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Carter-Thuillier B, López-Pastor V, Gallardo-Fuentes F, Carter-Beltran J, Fernández-Balboa JM, Delgado-Floody P, Grimminger-Seidensticker E, Sortwell A. After-school sports programmes and social inclusion processes in culturally diverse contexts: Results of an international multicase study. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1122362. [PMID: 37034954 PMCID: PMC10075134 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1122362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
Abstract
This research aimed to understand the role of after-school sports programs in social inclusion processes in culturally diverse contexts through a multicase study within two locations. The first location was in Spain where immigrant and Spanish students were enrolled, and the other was in Chile with Mapuche-Huilliche students, immigrant and Chilean students. The implemented programs at both sites were similar in their educational focus on socio-educational values, and teaching models (hybridization of teaching games for understanding and cooperative learning) that enhance social inclusion. Using individual and group interviews with teachers, sports coordinators, parents, and students, a qualitative approach was used to identify the factors that facilitate or hinder the social inclusion processes. In addition, the researchers used qualitative observations of the programs over six months using "notes logbook" to record their impressions during the observation process. Results indicated that the implemented sports programs successfully facilitated social inclusion processes, enabling the development of interpersonal skills and relationships between students from different cultural backgrounds. The previous training and experiences of teachers in culturally diverse contexts, and incorporation of traditional sporting games from all cultures, seems to be an important facilitator factor for the inclusion potential of the implemented programs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bastian Carter-Thuillier
- Department of Education, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile
- Programa de Investigación en Deporte, Sociedad y Buen Vivir, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile
- Facultad de Educación, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
- *Correspondence: Bastian Carter-Thuillier,
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- Department of Education, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile
- Programa de Investigación en Deporte, Sociedad y Buen Vivir, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile
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- Programa de Investigación en Deporte, Sociedad y Buen Vivir, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile
- Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile
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- Department of Physical Education, Sports and Recreation, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sports Science, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery, Health Sciences and Physiotherapy, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Education, Excelsia College, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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