Concentration Areas and Research lines
Concentration Areas
1. Pedagogical and Sociocultural Studies of Physical Education
This area combines studies that discuss the insertion of Physical Education in schools, professional qualification processes, and the history of Physical Education. Investigation of different manifestations of movement body culture based on social and human science theories, aiming at comprehending their relations to Physical Education.
Research lines:
1.1. Historical and Sociocultural Studies of Physical Education, Sport, Leisure and Health
Description: it contemplates the study and the historical and sociocultural investigation of manifestations of Physical Education, sports, leisure, body and health practices, directed to different publics and contexts.
1.2. Physical Education, Routine, Curriculum, and Teacher Education
Description: Research on curriculum, pedagogical practices and teacher education, initial and continuing, in physical education's interaction with scholar and non-scholar routines. Discussion on education and self-education of teachers, conceptions of curriculum, the teaching profession, inclusion processes, and teachers' intervention in primary and higher education. Study on the production of pedagogical knowledge in physical education in scholar and non-scholar contexts.
2. Physical Education, Human Body Movement and Health
This area develops studies on biological factors of body movement, health and quality of life, with emphasis on morphofunctional, biomechanical and epidemiological aspects according to contributions from health science.
Research lines:
2.1. Biomechanical Aspects and Physiological Responses to Human Body Movement
Description: Investigation of acute and chronic effects of human body movement on the cardiopulmonary system with emphasis on the study of hemodynamic (chronotropic, pressure) ventilatory and morphofunctional variables, also accepting animal models. Study on kinematics variables of human movement and breathing and their relations to physical-sportive activities, pathological processes and rehabilitation.
2.2. Physiology, Biochemistry and Exercise in Experimental Models
Description: Investigation of functional aspects and molecular mechanisms involved in aggravations promoted by sedentarism and different lifestyles. Understanding of mechanisms related to the etiology and pathophysiology of diseases, as well as establishing prevention and/or attenuation strategies stemming from physical exercise.
