SILEIM

The Sport in Life, Education in Mind (SILEIM) is based on a project of our National Association – CNAPEF, with the purpose of developing learning communities in Physical Education (PE) and Sports, through the identification, analysis and sharing of information about effective, constructive and targeted collaboration projects aimed at resolving real issues affecting PE and Sports for chindren and young people.

For the past 30 years CNAPEF, a National Association that represents the 8000+ Physical Education (PE) and Schools Sports Teachers in all Portugal, has sought to improve the processes of education and training of children and young people:

through the generalization and improvement of the practice of Physical Activity and Sports,
continuous professional learning,
and through strengthening the authority of Physical Education and Sports professionals in the development of a multicultural, inclusive and innovative society.

Young people are one of the sectors of the population most affected by the impacts of mass development, with negative consequences for their full integration into society. We have been able to identify at a general level that:

Compulsory schooling in the various European Community countries has experienced problems in its full implementation.
We have seen a widespread increase in school failure rates among young people.
There is a group of low qualifications whose social context competes for them to have few opportunities for training and development and who are more susceptible to youth unemployment and social exclusion.

Thus, it is essential to intervene in these young people to reduce social exclusion and provide the necessary tools to transform their social reality.

With SILEIM we wanted to understand specifically more about the problem of social exclusion and consequent school failure and early school dropout and the role that PE and Sports can play in preventing and solving these types of problems.

We hope, with SILEIM and other similar projects that we are developing, that we can foster the development of communities that effectively promote the practice of Quality Physical Education and Sports, with a special focus on projects in which Schools, and/or School Groups, which whether are the main promoters of these projects or play a prominent role.

O Sport in Life, Education in Mind project (SILEIM) é baseado num projeto da nossa Associação Nacional – CNAPEF, com o objetivo de desenvolver comunidades de aprendizagem na Educação Física (EF) e no Desporto, através da identificação, análise e partilha de informações sobre projetos de colaboração eficazes, construtivos e específicos destinados a resolver questões reais que afetam a EF e o Desporto para crianças e jovens.

Nos últimos 30 anos, o CNAPEF, uma associação nacional que representa os mais de 8000 Professores de Educação Física (PE) e de Desporto em todo o Portugal, tem procurado contribuir para melhorar os processos de educação e formação de crianças e jovens, nomeadamente:

através da generalização e da melhoria da prática da Atividade Física e do Desporto,
promovendo uma aprendizagem profissional contínua
e através do fortalecimento da autoridade dos profissionais de Educação Física e de Desporto no desenvolvimento de uma sociedade multicultural, inclusiva e inovadora.

Os jovens são um dos setores da população mais afetados pelos impactos do desenvolvimento em massa, com consequências negativas na sua plena integração na sociedade. Conseguimos identificar, a um nível geral, que:

A escolaridade obrigatória nos vários países da Comunidade Europeia tem sentido problemas na sua total implementação.
Temos observado um aumento generalizado nas taxas de insucesso escolar nos jovens.
Existe um grupo de baixas qualificações, cujo contexto social concorre para que tenham poucas oportunidades de formação e desenvolvimento e que sejam mais suscetíveis ao desemprego juvenil e exclusão social.

Desta forma, e partindo destes pressupostos, consideramos essencial intervir nesses jovens para reduzir a exclusão social e fornecer as ferramentas necessárias para transformar sua realidade social.

Com o SILEIM quisemos entender especificamente mais sobre o problema da exclusão social e consequente fracasso escolar e abandono escolar precoce e o papel que a EF e o Desporto podem desempenhar na prevenção e resolução destes tipos de problemas.

Esperamos, com o SILEIM e outros projetos semelhantes que estamos a desenvolver, que possamos fomentar o desenvolvimento de Comunidades que efetivamente promovam a prática da Educação Física e do Desporto de qualidade, com foco especial em projetos em que Escolas e/ou Grupos Escolares, que se definam como os principais promotores destes projetos ou que neles assumam um papel proeminente.

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Trainning Course in Braga: 9-13 July 2018

SILEIM was held in Braga between July 9 and 13, 2018, with the organization of CNAPEF and with the support of APEF Braga, Braga – European City of Sport and the Erasmus + JA Program.

The main idea of this event was – how can Education through Sport contribute to the development of skills essential for the integration of European children and young people in the 20th century XXI?

During this period, more than 40 participants from 10 European countries participated in different activities based on a Non-formal Education (NFE) methodology and on Education through Sports (ETS).

Participants had the opportunity to share experiences, learn from the reality of each country, learn about some of some of the sports projects in Braga and develop prototypes of intervention in a perspective of solving social and integration problems using Education through Sports.

Beyond this learning, and the friendship created among all those who participated in this event, and who will certainly remain in the future, it became evident the need to continue projects of this type.

We share some photographic and multimedia records of the 5 days of activity of SILEIM.