University Students’ Motives to Exercise According to the Self-Determination Theory

The profiling of university of Ljubljana students according to their motives for exercise participation

INTRODUCTION The main research objective is the analysis of the grouping of the students of the University of Ljubljana, with respect to the intensity of different types of exercise participation motives, their gender, discipline and year of study, level of physical activity, status of physical education class, organization of physical activities during study, and place of residence. METHODS ...

The relationship of self-determination theory variables to exercise identity

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine the patterns of association of self-determination theory variables with exercise role identity and exercise beliefs as parts of exercise identity among men and women. Design: A cross-sectional study in which perceived autonomy support by the exercise instructor, basic psychological needs, behavioral regulations, and exercise identity were ...

Physical exercise according to nursing students' perceptions.

This study aimed to get to know the perceptions of undergraduate students from the University of São Paulo College of Nursing about physical exercise as an instrument to maintain health and well being. Data were collected through the application of a questionnaire in class, involving 122 undergraduate students. In this group, 52.23% believed that physical exercise should only be recommended to ...

Self-determination theory and exercise 1 Running head: SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY AND EXERCISE Testing a self-determination theory based teaching style in the exercise domain

Changing the Role of Teacher according to Complexity Theory: From Representation to Facilitating Emergence

The present study seeks to rethink the role of the teacher in the teaching-learning process according to the complexity theory. First, the role of the teacher is explained in the traditional vision of Comenius and Dewey's critical insight and then the role of the teacher is discussed in the complexity theory. Then, the teacher’s image as an emergence facilitator is suggested instead of their im...