The topics we will cover are: -
1. Politics
2. Gender issues
3. Commercialism
4. Race and ethnicity
5. The Paralympics
6. Deviance
In preparation for the next week's lesson I would like you to complete a short piece of writing about the ideals and philosophy Baron Pierre de Courbetin used to develop the modern olympic movement.
Answer the following questions to help you produce your written piece.
1. What is the Olympic motto?
2. What is the Olympic ideal?
3. What did de Courbetin base the Olympic ideals on?
4. Is there a link between Baron Pierre de Courbetin's olympic ideal with muscular christianity, the cult of athleticism and English education system?
5. Why are the olympic ideals so important?
6. Are these ideals' still relevant in today's sporting arena?
Post your work when you have finished. Leave me or your friends comments if you need any help.
DEAD-LINE - TUESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2007
15 comments:
The Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius." These three Latin words mean "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." Baron de Coubertin used the motto from Father Henri Martin Dideon, the headteacher of Arcueil College in Paris. Father Dideon used the motto to describe the great achievements of the athletes at his school. Coubertin felt it could be used to describe the goals of great athletes all over the World.
There are many similarities between de Courbetin's ideal with muscular christianity of that of Thomas Arnold. Both believed in competitors strive to achieve the best they can in a gentlemen-like environment. They also believed in making/building a better and more peaceful world using sporting events. De Coubertin was convinced that sport was the springboard for moral energy and he defended his idea with rare tenacity and determination. He quotes “ A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport,” and “All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.” These quotes are what is needed in modern competitions to do with the races of different nations joining to compete against one another without any bad feelings towards the other competitors.
The Olympic ideal is a major relevant today as it unite all five of the world’s continents together as friendly competitors rather than those who are or who have had feuds against one another.
However, not too sure about the last 2 questions. Any help ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Olympic Motto:
"Citius, Altius, Fortius"
(Fatster, highter, stronger)
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle."
is the olympic creed the same as the olympic ideal?
thanks!
Olympic Questions - Ivan Colomer Martinez
‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’. This was the Olympic Motto created by Pierre De Courbetin when the Olympic Committee was created in 1894. Translated, this means “Faster, Higher, Stronger” which was an ideal the de Courbetin wanted to put across to implement the “goal of trying to do better than one’s opponent”. This went along side the key element of Olympism of the pursuit of excellence which alongside the motto were so defining.
When De Courbetin visited Thomas Arnold on many occasions, he was enthralled by Thomas Arnold. He once described him as “his lifelong hero, prophet and father-substitute”. It was thanks to Thomas Arnold that de Courbetin wanted to campaign to bring the same ideals of athletic education back to his native France. Consequently Olympism owes it s very existence to Muscular Christianity but not only that, it laid the foundations for the Olympism to expand and achieve the acceptance it sort after, after the first Olympics. At a time when the church in Britain was put under intense scrutiny and attack, the rise of Muscular Christianity and the rise of the ensuing Olympism, provided an excellent starting point for ensuring the moral and spiritual beliefs that Thomas Arnold was so keen about spreading and that Pierre de Courbetin wanted to keep alive.
I hope this is alright, i cant seem to get the last two questions, could you point me in the right direction?? Thanks!
The Olympic creed and motto are two different things. The motto is 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' - Faster, higher, stronger.
The creed is "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Olympic_motto
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The Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius." Three Latin words that mean "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." Baron de Coubertin got this motto from Father Henri Martin Dideon. Who was the headmaster of Arcueil College, Paris. Father Dideon used this motto to describe great achievements of the athletes at his school. Coubertin used it to describe the goals for great athletes from all over the world.
Pierre Baron de Coubetin, the founder of the modern Olympics, was inspired by the ancient Greek ideal of harmony between body and mind. He believed the new Olympic movement would allow men from all over the world to compete in a spirit of friendship which would lead to world peace and understanding. The famous words which make up the Olympic ideal do not come from de Coubetin, but from Bishop Ethelbert Talbot who said before the London Olympics in 1908 that: ‘The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.’
There is a link between de Courbetin’s Olympic ideal and the English education system as both believed in being part of and building on making a more peaceful and stronger world, through the use of sports. Also in de Courbetin’s Olympic ideal he said that competitors would strive to achieve the best they can, this is also what the English educational system believed that sport should be teaching children. The Olympic ideal was also linked with muscular Christianity as many of the ideas from the Olympic ideal ran parallel to those of muscular Christianity.
The Olympic ideals are important as they send a message about how men and women should see one another throughout the world and not just through sport. That when two people compete there should be ‘a spirit of friendship which would lead to world peace and understanding.’
I think these ideals should still be relevant as there should be competition between sports men and women but it should be healthy and there should always be peace and understanding between them.
is the last question supposed to be my opinion or based on a general view?
