The cultural heritage of the Olympic movement for shaping the ability of schoolchildren to self-development, creative activity, involvement in the Olympic movement

Abstract

Purpose. The ways of integration of the cultural heritage of the Olympic movement into the content of the general school subjects. The article examines the influence of the cultural heritage of the Olympic movement on the expansion of the worldview of adolescent pupils, their self-development, enhancement of motivation for sports and creative activity, involvement to the Olympic movement and its values. Material. The studies allowed to recognize that the pieces of art which are related to the cultural heritage of the Olympic movement in the school system of the humanitarian subjects of the standard curriculum for 8 grades promotes the strengthening and expansion of interpersonal relations, the implementation of theoretical, physical, cultural and sportive, ecological, regional, informational, artistic and aesthetic directions of educational and extracurricular processes of schools. Results. Considering the school as environment for integrating the Olympic education, we studied and analyzed the 8th grade curricula in history, geography, world literature, physical education, as well as integrated course "Art", approved by the Ministry of Ukraine on Education and Science. There were identified topics within which it would be appropriate to use works of art related to the history of the Olympic movement. The generalization of information allowed to develop the guidelines for teachers. The guidelines contain the images of works of art, their name, the name of the author, the place of storage and information about their connection with the Olympic movement. The given recommendations were introduced into the educational process of secondary schools. The research results indicate that the saturation of the educational process with the values of world culture, in particular works of art related to the history of the Olympic movement, contributes to self development, creativity, involvement of junior schoolchildren to the Olympic movement and its values. Conclusions. The research results indicate the effectiveness while application of works of art related to the cultural heritage of the Olympic movement in the educational process of secondary schools, in particular, in the teaching such disciplines as “History”, “Geography”, “Foreign Literature”, “Physical Culture”, an integrated course “Art ”, which has been confirmed by positive changes in the number of school students attending art exhibitions and museums (by 25.29%; p <0.01); those who are aware of the connection between culture and sports (by 20.69%; p <0.05), those who want to get acquainted with works of art about the Olympic movement (by 24.14%; p <0.01); increased knowledge in academic subjects (by 25.28%; p <0.01); those who are familiar with Olympic values (by 21.84%; p <0.05); those involved in sports (by 25.29%; p <0.05), etc.