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Domoshnitsky, Alexander, and Roman Yavich. "Internet Mathematical Olympiads." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-79663.
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Modern Internet technologies open new possibilities in a wide spectrum of traditional methods, used in mathematical education. One of the areas, where these technologies can be efficiently used, is an organization of mathematical competitions. Contestants can stay in their schools or universities in different cities and even different countries and try to solve as many mathematical problems as possible and then submit their solutions to organizers through the Internet. Simple Internet technologies supply audio and video connection between participants and organizers in a time of the
competitions.
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Chong, Cáceres Miguel, Gil Patricia Gonzales, and San Martín Luis Ortega. "2015, unprecedented successes of the OPQ in international competitions." Revista de Química, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/99677.
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El año 2015, durante el cual se han celebrado los 20 años de trabajo de la Olimpiada Peruana de Química (OPQ), ha sido un año de extraordinarios resultados en las distintas olimpiadas de química internacionales en las que Perú ha participado. Destacan las tres medallas logradas en la Olimpiada Internacional de Química (IChO) y las cuatro obtenidas en la Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Química (OIAQ). En esta última, además, uno de los representantes de nuestra delegación obtuvo el mejor puntaje de la competencia. A nivel nacional, la Olimpiada Peruana de Química (OPQ) tuvo una masiva participación de estudiantes (más de dos mil inscritos) lo que nos convierte en un evento de amplia aceptación en el país.2015, a year in which we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (OPQ), has been a very successful year for our Olympic team in the international Chemistry events in which Peru has participated. Three medals were obtained in the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) and four were awarded to our team at the Iberoamerican Chemistry Olympiad (OIAQ). Moreover, in the latter a student from our delegation had the best final score. Our national competition, the Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (OPQ), had a great success with regard to student participation (more than two thousand students registered nationwide) making it an unmissable event among secondary school students interested in Chemistry.
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Wang, Xuetao. "Olympiad delegation registration system." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2551.
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The purpose of this project is to design, build and implement a web application system for the Olympiad delegation registration. All the pages and user registration information will be stored in a PostgreSQL database and retrieved by JAVA Servlet and JDBC (JAVA Database Connectivity). The main purpose of this project is to provide an easy-to-register and web-base communication evironment for the National Olympic Committes (NOC) and the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG).
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Lisi, Eliene Cristine Izu Nakamura. "Olimpíadas de Matemática sua importância na divulgação e aprendizagem da Matemática. Uma experiência de análise, diagnóstico e intervenção didático pedagógica." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/155890.
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As Olimpíadas de Matemática, nos moldes atuais, são disputadas desde 1894. A primeira olimpíada ocorreu na Romênia. Com o passar dos anos, competições semelhantes se espalharam pelo mundo. Em 1959 foi realizada a primeira Olimpíada Internacional de Matemática, esta competição se expandiu gradualmente para mais de 100 países. Em 1979, a Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática (SBM) organizou a 1ª Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática (OBM), que durante esses anos passou por diversas mudanças. Este trabalho tem o objetivo de mostrar como as olimpíadas de matemática podem ser utilizadas como fonte de divulgação e estímulo para o ensino e a aprendizagem da matemática, além de desenvolver e aperfeiçoar a capacitação de professores e também como fonte de dados para a melhoria do ensino e aprendizado. Foi realizada uma descrição das principais competições de matemática que tiveram como participantes alunos de uma escola da cidade de Bauru-SP, com destaque para o HMMT (The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament), bem como quais foram as ferramentas utilizadas na preparação desses alunos, além de uma análise de dados visando uma intervenção didático pedagógica. Por fim são apresentadas questões de olimpíadas de matemática que têm em suas soluções a utilização de conteúdos abordados nas diversas disciplinas do PROFMAT.
The Mathematical Olympiads of the present day have been disputed since 1894. The first Olympiad was played in Romania. Over the years, similar competitions have spread throughout the world. In 1959, the first International Mathematical Olympiad was held, this competition gradually expanded to more than 100 countries. In 1979, the Brazilian Mathematical Society (SBM) organized the 1st Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad (OBM), which during these years underwent several changes. This paper aims to show how mathematical olympiads can be used as a stimulus for teaching and learning mathematics, as well as to develop and improve teacher training and also as a data source for improving teaching and learning. A description of the main math competitions was carried out, which included students from a school in the city of Bauru, SP, highlighting the HMMT (The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament) and which tools were used to prepare the students as well as the analysis of data for pedagogical didactic intervention. Finally, questions are dealt with in Mathematical Olympiads, with resolution through contents of the PROFMAT disciplines.
