The Circumplex Model of Need-Supportive and Need-Thwarting Teaching: A Guide for Research and Practice
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Los docentes de educación física desempeñan un papel crucial en la configuración de la motivación de los estudiantes y otros resultados importantes a través de sus interacciones de apoyo y de amenaza de las necesidades. Por lo tanto, comprender toda la gama y la complejidad de estas interacciones es esencial para avanzar tanto en la teoría como en la práctica. El Modelo Circular, un modelo basado en la Teoría de la Autodeterminación, ofrece un marco prometedor y basado en la evidencia para capturar esta complejidad. Integra diferentes dimensiones de apoyo y de amenaza de las necesidades y adopta un enfoque graduado y pormenorizado. Este texto reflexivo describe cómo el Modelo Circular puede guiar la investigación identificando qué constructos examinar, qué análisis utilizar y cómo hacer avanzar significativamente el campo de estudio. También destaca la relevancia práctica del modelo, proporcionando una guía para iniciativas de desarrollo profesional formativo y estudios de intervención. Además, el modelo ayuda a interpretar las prácticas docentes, mostrando que la efectividad de la enseñanza depende de su implementación e interpretación. En general, el Modelo Circular posee un gran potencial para avanzar en el ámbito educativo tendiendo un puente entre la teoría y la práctica.
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