JÓZEF PIŁSUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAWFaculty of Physical Education

Department of Pedagogy

dr Katarzyna Płoszaj

ROLE OF OLYMPIAN CLUBS IN INFORMAL EDUCATION:

a study conducted among lower-secondary school students

Baku, 2015

Olympian Clubs are associations.

The clubs operate under the auspices of

Polish Olympic Committee.

They are consistent with, and complement the school curriculum.

OLYMPIAN CLUBS AS AN EXAMPLE OF OLYMPIAN CLUBS AS AN EXAMPLE OF INFORMAL EDUCATIONINFORMAL EDUCATION

Classes at the Olympian clubs do not involve passivity or obligation

They are conducive to shaping the attitudes of young people and encouraging their greater integration in pursuit of common objectives.

They include attractive teaching and educational methods and forms, for children and teenagers at various levels of physical fitness.

WHAT DO OLYMPIAN CLUBS DO?WHAT DO OLYMPIAN CLUBS DO?

• organisation of trips; • sports events; • knowledge competitions about

Olympism and the Olympic Games; • art competitions; • meetings with Olympic champions,

coaches and sports celebrities;

and many other activities related to sports and the subject of the Olympics.

OLYMPIAN CLUBS IN LOWER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR PROVINCES

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AIM OF THE STUDYAIM OF THE STUDY

to analyse: the functioning of Olympian clubs as promoters

of the Olympic ideal, the behaviour and interests declared by the young

people who belong to a school Olympian club.

to evaluate: knowledge about the Olympic Games and Olympism, learn the respondents’ opinions about sports,

the Olympic movement, its values and its principles.

METHODOLOGIESMETHODOLOGIES

Questionnaire survey: for students of lower-secondary schools

who belonged to Olympian clubs and for

those who did not belong to such clubs for supervisors at Olympian clubs

The surveyed group comprised: 913 students of lower-secondary schools from 33 Olympian clubs 971 students from schools without Olympian clubs 27 supervisors at Olympian clubs

STUDY RESULTS RELATED TO FAIR PLAYSTUDY RESULTS RELATED TO FAIR PLAY

• FAIR PLAY BEHAVIOUR

• KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OLYMPISM AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES, AND OPINIONS ABOUT FAIR PLAY AND DECLARED FAIR PLAY BEHAVIOUR

• ASPIRATIONS TO BE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS

Teenagers tend to behave based on the principles of fair play.

They are able to form an attitude towards its messages and assumptions.

Children and teenagers first accept the principle of fair play in sports, and later apply it in everyday life.

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

The intended functions of Olympian clubs agree with their actual functions.

The presented study results show the actual effects of the teaching and the educational impact of Olympian clubs in implementing informal education.

This impact becomes clearly visible in the comparison with the young people in the control group.

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

The clubs strengthen the positive image of the Olympic Games, teaching youth about positive aspects of the Olympics and helping them to understand the dangers of modern sports.

From this perspective, Olympic clubs may be treated as caretakers of the Olympic ideal, as they help ensure that it remains a positive influence.

Olympic clubs fulfill their intended functions, and thus establishing them as promoters of Olympism is a valuable course of action.

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