Collection of initiatives aiming at promoting:
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awareness of importance of sport at school level
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social inclusion and prevent early school leaving
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an ethical approach to sport
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all types of sports at school level
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Title of the initiative:
Liikkuva Amis (Moving Student)

Web site of the initiative:
www.sakury.net
www.arjenarkki.fi

Date of the Event:
whole year

Country:
Finland

City:
the whole country

Aims:
promotion of all types of sports
promotion of an ethical approach to sport
promotion of awareness of importance of sport at school level
promotion of social inclusion and prevention of early school leaving through sport

Description of the initiatives:
Liikkuva Amis (Moving Student) -projects aim is to increase student’s participation in developing the educational environment and to test how to integrate exercise in to teaching of professional subjects. The aim is also to fulfill the Welfare of the Learning Environment model from the perspective of promoting physical activity.
Moving student is a model that shows how it is possible to increase exercise possibilities throughout the school day in vocational education. It is based on an optional course where students plan together activities that will increase physical activity in school environment. Season by season the course will give new ideas and will support physically active environment in school. Moving student offers good practices for how to add exercise for school’s everyday life using student’s participation.

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