The Educational Program of the Olympic Games—Rio 2016

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Abstract

The Olympic Movement seeks to promote education through sport, personal excellence, and international understanding. This mission has two pillars: the sport and the culture. In this sense, the positive legacy of the event is one of the main concerns of the International Olympic Committee. The aim of this study was to identify, register, and analyze the actions of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games for the development of sport education as a legacy. The research method used was content analysis, which is characterized by evaluating documents and texts through a systematic procedure in order to quantify and classify the information into categories. It was the focus of this analysis the “Transforma” program, promoted by the Organizing Committee Rio 2016. The strategies used by the program included pedagogical materials about sport available for download. The program was centered on the coordinators of schools, physical education teachers, young agents, and schools’ tutors. Despite the positive initiatives of “Transforma,” the results did not present activities for sport coaches’ education, which could be beneficial to the program. Moreover, there was a conflict between the program and legislation about sport professional activity in Brazil.