Sport Education and Peer Interactions

Question 1

what is the benefit of peer interactions

Answer 1

the human being, as a social being, needs others to survive - membership is a precondition for satisfying life and developmental needs

Question 2

what is inclusion

Answer 2

an environment that offers affirmation, celebration and appreciation of different approaches, styles, perspectives, and experiences, thus allowing all individuals to express their whole selves (and all their identities) and to demonstrate their strengths and capacities

Question 3

what is cultural responsiveness

Answer 3

understanding and responding appropriately to the different aspects of culture and diversity that an individual brings to interactions. It requires valuing diversity, desiring to increase knowledge about other cultures, and striving to create spaces where diversity is integrated

Question 4

what is cultural competence

Answer 4

the ability to collaborate effectively with individuals from different cultures; such competence improves experiences and outcomes in health care, consulting with clients, and working with students and trainees in a variety of disciplines

Question 5

what is teacher awareness and inclusive strategies

Answer 5

• teachers need to be sensitive to negative, unconscious bias; unpack deep rooted attitudes
• use of inclusive language
• teacher attachment - be aware of patterns of friendship, bullying and victims action in order to:
  
  • ‘provide individualised attention and structure classrooms in ways that make social status less relevant or reduce disparities in status’
• facilitate optimal conditions for contact between learners
  
  • ‘strategically group students’ in ways to ‘capitalise on positive interdependence to improve intergroup relations’

Question 6

what are the different levels of inclusion

Answer 6

• maximum inclusion: others make the effort to seek out the individual
• active inclusion: others welcome the individual
• passive inclusion: others allow the individual to be included
• ambivalence: others do not care whether the individual is included or not
• passive exclusion: others ignore the individual
• active exclusion: others avoid the individual
• maximum exclusion: other physically reject, ostracize, abandon or banish the individual