Rita Silva is an assistant professor at University of Maia and an integrated member of Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), Portugal. She graduated in the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto. Rita completed his first degree in Sport Sciences in 2013 and a master’s degree in Teaching Physical Education in Primary and Secondary Education in 2015. She completed her PhD in Sports Sciences with a specialization in Sport, Education and Culture in 2022, being financed by FCT (Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology), to study ‘Teaching Physical Education through student-centered approaches: A year-long action research study of an early-career teacher’. All of these degrees at the same institution. She conduct supervisory practices with pre-service teachers and her academic, professional, and scientific backgrounds it is in Models based Practice, specifically in student-centred pedagogical models (SCPMs). In particular, Rita has been studying the implementation of SCPMs in schools by pre-service and novice teachers, specifically the challenges faced by teachers during the implementation of these models; how can teachers act as facilitator of learning; and how to give students an active role in the class through different SCPMs. . Rita is the author of scientific papers published in national and international journals and her main teaching and research interests revolve around Physical Education Teacher Education, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning within School Physical Education, Qualitative Methods and Sport Pedagogy.