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2025-2026 / EDPH0631-2

Introduction to an analysis of intervention in physical and sports activities

Duration

15h Th, 10h Ex.

Number of credits

 Bachelor in motor sciences3 crédits 
 Master in motor sciences : physical education, teaching focus (Réinscription uniquement, pas de nouvelle inscription)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Alexandre Mouton

Substitute(s)

Xhavier Stephany

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, examination in June

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Theoretical course. This course consists of five chapters covering different aspects of research conducted in the field of sports intervention.

 

Chapter 1 - The usefulness of research in today's society in the context of physical and sports activities ;
Chapter 2 - Composition of a scientific article ;
Chapter 3 - State of the art and exercises related to qualitative data collection (observation) ;
Chapter 4 - State of the art and exercises related to qualitative data collection (interviews) ;
Chapter 5 - State of the art and exercises related to quantitative data collection.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Theoretical course

- Illustrate the value of analyzing APS interventions.

- Present the different parts of a scientific article.

- Describe the instruments and their characteristics.

- Illustrate the results of research on the main variables studied.

- Highlight the practical implications of this type of research in the various sectors of APS intervention.

- Illustrate the practical use of the instruments described in the theoretical course.

- Provide students with basic experience in developing a research methodology applied to APS intervention based on solving concrete problems.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

All specific courses in the initial training program in Physical Education/Motor Sciences form the basis on which this teaching is built.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

- Theoretical coursework

- Analysis of scientific articles

- Collection of qualitative and quantitative dat

- Writing reports and articles

- Creation of a research project

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

The courses are compulsory and take place in person.

Course materials and recommended or required readings


Further information:

All materials are provided to students.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

Written work / report


Further information:

Evaluation of work outside of class; the procedures will be presented to students during the theory class.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The organization and/or content of this course will be communicated to students during the first class session.

 

The terms of use for artificial intelligence tools will be presented during the first class.

Contacts

Course Holder : 
Alexandre MOUTON
Higher Institute of Physical Education and Physiotherapy - Bât. B21,
Allée des Sports, 4, 4000 LIEGE
Tel.: 04/366.38.80
Fax: 04/366.29.01
Email: Alexandre.Mouton@uliege.be

Associate Professor :
Gilles LOMBARD
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Liège
Office tel.: 04/366.38.96
Office: B21, Allée des Sports 4000 Liège

Associate Professor :
Maurine REMACLE (CEFEN)
Department of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Sciences.
Allée des Sports, 4, 4000 LIEGE
Office phone: 04/366.39.33
Email: Maurine.Remacle@uliege.be

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