Olympic values education programme

Pathway One: Education through sport —an integrated and cross-curricular approach
Some teachers use a thematic or project-based teaching approach, which integrates activities from a variety of different subject areas. The Olympic theme, with its potential for bringing in history, mathematics, science, language, physical education, health and life studies, is ideally suited for this kind of integrated approach.
Pathway Two: Helping young athletes strive for excellence through sport and physical education
Sports education and physical education programmes can be enhanced using activities that help students understand and put into practice the values of Olympism. Olympic Day on 23 June, as well as International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on 6 April, can be celebrated with the help of the activities and ideas contained in this Manual.
Pathway Three: An Olympic-themed week or month
Many of the activities contained in the Manual can be used to help create an Olympic-themed week or month, incorporating a range of topics within the school curriculum. An Olympic Week or Olympic Month could include opening and closing ceremonies, as well as a range of competitive physical activities, games and sports.
Pathway Four: Teacher-centred learning
For programmes that are more teacher-centred, or which follow a prescribed textbook/workbook plan, the reading and writing activities contained in the Manual can be reworked and restructured for specific age levels. For teachers with very large classes, small group work may be desirable.
Pathway Five: Post-secondary education and workshops for facilitators
For students in higher education or participants in workshops for facilitators (e.g. teachers and youth group leaders), the Manual can be adapted as the framework for a course in “Olympic Education: A Values-BasedApproach”.
For example, a course in Olympic education could be offered by faculties of education or physical education. While different countries have different traditions and codes of conduct, as a result of globalisation many values have been adapted and shared across cultures and regions. The Olympic Movement has created opportunities for promoting these shared values. The Fundamentals Manual is designed to enable teachers and youth group leaders to adapt the various activities to suit their own programmes and meet the needs and expectations of their learners.

Education pathways