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Sport as a Mean of Social Inclusion

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9. Enhance students’ wellbeing at school
At its core, sport is fun. When students stop having fun, maybe it’s time to re-evaluate the organization of students’ time and activities. Through communication and the right help from all the parties involved students can achieve a good balance between the different activities and benefit from playing sport. The school director should be the promoter of such an attitude by organizing, monitoring and implementing all the necessary activities so that students can achieve balance in the different aspects of their lives to obtain wellbeing for themselves and others. For the purpose could be made available, on the school site, a page in which students and parents can quickly get in touch with school directors and teachers and, once a year, students could be asked to answer a questionnaire.
Learning Objective
As wellbeing plays a vital role in determining the quality of the educational experience, all the activities carried out aim at promoting students’ social and emotional development.
Online Resources
  • Educators: Educators:Scientific studies document that fitness enhances learning, attention, and behaviour. This article contains guidelines for educators who must help students balance study and sports.
  • “Sport in Society”This article echoes sociologist Jay. J. Coakley’s book: Coakley says that students “who play varsity sports (…) generally have better grade point average, more positive attitudes towards school, more interest in continuing their education…” The article also offers key steps to be organized and find balance between study and sports.
  • The wellness impactThis report is about the importance of the role which school play in increasing physical activity and in creating an environment that enriches students’ readiness to learn.
  • Help to Create a Wellness Program for your Local SchoolsThis is a step-by-step guide for implementing a new government mandate to improve the diets and exercise habits of students.

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