Eloise McCalla. Forgot my password
The olympic motto stands as Citius, Alius, Fortius. It was created by Pierre Fredy, Baron De courbiton. Courbiton believed that sport was ‘ the springboard for moral energy’. Due to this passion he had for sport, in 1894 he founded the international olympic comittee and it was then where he spoke of this motto which actually means ‘faster, higher, stronger. Courtitons motto was able to convey so much in only 3 small words. His idea was to get the men to believe that they should work continually hard to do better than their apponants.
i did the first paragraph but im like really confused and stuck. I wasnt in the last two lessons. Could you like have a talk with me about it or something. thanks
Issues in the Olympic Games
The Olympic motto is; Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger” which de Coubertin enlisted from his friend Henri Didon. "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle" was the ideal he aimed to implement. De Coubertin was inspired by the ancient Greek ideal of harmony between the mind and the body. He believed the new Olympic would allow men from all over the world to compete in the spirit of friendship which would lead to world piece and understanding.
As a young boy, de Coubertin read of Thomas Arnold in the book; Tom Brown’s Schooldays. He was fascinated by the concept of Muscular Christianity that Arnold had set in place at Rugby. Many of de Corbertin’s concepts for the Olympics were influenced by Thomas Arnold such as production of a peaceful world through the use of sporting competition.
In today’s environment of professionalism and media scrutiny, the Olympic ideals are overshadowed by the nationalistic way the media reports on the Olympics.
Also, the use of the Olympics to stage political agendas, such as black power salute (Mexico 1968) or the boycotts of the Soviet and American Olympics contradicts the ideals of unity and world peace as it causes more division of society than the production of friendship and unity.
Sorry its a bit scarce, i had a bit of trouble finding information about the subjects you have posted.
Olympic games - Joshua Lynch
The Olympic motto is “Cittius”, “Altius”, “Fortius” which in Latin means “Faster”, “Higher”, “Stronger”. Baron Pierre de Corbertin came up with this motto as an incentive for athletes around the world to be the best that they could be, to perform at the highest level possible in order to beat your opponent fairly.
De Corbertin was also believed that people could use sport to try and help resolve international problems, he stated that “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle.” This suggests that the main point of holding the Olympic games was not to see which country had the best athletes but to nations together in one big sporting event.
Like Thomas Arnold, De Corbertin also believed strongly in muscular Christianity; the idea that sport could be used to develop moral values. De Corbertin believed that he could use sport to bring nations around the world closer together, because if competitors were brought together from different countries then they would start to gain respect for one another and therefore would not find the need to fight a war against them. The Olympic ideal is particularly important now as it supports fairness and equality for countries across the globe competing in all kinds of events. Not only is it used in the Olympics but in almost every other sporting event today, such as the FIFA world cup where every country has the opportunity to take part in the greatest football tournament in the world, using the core principals of the Olympic ideal.
Hi Elly,
The last question is down to your opinion.What do you think?
Eloise,
If you see me I will go over anything that you do ot understand.
Any break or lunchtime would be good.
The last two questions are down to interpretation.
It is your take on why the ideals are important and if you feel they still exist in the world of sport today.
It is really linked in to code of conducts/fair play and continues our discussion on ethics in sport and to what extent deviance has taken over. I hope this helps.
Eloise
The olympic motto stands as Citius, Alius, Fortius. It was created by Pierre Fredy, Baron De courbiton. Courbiton believed that sport was ‘ the springboard for moral energy’. Due to this passion he had for sport, in 1894 he founded the international olympic comittee and it was then where he spoke of this motto which actually means ‘faster, higher, stronger. Courbitons motto was able to convey so much in only three small words. His idea was to get the men to believe that they should work continually hard to do better than their apponants.
There is a definate link between De courbitons olympic ideal and the english education system.The olympic ideal is indeed very much a part of the english education system. Schools teach children to play fair and have good morals but most importantly to beleive in themselves, just as De Courbiton (who also believed strongly in muscular christianity) also thought that sport could be used to develop moral values. Sport is schools also increases the chances of healhty vibrant youth which was also very important to Courbition.
Back in 1896 De courbiton based the olympic ideals on reviving a helthy nation of youths and bringing together nations. They taught fairness and reminded everyone to not only have respect for one another but also to respect oneself hoping that this was banish war. Althogh they are still practiced in todays sporting arean commercilism is beginning to detach the nation from its true reasons for taking part in sport e.g the olympic ideals. With these ideals being overshadowed many athletes emphasis is no longer to compete for the beauty of taking part but only to glory of the gold. The relevance of the olympic ideals need to be commercialised as the olympics is no longer an event that overcomes war, brings together societies and promotes peace but a chance for hosting countries to proudly make more money. The olympic ideals are so important, they are the basis of what sport is about. There should always be fair and understanding behaivour when taking part in sport or sport should not be practiced at all.
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