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Promotion of an ethical approach to sport, including communication strategies with parents

A Toolkit for Physical Education Teacher

Introduction
• Historical and philosophical foundations of sports ethics provides background information on historical and philosophical foundations of sports ethics.
• Cooperation with teachers of other subjects aiming at promotion of morality and ethical code of conduct highlights the role that sport ethics should play in our society. It also introduce the concept of the sport values and ethical code of behaviour.
• Using the ICT tools for promotion of an ethical code of conduct presents the main challenges that teachers and parents deal with when using ICT with their students and children and also help them deal with these challenges.
• Communication with parents. Children’s sports participation may be influenced by numerous factors but parents seem to be the most important. Establishing close communication with parents will help PE teachers.
• Human rights in sport focuses on the importance of the relationship between human rights and sport in our modern world. Sport itself, both international and national, can play an extraordinarily significant role in advancing human rights, particularly among some of the world’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable people.
• Threats and challenges to an ethical approach in sport demonstrates a rage of factors threatening a clear sport competition that may have destructive impact on sports carriers and provides a reflection on the future vision of sport.
• Ethical approaches in inclusive sport allows teachers to explore in depth the issue of ethical approach to sports, focusing on the area of inclusive education.
• Ethical behaviour of sports fans and spectators during sporting events provides teachers with analysis of the phenomena of inappropriate behavior of sports fans and gives inspiration for discussion of ethical dimension of supporting athletes and sports teams.
• Ethics in coaching highlights the important role of PE teachers and coaches as role models for young people and provides educators with tips on building positive relationships with other groups involved in sports.
• PE teachers’ professional development in terms of ethical competence focuses on abilities of PE teachers to deal with complex, ambiguous situations involving ethical dilemmas. The topic also includes the issue of shaping students’ ethical competence through “educating for character”.

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