Issue 4 Nov 2017

UNESCO Chair hosted a symposium at the FIEP’s European
The
in Luxembourg. The FIEP, Fédération Internationale
Congress
Physique, is an international, non-governmental
d’Éducation
that aims to promote the development of physical
federation
and the use and protection of the outdoors, and to foster
recreation,
contribute to international cooperation in these fields.. The
and
‘let’s inclusivize physical education, physical activity and
symposium,
(PEPAS) took an intersectional approach to inclusion while
sport’
the potential of PEPAS to move all members of
highlighting
towards optimal wellbeing, shifting beyond the traditional
society
paradigm as outlined in the Sustainable Health
treatment
(see below).
Spectrum
UNESCO Chair presented 'Inclusivizing Physical
The
Physical Activity and Sport, addressing the
Education,
policy-practice gap and the data gap in
international
to participation rates of people with
relation
in physical activity and sport. The
disabilities
highlighted the Washington Questions
presentation
a valid solution to the data gap and presented
as
an online learning, transformational learning
iPEPAS,
currently under development at the UNESCO
module
which aims to bridge the policy-practice gap by
Chair
the capacity of PEPAS practitioners to
increasing
their practice..
inclusivize
Hardman, Emeritus Professor at University of
Ken
expert advisor to UNESCO, WHO, IOC; and
Worchester;
researcher, presented ‘Putting the
international
in Physical Education Policy’ on behalf of
Quality
Prof Hardman shared how UNESCO’s
UNESCO.
Physical Education (QPE) policy package
Quality
to drive inclusion globally and reporting on the
aims
of the policy revision pilots that are occurring
progress
five countries around the world. For further
in
on UNESCO’s QPE click on the video.
information
Myers, Snior Lecturer at Liverpool John
Elizabeth
University; managing director at Scholary
Moores
and co-founder of the International Physical
Ltd.;
Association (IPLA) presented ‘Physical
Literacy
and Inclusive Physical Education’. Ms. Myers
Literacy
the holistic nature of physical literacy
highlighted
aims to promote lifelong participation in
which
activity in a person-centred,
physical
Richard Baley, writer in residence at the
Dr.
Council of Sport Science and Physical
International
(ICSSPE); and expert advisor to UNESCO,
Education
and the EU, presented ‘Girls, Women and
WHO
Activity: The Limits of Choice and
Physical
Dr. Bailey pointed out that the
Opportunity’.
to provide more choice, opportunity and
strategy
sport’ is often unsuccessful, especially
‘girl-friendly
girls and women who are least active, as this
for
doesn’t address the underlying socialisation,
strategy
habitus, that is widely reinforced by the media
or
undermines and devalues the role of women
which
sport. This socialisation in turn becomes
in
by girls and women, impacting their
embodied
and participation in sport and
choices
perpetuating the status quo.
unconsciously
Richard Bailey presenting at the 'Inclusive Symposium' led by the UNESCO
Dr
'at the FIEP European Congress in Luxembourg
Chair
F I E P E u r o p e a n C o n g r e s s
I n c l u s i v e S y m p o s i u m
education, sport education, sport for all, fitness and health,
community-based manner.
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