ARTICLE- IMPARTING VALUES IN STUDENTS THROUGH SPORT

 

IMPARTING VALUES IN STUDENTS THROUGH SPORT

 

 

Introduction

 

No wonder, values are very much important and need to be projected. But what is needed is that they have to be filtered and installed through in a way that does not become sermons or moral preaching as such. One must, therefore, note that there are varieties of activities that may be undertaken lying under each value. Teacher as a content-expert, can decide which materials or strategies on hand may best portray the values.

 

Values and Principles in Sports (VPS)

 

21st century educational policies increasingly recognize the role of values and social skills in tackling global challenges such as lethargy, obesity, unemployment, inequality and other conflicts. This approach is at the core of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education, which advocates for inclusive lifelong learning opportunities and innovative content delivery.

 

Celebrating the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2016, on 6 April, UNESCO has initiated a campaign promoting the role of sport in delivering values education. As UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova puts it, “Sport is a field of dreams and a force for fabulous positive change– we must do everything to harness this power”. Not only is sport a bridge between individuals and nations, it can also be an active tool for overcoming stereotypes, rising above exclusion and fostering citizenship.

 

Many sports and sporting events have a set of values. Dynamic forms of value-based education using sport can be introduced in schools to support teachers deliver curricula actively and cooperatively. Schools and community sports groups often use these as inspiration to develop their own sets of values. They encourage young people to apply these values to all areas of school, work and life, not just to sport. For example, linked to the School Games, young people achieve personal excellence through six values – honesty, teamwork, respect, self-belief, passion and determination.

Sport can certainly teach values such as fairness, team-building, tolerance, equality, discipline, inclusion, perseverance and respect. It has the power to provide a universal framework for learning values, thus contributing to the development of soft skills needed for responsible citizenship.

 

Value Education through Sport (VETS)

Value Education through Sport (VETS) programmes support active learning, complement cognitive skills and give students increasing amounts of responsibility and enhance their level of concentration and participation.

 

VETS programmes are flexible and have a strong cross-curricular potential: they can reinforce existing curricula and can be streamed across different subjects, including physical education, civic and moral education, nutrition, biology, arts.

 

 

Olympic Values

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) defines the three Olympic values.

 

●       Excellence: someone doing the best they can, in sport and in life. It is about taking part and striving for improvement, not just winning.

●       Friendship: using sport to develop tolerance and understanding between all people – performers, spectators and citizens generally.

●       Respect: having consideration for oneself, others and the wider environment. It includes respecting the rules of sport and the officials who uphold them.

 

Paralympic Values

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) defines the four Paralympic values.

 

●       Courage: someone rising above their circumstances and showing their true worth.

●       Determination - someone pushing themselves to the limit in order to achieve what they set out to do.

●       Inspiration: being a positive role model – someone using their achievements to lead the way for others.

●       Equality: recognising that people have equal worth whatever their differences and taking action to overcome prejudice and discrimination.

 

Deviant Behavior in Sport

 

Taking illegal drugs, doping, match-fixing and behaving violently in sport can all be considered deviant behaviors in the sporting environment. Deviant behavior can have serious consequences and athletes are, perhaps, discouraged from acting in a deviant way for some of these reasons.

 

 

 

Students can be taught to keep themselves dope-free and be responsible while taking part in sports and games, as well as in their lives.

 

Physical Education Curriculum

The physical education curriculum is able to provide students with the correct knowledge, behaviors, skills, and confidence to be physically active for life. Additionally, physical education is actually the foundation of a school's physical activity program. In exactly the same vein, participation in physical activity is actually correlated with academic benefits such as enhanced classroom behavior, memory and concentration. Based on World Health Organization (2001), it provides improvement of physical conditioning and physical capabilities; encouraging the pupils to keep on sports as well as physical activity; as well as giving leisure pursuits.

 

Physical education facilitates to create up and practise physical fitness entails simple motor skills and gets hold of the competency to do different physical activities and exercises. Health and fitness build psychologically sharper, actually comfy as well as in a position to cope with the daily demands. Additionally, stamina, flexibility, strength as well as coordination are the primary ingredients of health and fitness. Additionally, to perform the physical workouts as well as sport, youth should be created with simple motor skills.

 

Sporting Behavior- Sportsmanship

 

Anyone taking part in sport must take personal responsibility and behave in a certain way which is fully compliant with the rules and the expected behaviors of the sport. This is known as sportsmanship.

 

Rules

Participants have to follow the rules of the sport. In organised sport, these are developed by each sport's governing body and are upheld by officials during play. Rules make sure that play is safe and fair. Players are penalised if they do not respect the rules or the officials. During informal or adapted activities, participants often agree to their own rules. Agreeing adaptations to the rules can make sport more inclusive, but still ensure fairness and safety.

 

Etiquette

Sport also has unwritten rules or customs called "etiquette", to uphold respect and fairness. These help people to play in the 'spirit of the game'. They often require players to take an active approach to respect and fairness, not just avoid breaking the rules. For example, etiquette includes:

 

●       acknowledging that a ball was out in tennis

●       shaking hands with opponents before and after an important football match, regardless of the outcome

 

Conclusion

Ultimately, these programmes help students to transfer and put values into action outside the school environment, by getting engaged in their communities, making informed decisions, being sensitive and respecting the others and the environment. VETS contributes to the development of self-confidence, active and healthy lifestyle choices, and an understanding of rights, supporting the delicate transition to the independence of adulthood. It plays a role in the preservation as well as enhancement of physical and mental wellbeing, provides a nourishing leisure time exercise as well as helps a person to conquer the drawbacks of existing stressful living. At the community level, they build up social attributes, social associations as well as fair play, that is essential not just to sport itself but additionally to life in society. The education system should allocate the necessary job and appropriate to physical education as well as sport to be able to produce a balance & enhance between other ingredients and physical activities of education.

 

REFERENCES

 

i)                   The Importance of Sports in Education- nordangliaeducation.com

ii)                en.unesco.org/themes/sport

iii)             https:/www.researchgate.net

iv)              https:/www.bbc.co.uk/sportingvalues