Erasmus Games Plus Project launch event
The launch event of the Erasmus GAMES PLUS project: traditional games for learning to teach, had four days of important activities, being held between the 21st and 24th of February 2024 and was attended by representatives of the three participating universities, being: the Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education of the University of Coimbra – FCDEF – UC, the Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya of the University of Lleida – UDL and the Kineziološki Fakultet Split of the University of Split – KFS – US. The project also has as signatories, the European Association of Traditional Games and Sports – AEJeST (Spain), the Croatian Association of Traditional Games and Sports – HSTIS (Croatia) and the Portuguese Federation of Traditional Games (Portugal), in which they were also represented through their respective directors.
On February 21st, the first face-to-face meeting between the project partners took place.
In this working meeting, several important aspects related to the project were presented.
In this meeting, the first guidelines for the elaboration of the pedagogical manual involving the three games that are part of the project were also discussed: Jogo do Beto (Portugal), Pljočkanje (Croatia) and Bèlit (Spain).
One of the points highlighted was the financial obligations of each of the partners. The project sector of the University of Coimbra, responsible for the coordination of the Games Plus project, participated by presenting the main points related to this aspect.
Project Maneger – Administration of University of Coimbra
The legal department of the University of Coimbra also participated in the event, highlighting aspects related to communication and social responsibility of the project.
Legal Institute – University of Coimbra
The launch event of the project was incorporated into the program to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education of the University of Coimbra. In which he had the support of the board, students and faculty of the faculty.
Magnificent Rector – University of Coimbra
Director Faculty of Sciences of Sports and Physical Education University of Coimbra
Kickoff Meeting
On February 22nd and 23rd, the Kickoff Meeting was held, an open event where researchers, professors and professors had the opportunity to get to know through the presentations of the partner institutions the games that make up the Games Plus project.
The event was opened by the researcher responsible for the project, Prof. Ana Rosa Jaqueira, who officially presented the project to all those present.
Principal Ivestigator – Eramus+ GAMES PLUS Project
Then, each of the partners participated by giving an explanation of the main aspects of the respective games that make up the project.
FCDEFUniversity of Coimbra
Milivoj Pacenti, Tamara Perkovic from, HSTIS – Croatian Traditional Games and Sports Association, spoke about the use of traditional Croatian games as an educational tool.
Goran Gabrilo from the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Split, spoke on the theme Split – City of heritage with University of tradition, highlighting the presence of traditional games as cultural practices.
Professors Aaron Rilo and Paula Pla from INEFC Catalunya, highlighted the practices involving the game of Bèlit in Spain and specifically in the region of Catalunya.
Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya – INEFC
Profa. Paula Pla – PhD. Student Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya – INEFC
O professor Pere Lavega presidente da AEJeST European Association for Traditional Sports and Games, falou sobre, tips and Tricks for Innovating through traditional games and sports.
Presidente – European Association for Traditional Sports and Games – AEJeST
João Alexandre and Matilde Monteiro from the Portuguese Federation of Traditional Games, spoke about the establishment of relations between the Academy and the Portuguese Federation, as well as the successes obtained in these relations.
President – Portuguese Federation of Traditional Games – FPJT
Portuguese Federation of Traditional Games – FPJT
Fernando Borges from the Legal Institute of the University of Coimbra spoke on the theme: Sports/Leisure, Communication and Culture.
Legal Institute – University of Coimbra
O Prof. Paulo Coêlho falou sobre o tema: The revival of a traditional Portuguese game: the case of The Beto Game from Serpins.
Vice-President – European Association for Taditional Sports Games – AEJeST
Practice Workshops
Fulfilling another stage of this formative experience provided by the project to future teachers, the students had the opportunity to have practical experiences in the project’s game modalities taught directly by the partners.
In the Bèlit game, Professors Aaron Rilo and
Paula Pla gave practical and pedagogical
explanations related to the game.
The students had the opportunity to experience the practices with official and adapted materials.
In the match Pljočkanje also had the opportunity to experience the Croatian game in practice. Teachers Milivoj Pacenti, Tamara Perkovic, shared their pedagogical and didactic experiences in teaching this game.
The students had contact with different types of materials, from adapted to official ones used in competitive events.
In Beto’s Game, students had the opportunity to have contact with an element that makes up the culture of the country (Portugal), which is of great importance in the dissemination because many students did not know about the existence of the game.
Professor Ana Rosa Jaqueira, together with the members of the Coimbra team, provided the experience to the students.
Another important aspect to highlight in the project refers to the investigative processes linked to traditional games. During the launch event in particular, aspects related to emotions during the practices were verified. Through the application of a questionnaire called Games Emotion Scale – GESII (Lavega, March and Filella, 2013), we mapped the emotions involved in the practice of the Traditional Games developed.
After completing the informed consent form, informed and free to participate in research studies (in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Oviedo Convention).
With this, the project not only acts in the propagation of the culture of traditional games, but also in the process of producing knowledge about this theme, emphasizing the importance of fostering investigations that have this theme as an object of study.
