INDICATORS OF LEVEL DEVELOPMENT OF THE OLYMPIC KNOWLEDGE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS

Abstract

Abstracts:Relevance of the topic: The Olympic Movement –the social phenomenon, having a huge impact on many spheres of society life, especially on education. Inclusion of the Olympic bases in the process of education promotes the formation of pupils’ interest to physical improvement and their familiarizing withsport, ideals and values of Olympism. The Olympic education as a set of the skills, which is necessary for a person to maintain his health and as a stimulus to sports –the extended period in life of each person at all steps of education.Purpose: to maintain the level of knowledge formation about Olympism of 79 pupils of the 2nd and 35 pupils of the 3rd classes of high school No. 59 of Gomel visiting day-care centers.Methods: theoretical analysis and synthesis of data of scientific and methodical literature, questioning, test exercises and statistical methods of processing of materials.Results: the results of the questioning about the formation of knowledge about Olympism are defined. The "average" level of knowledge dominates among the pupils of the2nd and 3rd classes.Conclusions: the acquaintance of pupils of elementary school with the bases of the Olympic knowledge is one of effective ways of children’s familiarizing with physical exercises, sport, the formation of interest to physical improvement. The lesson of physical culture and health, owing to the methodical features, cannot fill the lack of the Olympic knowledge. Therefore, the need for methodical grants development, the versions of leisure time on the Olympic subject, holding conversationsand quizzes, viewing of movies about Olympism on elective courses, in day-care centers, application of didactic games or grants, etc. follows.