Physical and sports education is a privileged place for the development of not only motor skills, but also cognitive, emotional-affective and relational skills. Yet, sports can become a tool of exclusion for those who fail to reach certain achievements. I’m Playing Too, designed for physical education and support teachers in primary and secondary schools, is inspired by the baskin principles and is structured into 10 Learning Units  which illustrate in detail how to transform sports and movement activities into inclusive games.

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BOOK OBJECTIVES

The activities in this volume are proposed as a response aimed at the necessity of concrete inclusion through motor practice. The main objectives of the suggested programme are:

• increase opportunities for social inclusion while respecting diversity through the use of sports;
• ensure the improvement of the physical efficiency and psychophysical well-being of the students thanks to continuity of the proposed activity;
• develop and enhance the potential and autonomy of students while respecting the evolutionary process, promoting self-knowledge and skills and improving self-esteem;
• encourage socialization between the different components of the school and territory, consolidating the integration of students with disabilities within a group and sports club, and facilitating the transition to an activity outside the school world;
• prevent early abandonment of sports activities, promoting maturation of skills related to health education, prevention and the promotion of healthy lifestyles;
• teach behaviours regarding one's own safety and that of others, including those with various types of disabilities;
• stimulate significant reflections on issues related to the world of diversity, to build lifelong education that contrasts with forms of discrimination and intolerance.

STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK

Following the theoretical introduction to the proposed activities, which describes the pedagogical principles underlying the project and the fundamental teaching strategies and methodologies used, the volume is organized into 10 Learning Units.  Starting from "traditional" sports, commonly practiced in schools, not only adaptations are elaborated, but real inclusive, dynamic and flexible games.

The transformation activity of the games was organized in Learning Units with the aim of involving each student with a fragile and non-equitous condition, making them feel useful and valuable in achieving the group’s end results. Each operational unit outlines the characteristics of the "reality task", divided into work phases, specifying the total number of hours, the areas used and the necessary materials.

At the end of each section, observation and self-assessment rubrics are provided that can be used as a tool for checking and monitoring the performance of activities and group work.

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THE AUTHORS

Sira Miola: ISEF graduate and graduate in Motor and Sports Sciences, she teaches physical education in lower secondary school. She is a Baskin trainer and a member of the EISI training commission and school commission. Creator and teacher in charge of the "I’m playing too" project.

Lorella Meggiolaro: ISEF graduate and lecturer in Motor and Sports Sciences. Lecturer appointed by the Vicenza TAO for the provincial inclusion project "I’m playing too". Member of the EISI Course "Baskin's Aspiring Trainers".

Maria Pia Rodighiero: ISEF graduate and teacher of Motor and Sports Sciences. Lecturer appointed by the Vicenza TAO for the provincial inclusion project "I’m playing too". Member of the EISI Course "Baskin's Aspiring Trainers".

Caterina Daniela Lago: ISEF graduate and graduate in Motor and Sports Sciences, she obtained a Post-graduate Diploma of Specialization (SISS) and holds the specialization qualification for support (SOS). She is a physical education teacher and is in charge of the "I’m playing too" project. Baskin's expert teacher, she is also a II level handball trainer.

Daniele Bordignon: ISEF graduate and teacher of Motor and Sports Sciences. Lecturer appointed by the Vicenza TAO for the provincial inclusion project "I’m playing too". Founding member and coach of the ASD "6 Cesti Baskin" of Nove (VI) and EISI delegate for the Veneto Region from 2020.