Schoolchildren want a more diverse PE curriculum
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School children are seeking a more diverse curriculum when it comes to their physical education classes at school as well as better facilities that can be used throughout the year and not hampered by seasonal conditions. This was one of the main outcomes ofSchoolchildren want a more diverse PE curriculum
School children are seeking a more diverse curriculum when it comes to their physical education classes at school as well as better facilities that can be used throughout the year and not hampered by seasonal conditions. This was one of the main outcomes of a recent dissemination meeting hosted in Malta as part of the Diypes Project, a two-year Erasmus+Sport project started in 2017, with the aim to find a participative approach to increase participation and engagement of high school students in physical education and sport classes. The project was jointly implemented in five partner countries - Albania, Italy, Malta, Romania and Slovakia and achieved some fruitful results based on partner national PE curriculum research and analysis, intervention activities and feedbacks on both good practices and challenges. Foundation for the Promotion of Social Inclusion in Malta (Fopsim) is the project partner in the country. “One of the most pressing challenges hindering better outcomes of the PE curriculum included the cultural and family mindset viewing PE as a ‘not so important and useful subject'. "Most parents tend to put pressure on students to achieve more in the rest of the subjects... Read more