THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE OLYMPIC IDEOLOGY AND SPORT AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TODAY’S SPORT.

Abstract

The present paper focuses on a monographic project of investigation realised around a case study. The aim is to find out whether the Olympic ideology, as an educational instrument, is present in Secondary Education and baccalaureate taught in a secondary school in the Community of Madrid, through the teaching given by one of its Physical Education teachers. The methodological design has taken as point of departure the documentary analysis of the Olympic Charter in order to identify, as a primary source, the foundations of the Olympic ideology. After finding the similarities that may be implicit in its content with the current educational legislation as well as with the functions that physical activity can perform as an educational instrument according to Hernández Álvarez (1996), four values and four functions were selected as the object of study of this work and it was then investigated whether these aspects were present in the development of the teaching practice of the teacher who was the object of study.