CONTEXT By promoting a philosophy of life based on the values of excellence, respect and friendship, Olympism shows that sport can help to build a better world. Our project is based on the Olympic philosophy that learning takes place through the balanced development of body, will and mind. It embraces an active approach using fun activities, transfer of factual knowledge and a practical application of 21st century learning competencies. The activity-based content will allows student to experience learning values through the medium of play and is guided by sport pedagogy that focuses on exploration of identity, historical reference, memories and stories, a holistic community orientation, and intergenerational engagement. Combined, these learning actions reflect today’s multicultural reality to live and build collectively OBJECTIVES The Olympic Movement uses three core values to promote Olympism: Excellence, Respect and Friendship. They are, however, not the only values that develop the body, will and mind. Values such as determination, courage, perseverance and resilience, are intertwined with these core beliefs and they can be found in abundance in the lore of the Olympics. INSPIRE is a values-based project and will be used to: • Develop students’ understanding of these values and help to implement them in their lives • Encourage students to participate in sport and physical activity • Strengthen the appreciation of effort in academic subjects • Promote positive behaviour and build healthy relationships between young people and their community • Support a self-directed learning so that students (involved in the participation and organisation of the Olympic Day) are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning, rather than placing the onus directly on the teacher PARTICIPANTS Directly involved: • about 600 Secondary Schools Students • 15 Secondary School Teachers • 9 Youth Workers/Educators/Trainers who use Sport as Educational Tool PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS • Teachers will be in charge of creating the "Olympism at School: a Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers" (I.O.1) • Students (aged 10 - 15) will be involved in the "Olympism at School" programme. Using the context of Olympic Games and through sport activities, participants are taught skills and strategies that will help them to assume the responsibilities of global citizenship and civic literacy. The programme will end with the participation at The "Olympic Day" • Students (about 15 for each school, aged 10 - 15) will take part also to 3 short term exchanges of groups of students linked to Three International Events: -The Move Week (May 2021) -The European School Sport Day (September 2021) -The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (April 2022) These LTTAs will be designed around teaching the Olympic values through sport to young participants and will be hosted by three partner schools • Participation at Six T.P.M. for teachers and Youth Workers/Sport coaches involved in the creation of the I.O. with the purpose of sharing and supporting their work experience • Organisation of the Olympic Day, a Final Sports Event in each partner country (June 2022) The INSPIRE project wishes to reach the main combined results "to promote positive behaviour and build healthy relationships between young people and their community", "to support a self-directed learning" and "to introduce new innovative curricula for secondary school teachers" METHODOLOGY USED It will be based on Educational theory about multicultural, intercultural and multiple-intelligence approaches to learning and teaching and will follow these Principles: • Learning is an active not a passive activity • There are different ways of supporting learning • Learning is both an individual and a collaborative activity EXPECTED IMPACT For the Teachers: - the practice of a new way of teaching by incorporating the values and characteristics of sport into the school environment – eg teamwork, rules, respect and leadership - the practice of a different way of relating to their students - increased teachers involvement in sport For Sport Coaches: - the spreading of a new way of conceiving sport activity for young people (more respectful towards yourself and the others) - Sport as a tool for Educational and Individual growth For the Students: - increased number of motivated young people participating in PE and sport - improved academic performance - improved student engagement, measured by reductions in stand-downs, absenteeism and truancy - acquisition of transversal skills LONGER TERM BENEFITS Participation in INSPIRE can build resilience and social skills and can have profound effects on the students’ life and that of their community. The methodology can be used for many issues that can meet the teachers in performing their profession, especially in at risk areas or in dealing with problems related to students -bullysm, learning difficulties
General Objectives of Inspire project were: • Facilitate and increase teachers mobility • Support teachers in developing innovative teaching and assessment methods • Develop student’s understanding of these values and help to implement them in their lives. • Support teachers' work in "educating" in the full sense of the latin word "educere", i.e. pulling out, bringing out a well-defined and responsible personality • Strengthen the appreciation of effort in academic subjects. • Promote positive behavior and building healthy relationships between young people and their community • Encourage students to participate in sport and physical activity.
By promoting a philosophy of life based on the values of excellence, respect and friendship, Inspire project seeked to show that sport can help to build a better personality at the service of a better world. The Olympic Movement uses these three core values to promote Olympism however determination, courage, perseverance and resilience, are intertwined with these core beliefs. INSPIRE combined these life and Olympic values with the Olympic philosophy that learning takes place through the balanced development of body, will and mind. It embraced an active approach using fun activities, transfer of factual knowledge and a practical application of 21st century learning competencies. The activity-based content allowed student to experience vital principles through the medium of play and the sport pedagogy that focuses on exploration of identity, historical reference, memories and stories, a holistic community orientation, and intergenerational engagement. The most relevant needs addressed were linked to the experimentation of new strategies and tools in the school context (especially for SDG, most at risk of early school leaving) and to provide new motivational experiences for teachers to live with their students. In the involved countries, it was important to increase participation and involvement of students and adopt methods for favoring a positive image of oneself and valorizing different cognitive styles. In concrete: . Motivate teachers and enhance their continuous professional development . Increase participation and involvement of students . Favor a positive image of oneself . Experiment new strategies and tools . Enhance Students Education . Valorize different cognitive styles The implementation of the project has been built around the realisation of 4 core Activities: 1. Creation of the "Olympism at School: a Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers" during the whole project life 2. Implementation of the "Olympism at School" programme with secondary schools students during the second year to test what already inserted in the "Guide for Teachers" 3. Organisation of three short term exchanges for Secondary School Students linked to the "Olympism at School" programme 4. Organisation of the "Olympic Day", National Sports Events in each partner country