Sports as a metaphor for life Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sports as a metaphor for life

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Health and wellbeing; Access for disadvantaged

Project Summary

The project background will be shaped upon the respect of values which constitute the foundations of sportsmanship, especially now that teenagers are constantly threatened by the culture of materialism which pushes them to the goal of getting what they want without any struggle or effort.Our project is supported by a variety of school profiles: from northern to central to southern Europe with an experienced coordinator of the project. Partner schools include all types of secondary schools from very different social-cultural backgrounds and all of them are implementing multiple programmes of innovative methodologies. The project participants will be mostly 14 to 19-year-old students.The project’s main objective is to motivate youngsters to adopt a healthy lifestyle by encouraging them to experience the benefits of practising sport not only as an alternative and attractive way of spending their free time, but also as a philosophy for life .Our goals are to motivate them to practise any type of physical activity, to broaden their knowledge of human reality through team-building and self-knowledge, to nourish their minds thanks to a healthy lifestyle, to learn about alternative ways of practising sports (even in the form of old or traditional games), to raise their awareness that sport is not only for “perfect” bodies, to make them learn that gender, sexual identity, ethnicity, creed or disabilities are not obstacles for sport or life. Also, making teenagers aware of the threats of modern society and showing them the possible solutions and the ways to be helped is one of our objectives. Our project will enable students to understand that sport participation leads to improved levels of physical health, mental wellbeing and quality of life as well as of self-confidence and self-esteem. In addition, it will help them to feel at ease with themselves in creating ties with their peers and adults so as to let them gain independence out of their comfort zone .Thanks to the project, students will improve their knowledge of the English language and the usage of the IT tools as they both will be regarded as the “verbal” and “computerised” lingua francas of the project itself . Therefore, the “methologies” will be interactive and cooperative using flipped classrooms, group work, project work under a communicative approach with the teachers to guide them. “Learning by doing” will be our motto. The project activities will include the production in English of multimedia works related to the mobilities ,such as video clips, tutorials, handbooks, smartphone applications, presentations, but also workshops, physical activities and cultural excursions, which will strengthen all learning competences. School websites, the project website , social networks and e-mails will be the main ways for effective communication among students and teachers. The results of our project in our students will be observed in the substantial change in their way of thinking and perceiving themselves and their role in the modern world. As we see it, the interpersonal contact especially before, during and after the mobilities will be the key to success: the project aims at changing the mentality of young people and making them conscious that all these principles learned will surely have to be extended to their families, friends and their own environment.They will be encouraged to change their lifestyles and be supported to understand that physical activity can make a substantial contribution to anyone’s well-being and social inclusion is crucial in every community. Besides, sport implies a positive impact of the project on the life of any human being no matter their physical or mental condition. There will also be an increase in the cooperation with the institutions promoting pro-health attitudes and sport centres since this project will enable the partner schools to work cooperatively with local institutions. European funds will allow us to work on the potential benefits of the project ,such as the realisation of pro-health issues, which will be continued on by the partners after the project finishes. All the people involved in the project will be encouraged to produce new materials available for the whole school, other schools and the whole community. All these products will be disseminated on the schools’ websites, on the project website, the Project Results Platform ,social networks and on conventional media. Last but not least, teachers will enormously benefit from this project because they will master the English language, IT competences, social issues and will be able to act as advisors, instructors and even learners thanks to it.To summarize, all the participants will understand what an active and healthy life is like , how it can be improved and how they can contribute to a sporting way of living, where fair play, respect and effort should be the virtues to care for the coming generations.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 198000 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto Tecnico Statale Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa & Country: IT

Project Partners

• IES Al Andalus
• Hatsalan klassillinen koulu
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Pedome
• LICEUL CU PROGRAM SPORTIV “PETRACHE TRISCU”
• S.AYGOULEA-LINARDATOU ANONIMI EKPAIDEFTIKI ETAIRIA