Olympic education
Li Hong (Leo) Hsu
Leo Hsu is Professor at National Taiwan University of Sport(NTUS). He is also the Dean at Liberal Arts Centre and CEO of Olympic Education Centre at NTUS. He has been teaching swimming for many years since 1986 and still competing at international/national level for master swimming/water polo events around the World. Currently, Leo is still the national swimming Champion in his age group on 50 Fly and 50 free. Leo received his PhD at Leeds University, UK in 2003. and developed his teaching/research career as an expert in sports/coaching philosophy and Olympic Education. In 2021, he established the first Olympic Education Centre/Museum in Taiwan at NTUS. The aims of this centre are to promote World Peace through Olympic Education and physical activities.
Lesson Overview
Olympic Education
This course is designed for those PE teachers who would to like to develop a mini Olympic Education museum at their schools. There are three parts of this lecture. During the first part,I will address the basic concept of Olympism, Olympic spirit, Olympic values and the content of Olympic pedagogy. For the second part, I will be sharing a very practical experience concerning how to set up an Olympic education centre/museum at your schools. At the last part, we will divide into 3-5 groups to develop brainstorming ideas and to build up international network of promoting Olympic peace education through meaningful physical activities.