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Esport as a hobby, part of studies and as a profession has increased in recent years among students in vocational education in northern Europe. Esport in vocational education was quite new in 2018 when Prakticum (FI), Teknikum (SWE) and Arna vgs. (NO) decided to start cooperating on the topic. In this project we have developed esport education and coaching in vocational education and published findings in an esport handbook för students. The focus as been on physical and mental health in esport and life management skills for students. We believe that combining physical and mental wellbeing with esports give esport students increased study motivation, better study results, decreases dropouts and decreases the risk for marginalization. Esport can also contribute to developing social and teamworking skills, as well as many other skills for working life. Special attention was given to support for students in the risk of dropping out of school, disadvantaged groups and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The main target group was teachers and students age 16-21 involved in esport in the partner schools. As the project evolved secondary target groups emerged; esport organizations, esport teams, other schools and esporters outside the partner organizations. Six teachers (two from each country) and 104 different students took part in the project. The working group of the project consisted of two teachers from Finland, Sweden and Norway whom met four times to benchmark best practices, develop esport education and published an esport handbook for students. Six students from respective countries met in Helsinki and Växjö to pilot new pedagogical methods and coaching in esport education. Students also participated in piloting and developing the esport handbook. The mobility with students planned to Norway was held on distance due to corona. The working language of the project network was Swedish, but we communicate externally in English to spread results, enlarge our network in esport and further our thoughts of physical and mental wellbeing in esport.This network will 2021-2023 continue to develop esport in vocational education with a focus on esport students health, wellbeing and life management skills in the Erasmus+ project Excellence in esport. Feel free to contact us with any collaboration suggestions in developing esport education. Also make use of the student's handbook in esport produced in this project and spread it freely throughout your own networks. You can find the handbook in the Erasmus+ results platform and Prakticums webpage; https://prakticum.fi/om-prakticum/projekt/internationella-projekt/student-wellbeing-through-esport.
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