The Role and Involvement of London 2012 and Paris 2024 in the Educational Olympic Programme
Μεταπτυχιακή διπλωματική εργασία
Συγγραφέας
Guillard, Arnaud
Ημερομηνία
2019Επιβλέπων
Zintz, ThierryΘεματική επικεφαλίδα
Olympic education - Curriculum - England ; Olympic education - Curriculum - France ; Olympics - Social aspects ; Ολυμπιακή παιδεία - Πρόγραμμα μαθημάτων - Αγγλία ; Ολυμπιακή παιδεία - Πρόγραμμα μαθημάτων - Γαλλία ; Ολυμπιακοί αγώνες - Κοινωνικές απόψειςΛέξεις κλειδιά
London 2012 ; Paris 2024 ; Olympic education ; Legacy ; CultureΠερίληψη
Across the history of Olympic Games, the sport significance has been emphasized with
its educational feature of linking body and mind, and to achieve a better quality of life.
Following such movement, Olympic education has been set inside the Olympic Charter as one
of the key objectives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), through which the
Olympic values would spread. In this sense, the positive legacy of the Olympics is one of the
main concerns of the International Olympic Committee. Till now, several researchers have
investigated Olympic education programmes for schools by Olympic Games host cities.
However, there has been no study comparing a past and a future Olympic city and, additionally,
two cities with similar cultural, geographical, economic and political characteristics. The aim
of this study was to identify, register, and analyse the actions of the Organizing Committee of
the London 2012 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games for the development of a relevant and
universal Olympic education. To reach this goal, semi-structured interviews have been
established in order to extract and absorb as much information as possible by probing
stakeholders. The two educational programmes have brought their specificities with different
objectives. London took advantage of its multicultural reputation and its goal of increasing the
sporting experience of British citizens and of the world through innovative educational
programmes. Paris has been focused within the national and French-speaking area in order to
enhance the cultural dimension of sport and to mobilise it as a tool to strengthen the links
between educational institutions, their environment and the sport movement.