Class Dissertation in Training the Young Sportsperson

The dissertation seeks to provide students with the ability to use research and planning procedures and techniques of investigation and planning, with scientific rigour and seriousness, and, simultaneously, stimulate the need to discuss scientific methods. According to these assumptions, a systematic and complete work on a particular subject should be performed with detailed treatment and an extensive range. The realisation of the research paper requires achieving bibliographical research that will define the rational theoretical work, the definition of a method, data collection, the analysis of the results, a discussion supported by theoretical rationale, and a conclusion.

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The dissertation is organised in three stages, during which the student is supervised by a teacher, producing the following outcomes:   Stage 1 - Definition of the topic, basic literature review, objective, and preliminary methods. Report (10.000 characters). Poster presentation at an evaluation conference. Stage 2 - Critical review of the literature, method, and report of the progress in data collection. Manuscript with a systematic literature review or meta-analysis and the study method (research protocol). Oral presentation at an evaluation conference. Stage 3 - Results, discussion, and final text. The dissertation includes: General introduction (10.000 characters); Manuscript 1 - Systematic review of the literature; Manuscript 2 - Experimental or observational research paper; General discussion (10.000 characters). Oral presentation for the final evaluation.

Weekly meetings are scheduled with the supervisors and can occur individually or in seminars. The 3 phases allow, with progressive complexity and depth, the development and intermediate formative evaluation of the work. The evaluation conferences allow for this intermediate formative evaluation and work as milestones. The final evaluation is done with a jury of at least three members. It includes a 20-minute oral presentation, followed by 60 minutes of questioning from the jury, with this time equally divided between the student’s answers and jury questions. The classifications are calculated through the following: 35% by the process of developing the dissertation and 65% by the quality of the dissertation document, with the following criteria: >18 values, if ready for a journal with an IF>1; 17-18 values if prepared for a journal IF<1; 15-16 values if ready for a journal indexed;<15 values if ready for journal non-indexed.

A bibliografia específica é definida pelos Orientadores de acordo com os temas e linhas de investigação.