Diferenças na satisfação das necessidades psicológicas básicas, motivações e estratégias motivacionais utilizadas entre professores de educação física pré e pós remoção da nota de educação física da média final do ensino secundário

Based on self-determination theory, this study compares the levels of basic psychological need satisfaction, motivation quality and teachers' adoption of motivational strategies between secondary physical education (PE) teachers (n=46, 46±10 years-old) teaching in a school year in which PE still counted for the final average vs. those teaching in a school year that already stopped counting. Data collected through questionnaires were analyzed with Mann-Whitney tests. Results did not show significant differences in need satisfaction, but showed lower external motivation and lower use of controlling strategies in teachers giving lessons in a school year that stopped counting. Although a better motivation quality has been observed in PE teachers after the implementation of the Decree-Law No. 139/2012, their intervention at the interpersonal/motivational level might have been affected. This study alerts for the potentially harmful effects of this type of legislative changes; it is thus important to explore them in more depth through longitudinal analysis and larger samples.