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How to integrate sport and healthy lifestyle approaches into the students' educational pathways

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3. The school's previous experiences and projects on the toolkit's object
The aim of this step is to provide experiences and projects focusing on the integration of the aspects connected to lifestyle, physical/mental well-being and the PE curriculum, although in different socio-educational situations.
The Sports Centre at Datini Institute promoted two initiatives which, through the strong belief in a “movement” approach, support a healthy lifestyle which, in addition to sport and proper nutrition, suggested experiences planned and designed to discourage students from taking on bad habits, such as smoking and alcohol use along with encouraging on the other hand, the respect of the environment. At the same time such initiatives also have the purpose of instilling a feeling of moderation in consumption and no waste of food and natural resources.

The first initiative provided for:
• Trekking days
• Excursions in caves
• Presentations of routes by experts / guides present in the classroom
• Research, study and processing maps
• Photo exhibition

The second initiative, in collaboration with the Hospital Unit of Diabetes of the Local Health Unit n.4 in Prato, provided a training course on Diabetes for students. The course was based on the following topics:
• Principles of a proper nutrition (motivation to adopt a proper diet)
• Foods for diabetics and 'health' foods
• Exercise in Diabetes
• Effects of exercise on blood sugar
• Various types of physical activity: work and sports
• Recommended and non-recommended Sports
• Training concept
• How to change the diet and insulin dosage in anticipation of physical activity
• Practical exercises: evaluation of blood sugar before and after exercise in patients in good control
Learning Objective
The project's activities have enhanced the development of the following skills:
• Socialization and empowerment process
• Knowledge of the relationship between physical activity and physical / psychological changes typical of the developmental phases of young people.
• Using the skills learned in different environmental situations (formal and informal learning settings), in problematic contexts, not only in sports, but also in everyday life experiences.
• Strengthening the capability of observation of the surrounding reality, broadening and deepening environmental, anthropological, natural, geographical, topographical and orientation knowledge
• Body and movement perception for the strengthening of self-esteem
• Application of the principles of training methodology for maintaining good health.
• Managing one's own training program
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