Business plan: implementation of a school from 1st to 12th grade with integrated arts and sports programs

• Autor(a) principal: Cunha, Rita Vilhena
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21870
• topic: Education; Traditional classroom; Curricular flexibility; Alternative plans; Arts and sports programs; Portuguese curriculum; Offer of opportunities; Educação; Sala de aula tradicional; Flexibilidade curricular; Planos alternativos; Programas de artes e desporto; Currículo português; Planos alternativos; Oferta de oportunidades; Trabalho de projeto

Since education is so important for the development of any country, Portugal has been encouraging practices that better address students’ needs. Nevertheless, there is still a long way to go since many people still see subjects like Portuguese and Mathematics as the only important subjects and defend a traditional classroom. It has been proved by many authors that the arts and sports are fundamental for the education and, because of that, it should have a bigger role in schools. A good education is centered on the student. It uses practices that are adapted to the characteristics of the students and the contexts they are in. The arts and sports can help children acquire skills that they need in their daily personal and professional lives. Academia Geração is a private school that takes advantage of curricular flexibility to include arts and sports programs since the 1st grade, in addition to the academic subjects. Its degree of demand increases and becomes more specific and detailed as the moves forward. Adding to these programs, the school offers subjects less common in the Portuguese curriculum, such as debate, photography, first aid training. With the development of a business plan for this school, it is intended to tackle the lack of offer of alternative plans for students who want to pursue sports or art or just wish to have a more complete education with a wider offer of opportunities.