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How to Support Students to Balance Sport and Study at School

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8. Make use of the recognition of learning outside classroom
There are certainly ways of proving some outside classroom learning via sports (e.g. teamwork, social skills, language skills, etc.). Make vocational teachers and study counsellors plan and discuss together about the possibilities for recognition of the informal or non-formal learning outcomes. Give the students opportunities for skills tests and exams according to their sports activities schedules – sometimes it might be impossible to join the group exams or tests. Sport activities may here be in an important position as athletes may travel to other countries, speak foreign languages and acquire other important skills, including lifelong learning skills that should be a part of all studies.
Thanks to sport activities, students achieve different learnings, not only in sport but also on ethical, emotional, behavioural and relational issues. They also help develop personal commitment in the training process. Create – together with the student – an individual study plan with individual goals and steps of how to reach these goals.
Learning Objective
The learning objective of step 8 is to introduce the principles of recognition of prior learning or of learning outcomes acquired via informal or non-formal learning. It is advisable that the teachers and study counsellors get to know deeply the student’s background and the nature of the sport activities, e.g. are there travels abroad, possibilities for the use of foreign languages, special vocabulary related to the sports, etc.
Online Resources
  • Dundee Academy of SportThe Dundee Academy of Sport works alongside colleagues in partner schools to develop a programme of learning opportunities, which link the participation in sport/physical activity to other areas across the school curriculum. Sport can be a vehicle for developing an active learning approach.
  • Game On Scotland Using the 2014 Commonwealth Games as a context for learning, the website helped practitioners create engaging learning opportunities for children and young people across Scotland and beyond.
  • Knowing Your Land – Environmental Heritage – Trekking ActivityKnowing the cultural and natural beauty of the territory of Prato, Tuscany and Italy, planning and carrying out a trekking activity at school, with an experienced guide and the teachers in an inter-disciplinary work
  • Sports Science Fair Project Ideas The initiative offers science fair projects ideas related to various sport disciplines. It shows there are many interesting ways to apply science to sports. It shows the importance of science knowledge in sports and shows sports as an activity that has a lot to do with how school students learn. The initiative promotes also the importance of sports in terms of health.
  • Opin Ovi projects for developing trainingA portal of a set of 30 Finnish training projects including guidelines for recognition of prior learning in a Finnish context.
  • Vocational education and training credit system (only in Finnish)An article of the ECVET system published in the website of Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture
  • Education and TrainingThe European Commission’s official website

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