: Evaluating The Impact Of Pickleball In The Sense Of School Belonging On Student Inclusion In Schools With Disadvantaged Students.

<< Objectives >>We aim to increase the well-being and sense of school belonging of teachers anddisadvantaged students who stay in boarding schools, have the risks of early schoolleaving, learning disabilities, immigrant backgrounds and low socio-economicperspectives. Students can increase their social participation and sense of belongingto the school through the easy, fun, newly popularised sport pickleball that is a sportwhich can improve physical health, social inclusion and well-being.<< Implementation >>The activities will include pickleball training at beginner, mid-level and advanced levels,pickleball tournaments, team challenges and cultural events. The project will alsoanalyze the impact of Pickleball sport on inclusion using Psychological Sense of SchoolMembership (PSSM) tests on the disadvantaged students and using in-depth andfocus groups interviews data. A Pickleball eBook will be developed for dissemination oneTwinning platform.<< Results >>According to the PSSM test and interview results we will draw conclusions about theimpact of Pickleball sport on social participation and school belonging of students. Weexpect that the easy, fun and newly popularised sport pickleball sport can increase thewell-being and sense of school belonging of teachers and disadvantaged studentsand improve the social inclusion of these students.The eBook which we will create oneTwinning platform will be an efficient guide to the educators.