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Sport as a Mean of Social Inclusion
A Toolkit for School Director
Introduction
The concept of inclusive education focuses on social participation of everyone. The practical shift from the “traditional” model to an inclusive one can only be achieved through the commitment of all the people involved in education so teachers and school directors are key-people in school contexts.
Sport as a mean of social inclusion is a powerful tool when it is used across the curriculum and not only by the P.E. teacher – as so often is the case. Sport as a mean of social inclusion needs to come out of the gym and enter the classroom, it has to involve everyone and become a shared value of the school.
School Directors play the key-role in creating the conditions that can bring change to a school in order to reach this goal. They can also be the mediator between students and parents.
Our work has been carried out through a mixed method based on observation and interviews: observation of what is happening in the most Italian and French schools in recent years and interviews with experienced teachers to listen to their points of view and suggestions. Our observation goes beyond Europe because we tried to understand what was also happening in the United States, for example, as sport has always been and still is very important in the school curriculum.
After that, we have collected the main ideas in the steps described below.
Aims:
• Examine good practices
• Make suggestions for improvement in adopting inclusive practices.