective. In so doing it attempted to move away from the tentacles of achievement sport and, in particular, the performance efficiency model that dominates elite sport. Rather, it focused on the subjective and qualitative experiences of sp...

Apesar do elevado potencial para desenvolvimento dos jovens, a Educação Física tem enfrentado diversos constrangimentos em vários países. Nesse sentido, este estudo pretendeu conhecer as representações de professores acerca do estado atual da EF numa cidade da região centro de Portugal. O campo de estudo foi composto por 10 docentes, a lecionar em...

Após uma trajetória de décadas à sombra do judô masculino, as mulheres começaram a participar de competições internacionais com mais frequência, chegando, em 2012, à conquista do ouro olímpico. Os objetivos deste trabalho são identificar e interpretar as percepções da técnica da seleção brasileira de judô feminino, desde sua chegada à seleção brasi...

After a trajectory of decades in the shadow of male judo, women began to participate in international competitions more often, coming in 2012 to conquer the Olympic gold medal. The objectives of this study are to identify and interpret the perceptions of the coach of the Brazilian national women's judo since her arrival in the national team in 2000...

A apresentação deste texto divide-se em três partes. A primeira detém-se numa reflexão dos autores sobre a figura do treinador desportivo na sociedade atual e, nomeadamente, na responsabilidade que este detém no exercício da sua profissão. Seguidamente fazemos uma breve incursão nas condicionantes da sua formação assim como perspetivamos os possíve...

The growing competitiveness of modern sport means that children, from very early ages, are increasingly submitted to intensive training programmes. These programmes are problematic for young athletes not only because their developing bodies are particularly susceptible to different kinds of injuries, but because athletes are also particularly vulne...

RESUMO O projecto de investigação que se apresenta procura contribuir para a fundamentação do défice de treinadores do género feminino que prosseguem carreira no alto nível. Pretendendo-se identificar os obstáculos colocados à sua maior envolvência no treino desportivo, assim como interpretar a razão da disparidade do número de representantes mulhe...

This article provides an analysis of the debate that has been taken place about the possibility of blending figurational and feminist perspectives on the study of gender and sport. In this analysis, some of the differences between feminist and figurational approaches are briefly mentioned and Elias's ideas on involvement and detachment are presente...

This paper provides sociological reflections on the professionalization of sport coaching and the attempts of sport coaches to attain such a status. It explicates existing sociological analyses of the professions, highlighting and critiquing the so-called “trait” approach which currently dominates discussions of the professionalization of sport coa...

A teoria configuracional é marcada pelo afastamento de perspetivas sociais rígidas e estáticas determinada a estudar, a compreender e a explicar os fenómenos sociais de uma forma processual e interdependente. O quadro conceptual proposto por Norbert Elias fornece às teorias sociais uma perspetiva de construção de conceitos empíricos base, cuja fun...

Este estudo teve como objetivo conhecer o nível de (in)satisfação dos alunos das escolas Básica 2/3 Ciclos Jorge Montemor e Escola Secundária de Montemor em relação às unidades temáticas abordadas. Foi aplicada uma entrevista estruturada a 72 alunos entre os 11 e os 19 anos de idade. A disciplina de EF surgiu como uma das preferidas dos alunos....

O principal propósito deste estudo foi procurar perceber se estudantes de Educação Física e Desporto dos setores público e privado em Portugal alteram as suas conceções acerca do que é um bom professor ao longo da sua Formação Inicial. Adicionalmente procurou-se detetar qual o papel do Professor Cooperante neste processo. O estudo incorporou uma co...

The transition from the ‘New State’ regime in Portugal (which lasted approximately 40 years) to the democratic period brought important changes to women’s lives. Women began to enter university courses traditionally considered masculine ones, entered the labour market in greater numbers, entered professional careers that once had been closed to the...

In contemporary sport an increasing value is being given to victory leading to a decrease in the importance given to simple participation. Having the goal of victory at all costs, many athletes are willing to train and compete with pain and injury. Most of the studies addressing the issue of pain and injury have focused on the experiences and feeli...

The Cooperating Teacher is recognized as a central figure in the initial training of teachers and the preparation for the exercise of this role has been spare and understood as a matter of big importance. The appreciation of the formative experiences is an important process for the construction of personal conceptions of the Cooperating Teacher in...

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Based on post-structural feminist and gender studies, the present article analyses the importance given to the practice of physical education, sports and exercise as part of the national policy to strengthen the Caucasian-Brazilian population at the beginning of the twentieth century, emphasising the priority made of the White female body as the mo...

In contemporary sport an increasing value is being given to victory leading to a decrease in the importance given to simple participation. Having the goal of victory at all costs, many athletes are willing to train and compete with pain and injury. Most of the studies addressing the issue of pain and injury have focused on the experiences and feeli...

The period of Portuguese history known as the New State (1930-1974) was marked by a strong ideology that had a great impact upon gender relations and on women's status and their participation in sport. During this period a variety of arguments grounded in aesthetics, morals, health and women's biology were put forward not only to encourage women's...

The period of Portuguese history known as the New State (1930-1974) was marked by a strong ideology that had a significant impact upon gender relations and on women’s status and participation in sport. During this period a variety of arguments that grounded in aesthetics, morals, health and women’s biology were put forward to encourage women’s invo...