Olympic Education in the Games Rio 2016: Transforma Program

Kirst, Flávio Valdir; Silva, Otávio Guimarães Tavares da

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“…With Rio's educational toolkit initiative, an online system, Olympic and Paralympic sports modules were provided for the teachers in host regions (Rio 2016(Rio , 2012, further strengthening the social exchanges between stakeholder groups. As noted by Kirst and Silva (2018), teachers were the main drivers of the Rio 2016 Official Education Programme, contributing for a wider educational mission and the current study provides evidence that they improved their knowledge about Olympic values…”

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“…The Rio 2016 Education Programme was one of the most effective tools for the organizing committee of the Olympic Games to pass on messages to Brazilian youngsters and teachers (Kirst & Silva, 2017). To this respect, the digital resources have been downloaded 63,350 times and 18 sports courses were offered to 2,003 teachers in 180 cities (Kirst & Silva, 2018). Thus, the knowledge of the Olympic values and symbols, as well as new sports, probably reached a level that was never seen before in Brazil (DaCosta et al, 2017).…”

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The Olympic Games’ impact on the development of teachers: the case of Rio 2016 Official Olympic Education Programme

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This document is the author's post-print version, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer-review process. Some differences between the published version and this version may remain and you are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it. The Olympic Games' impact on the development of teachers: the case of Rio 2016 Official Olympic Education ProgrammeThe Rio 2016 Official Olympic Education Programme (ROEP), called Transforma, began in 2013 and was one of the actions to take the Olympic Games into schools and promote new educationbased opportunities. The current study examines its effects by exploring the Olympic Games' impact on the development of skills, knowledge, and experiences of teachers. Data were collected through an online questionnaire (n=702) with physical education teachers who attended the Transforma Programme. The results of a structural equation model indicate that the educational impact measured through experiences, knowledge, and skills-development, contributed positively to the human development of teachers as well as to their knowledge about teaching Olympism.These findings provide event managers with useful insights on the role of teachers in their Olympic programmes, as well as ways to engage them in a wide range of initiatives both inside and outside the school context.

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“…The programme reached over 10,000 schools and 5 million students across Brazil. It taught Olympic values and new sports, yet the long-term benefits of it can be put into question: there were no significant effects for life in society and about half of the professionals who participated in it stopped using the teaching materials 1 year after the conclusion of the Olympic Games (Kirst and Tavares da Silva, 2018). This again means the sustainability of the Games can be called into question, bearing in mind the relatively brief impact of this education programme.…”

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The impact of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the visitor economy: a human rights perspective.

Vandenbroucke

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2021

Managing Events, Festivals and the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Collaborations and Cases

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The overall findings of this research point to a mix of positive and negative human rights impacts of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and on the visitor economy of the host city. On a positive note, affirmative action included persons with disabilities and from underprivileged communities in the workforce. New sports and leisure centres were built. Freedom of expression and association was reinforced by protesters demonstrating and using the platform of the event to raise issues. Several initiatives by the Organizing Committee, government, companies, and associations constituted positive mechanisms for leverage of the human rights to education and to participate in the cultural life of the community, albeit with limited long-term impacts. These wider economic and social successes associated with the hosting of the Games can positively contribute to the quality and inclusivity of the visitor economy. redevelopment, the Games' land use displaced thousands of people, violating the right to housing and several other human rights through abusive practices used by the government in the eviction process. Under the pretext of creating safe spaces for visitors and safeguarding their image of the city, the government's violence towards poor and black communities was aggravated, with the militarisation of the city impacting on the right to life, protection, education, and justice. Attempting to mask the city's socio-economic problems and undesirable aspects for sponsors and visitors, freedom of expression was undermined as protesters were targeted by the police and street vendors were driven out of public spaces.

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“…The Program offered on-site workshops for PE teachers to learn and teach different Olympic and Paralympic sports in their schools. Through school challenges, experimentations of new Olympic and Paralympic sports, digital educational content for distance learning, and Transforma sports festivals, the Program attempted to engage schools around the nation [55,56]. A survey of more than 600 teachers who participated in the training highlighted the benefits from the Transforma program and its contribution to the improved educational outcomes in participating schools [57].…”

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Educational Legacy of the Rio 2016 Games: Lessons for Youth Engagement

Kirakosyan

2020

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The promise of the Rio 2016 Games was to influence the entire population of Brazil, but the major impact was expected to be on children and the youth. The development of youth education programs promoting Olympic and Paralympic values was one of the main commitments that organizers made in 2009 to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This article draws on the available literature on Olympic and Paralympic education and youth engagement and examines several of such programs previously implemented in such host cities as Beijing, Vancouver, and London. The purpose was to explore the ways in which implementing such educational legacy programs by the Rio 2016 and other sporting mega-event organizers can inspire and sustain youth engagement. The inductive thematic analysis was applied in the close examination of the content, strategies, and outcomes of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic education program. The results suggest that to leave an enduring youth legacy, policymakers, future mega-event organizers, and educators need to understand it as a continued endeavor beyond the hosting period and embed the related educational efforts into broader educational and youth-focused structures. This article also outlines lessons for youth engagement that can be drawn from Rio’s and other host cities’ Olympic and Paralympic education practices.

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Olympic Education in the Games Rio 2016: Transforma Program

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The Olympic Games’ impact on the development of teachers: the case of Rio 2016 Official Olympic Education Programme

The Olympic Games’ impact on the development of teachers: the case of Rio 2016 Official Olympic Education Programme

The impact of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the visitor economy: a human rights perspective.

Educational Legacy of the Rio 2016 Games: Lessons for Youth Engagement

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