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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.
School Directors
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How to Support Students to Balance Sport and Study at School
School Directors
9. Give options for the student
There are certainly many different ways of acquiring the information and knowledge taught at school. It is not always necessary to attend the school lessons, but a student may also show their competences and skills in other ways. By providing for the students these options for different ways of learning, the teacher may also vary his / her work contents and get new perspectives for teaching and learning. It may raise the motivation for teaching and also provide new and modern teaching methods. However, the school direction should give time resources for the planning – it is sometimes more fruitful to plan on new teaching methods in a group of teachers. Sometimes it is also recommendable and useful to invite the students themselves to plan the new ways of learning. Students should be heard and their suggestions should be taken into account in all curriculum work and development.
Physical and sport activities could be mixed with curriculum content (discovering the geography, flora and fauna of the region during a trekking activity, effects of sport on the body for the biology course…). Sport can also be used to enhance soft and relational skills (teamwork, interpersonal relationships, etc.) among all students (not only athletes).
Physical and sport activities could be mixed with curriculum content (discovering the geography, flora and fauna of the region during a trekking activity, effects of sport on the body for the biology course…). Sport can also be used to enhance soft and relational skills (teamwork, interpersonal relationships, etc.) among all students (not only athletes).
Learning Objective
The learning objective of step 9 is to motivate teachers to plan and organize their teaching in different ways thinking of different learning styles, different learners and different skills the students have. It is also recommended to get students themselves to participate in the planning of the lessons.
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 ScotlandUsing 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 Activity Knowing 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
- How to promote health and wellbeing in vocational trainingLevels of student participation in VET.
- Sports and scienceGiving ideas of science projects related to sports this initiative gives students notions on how to use their science knowledge to be better in sports while promoting the importance of sports in terms of health.
- Sports Science Fair Project IdeasThe 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.
- Students' right for participation (only in Finnish)Participation of the students in curriculum work is a legally based right for all students in Finland.
- Good practices in everyday school life (only in Finnish)A database and materials for promoting students’ active participation and involvement in schools
