Physical Activity and Sport as Social Inclusion Tool for Refugees

Núria Carrete-Marín is a researcher and professor at the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Spain. She belongs to the Department of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Education, Translation, Sports and Psychology of the UVic-UCC and of the consolidated research group GREUV, on educational research. Master in Education in Rural Territories, by the University of Barcelona (UB), and Graduate in primary education with a specialization in attention to diversity (UB). Both degrees with extraordinary awards. She has also been a teacher with a long career in various types of schools and educational innovation projects. Her field of reference research focuses mainly on multigrade didactics, rural education, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in educational research, globalized educational methodological proposals, multigrade materials and resources in rural schools, active strategies applied in schools located in rural areas, the territorial dimension, inclusive practices and educational methodology, physical education and art education, among other related topics of interest closely related, also in relation to the Community project.Francesc Buscà Donet is a lecturer at the Department of Applied Didactics at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He is also a professor of different Grades and Masters in the same university. He has a PhD in Education and Physical Education Degree. He is, as a researcher, part of the consolidated research group in Physical Activity and Sport Social Research (GISEAFE) at National Physical Education Institute of Catalonia-University of Barcelona (INEFC-UB). His main areas of research interest are physical education and sport pedagogy, physical education, teacher training and rural education, among other similar related topics of interest in relation to the Community project.

• PART I.- THEORETICAL BASIS.- 1. Introduction: challenges of the transdisciplinary approach of research in Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy.- 2. Social inclusion of refugees and people in asylum request.- 3. Social and educational benefits of Physical Activity and Sport.- PART II.- PRACTICAL EVIDENCE.- 4. The project “Community”.- 5. Methodology and Evidence gathered from the community project.- PART III.- Conclusions.- 7. The importance of the voices of students, refugees and the professionals involved in the projects.- 8. Conclusions: findings and transference.