Capitalizing the Cross-Cultural Dimension of Physical Education and Sports by the Educational Actors in Romanian School

Abstract

This paper emphasizes the formative potential of physical education and sports in shaping students' personality, highlighting the potential of physical education to be capitalized by educators in shaping transversal skills - cooperation, team spirit, competitiveness, tolerance, civic attitudes, intercultural communication, social and emotional intelligence, etc. - skills increasingly needed in order to meet the challenges of contemporary society. The cross-cultural dimension of physical education and sports is outlined through the skills they train which become a universal language, a useful tool to assimilate and adapt to various conditions, values, attitudes, and practices in any society and in an immense cultural diversity. The comparative study conducted by us sought to highlight the formative potential of the "Physical education" subject on the direct beneficiaries - students - as well as the indirect ones - teachers, community, professional, and civic organizations.