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A collection of student stories and initiatives about sport.
Case Studies
Students who successfully balanced school and sport.
Initiatives
Best practice to promote sport at schoolThis section offers access to a collection of toolkits to promote sport at school.
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Physical Education Teachers
They are the main point of reference for students at school
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Teachers
Teachers of all subjects can contribute to promote sport at school
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School Directors
Their support is a key element to promote sport at school
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Resources
A database of resources for teachers, PE teachers and school directors for the promotion of sport at school.
Sporting events are organised in each partner country
Sport Events
Access the page with the sport events informationGuidelines for policy makers willing to raise awareness on the importance of promoting sport in schools
Sport and School
Promotion and integration of all sports into curricular activities
Education for Ethical Based Sport
The importance of an ethical approach to sportEvents
The Not Only Fair Play project has been promoted through conferences and articles.
Conferences
The Not Only Fair Play project was presented at a number of events in order to report both activities carried out and the results achieved.
Press Review
The Not Only Fair Play project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of sport and education.Partnership
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access a description of each contractual partner of the Not Only Fair Play project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access information about the schools involved in the Not Only Fair Play Project in the 9 European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
A number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to ensure the project sustainability by continuing to use the project deliverables over the next years.
This section of the Not Only Fair Play portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission, and is password protected.
Physical Education Teachers
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Promotion of an ethical approach to sport, including communication strategies with parents
A Toolkit for Physical Education Teacher
10. PE teachers’ professional development in terms of ethical competence
It’s important to educators to keep up to date with the latest and best professional trends, approaches and teaching styles, thus teachers and coaches should regularly seek ways of increasing their personal and professional development. The Key Competences for Lifelong Learning recommended by the European Commission are a combination of different phenomena, including cognitive dimensions (knowledge and skills) and affective dimensions (attitudes and values). Social and civic competences are based on democracy, social justice and equality, active citizenship, civil rights and ethical values. Ethical competence involves the possession of certain personal and professional values which are difficult to measure but they are readily observable in everyday situations at schools, where PE teachers may face complex, ethically ambiguous situations. This step of the toolkit highlights the importance of rising their ethical competence and engaging both teachers and students in discussions about ethical behaviour. The ethical aspect of social integration has become essential in a context of a high net migration rate and an increased number of refugees which has affected the sociocultural diversity across Europe. PE teachers should be aware of ethical challenges facing present and future education. Teachers’ role is not only to develop students’ specific athletic skills but also their ability to reflect critically on sports performance in an ethical dimension.
In the Online Resources available in this step teachers will find useful didactic materials – from background information about recommendations of the European Commission for teacher professional development to reflection on specific topics, like the ethical aspect of involving animals in sports activities, the ethics of sports reporting or using media to teach about values.
In the Online Resources available in this step teachers will find useful didactic materials – from background information about recommendations of the European Commission for teacher professional development to reflection on specific topics, like the ethical aspect of involving animals in sports activities, the ethics of sports reporting or using media to teach about values.
Learning Objective
The learning objective of this step is to stress the importance of constant teacher professional development with focus on ethical competence which is indispensable to modern PE teachers in sociocultural diverse Europe.
Online Resources
- Finding Character and Ethics in SportsThe materials focus on ethics and its relationship to sportsmanship. Activity sheets, discussion questions, lesson plans, vocabulary development and other resources provide many approaches to using The Washington Post articles that cover ethics practices in sports.
- Tips for Teaching about Keeping a Positive AttitudeIt’s a webpage of The Wise Skills Program, which is an interdisciplinary teacher-friendly approach to character education and social emotional learning. The materials for teachers include tips and ideas for teachers concerned about educating for character.
- Code of Ethics for EducatorsThe webpage presents ethical rules for educators structured in 4 basic principles: Ethical Conduct toward Students, Ethical Conduct toward Practices and Performance, Ethical Conduct toward Professional Colleagues, Ethical Conduct toward Parents and Ethical Conduct toward Community.
- The Ethical Leadership ScalesThe webpage provides possibility for comprehensive reflection about qualities that constitute ethical behaviour and ethical leadership. By using a measuring scale users are able to determine their levels of ethical competence.
- Supporting teacher competence development for better learning outcomesA document produced by experts of European Commission providing an overview of school policy in terms of teacher professional development.
