Olympic Education – history, theory, practice: Proceedings of the 4th Willibald Gebhardt Olympic Symposium

Deanna Binder; Roland Naul; Ludmila Fialova

doi:10.5771/9783840314094

Summary

This anthology is dedicated as a commemorative book for Antonin Rychtecky on behalf of his 75th birthday in 2020. It compiles the proceedings of the 4th Willbald Gebhardt Olympic Symposium held at Charles University of Prague (Czech Republic). In five sections, ten papers of the symposium are published. Section One deals with the history of Olympic education development in Europe and North America (Binder and Naul). Section Two documents the support of the IOC Olympic Study Centre and Lausanne Olympic Museum for Olympic education (Puig, Chevalley). The Third section reflects the development of Olympic education in the Czech Republic (Skoda, Rychtecky). Section Four gives two examples of how Olympic education developed and became supported in accordance with preparation of Olympic Games in Japan (Tokyo, Obayashi) and France (Paris, Monnin). Finally, section Five includes two national studies regarding how Olympic ideals helped to change culture and society in Africa and South America (Zimbabwe and Colombia) written by Clemencia Anaya Maya and Mayamba Sitali.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8403-1409-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8403-1409-4
Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen
Language: English
Pages: 164
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 10
Introduction No access Pages 11 - 17
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1. The Evolution of Olympic Education: Sources and steps of development until the 1980s No access Pages 18 - 37
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2. Olympic Values Education - From the 1980s to the Present No access Pages 38 - 58
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1. The IOC Olympic Studies Centre and the Olympic Studies Academic Community No access Pages 59 - 67
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2. The Olympic Museum and Olympic Education: Same Theory, Different Practices No access Pages 68 - 79
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1. The Czech National Olympic Academy: Our Program and Activities (2012-2017) No access Pages 80 - 90
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2. Teaching Olympic Education and Education through Sport in the Czech Republic No access Pages 91 - 106
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1. Olympic Education in Japan. Before and After the Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964 and 2020 No access Pages 107 - 120
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2. Olympic Education and Host City of the Olympic Games: The example of Paris 2024 No access Pages 121 - 131
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1. Olympic Values for Social Change No access Pages 132 - 144
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2. Olympic Values Education as the Foundation for Community Sport No access Pages 145 - 161
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List of authors No access Pages 162 - 164