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Souza, Neto João Alves de. "Olimpíadas de matemática e aliança entre o campo científico e o campo político." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2012. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/2644.
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Previous issue date: 2012-12-03This paper aims to discuss the mathematical Olympiads in terms of Bourdieu's theory, seeking demonstrate valorization strategies and adoption of the field of mathematics linked to social practices related to OBMEP. The concepts of field and symbolic capital were used for analysis of research papers in order to understand the mathematical Olympiads as a strategy for appreciate mathematical fields as well as a kind of normative evaluation. This paper promotes a discussion about the alleged role of social inclusion attributed to these competitions. The research is a qualitative approach and involved the preparation of a history of the Mathematical Olympiads, literature research and document analysis. Bourdieu's theory may us understand that the field of mathematics has sufficient capital to reward and recruit talent while it naturalizes, through this process, the ideology of the gift and the inculcation of a cultural arbitrary on the technological and scientific development, which is linked to factors and interests of the economic field. This critical view for the Olympiads can contribute to the expansion of studies in the field of mathematics education in relation to school evaluation and the symbolic value of mathematics, looking this as a kind of symbolic mechanism of domination, valorization and conservation of the field of mathematics. Then OBMEP can be understood as the manifestation of an alliance between the scientifical and political field, which simultaneously establishes the mathematical culture and corroborates the economic interests.
Este trabalho tem como objetivo discutir as olimpíadas de matemática do ponto de vista da teoria de Bourdieu, buscando evidenciar estratégias de valorização e de consagração do campo da matemática atreladas às práticas sociais relacionadas com a OBMEP. Os conceitos de campo e de capital simbólico foram utilizados para análise dos documentos de pesquisa de maneira a compreender as olimpíadas de matemática como uma estratégia de valorização do campo da matemática e como um tipo de avaliação normativa. Procuramos promover uma discussão em torno do suposto papel de inclusão social atribuído a estas competições. A pesquisa é de abordagem qualitativa e envolveu a elaboração de um histórico das olímpiadas de matemática, pesquisa bibliográfica e análise documental. A teoria de Bourdieu permite entender que o campo da matemática possui capital suficiente para premiar e recrutar talentos ao mesmo tempo em que naturaliza, mediante este processo, a ideologia do dom e a inculcação de um arbitrário cultural relativo ao desenvolvimento tecnológico e científico, o qual está atrelado a fatores e interesses próprios do campo econômico. Este olhar crítico às olimpíadas pode contribuir com uma ampliação dos estudos na área de Educação Matemática no que diz respeito à avaliação escolar e ao valor simbólico da matemática, compreendendo esse simbólico como um tipo de mecanismo de dominação, valorização e conservação do campo da matemática. A OBMEP pode ser entendida, assim, como a manifestação de uma aliança entre o campo da matemática e o campo político, pois ao mesmo tempo em que consagra a cultura matemática, também corrobora com interesses próprios do campo econômico.
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Laky, Lilian de Angelo. "Olímpia e os Olimpiéia: a origem e difusão do culto de Zeus Olímpio na Grécia dos séculos VI e V a.C." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/71/71131/tde-31102011-141802/.
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Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo estudar os templos dedicados a Zeus Olímpico, chamados de Olimpiéia, construídos entre os séculos VI e V a.C., época arcaica e clássica. Nossa intenção é compreender em que medida o santuário de Olímpia na Grécia continental foi responsável pela origem e difusão do culto de Zeus Olímpico no restante do mundo grego. É nossa intenção também compreender o caráter assumido por este culto nas várias partes do mundo grego. Interessa-nos, sobretudo, aprofundar o estudo das relações deste culto com o poder político em época arcaica e clássica no que diz respeito principalmente à sua eventual manipulação política. Para tanto, realizamos um levantamento das cidades que consagraram templos a esta divindade a fim de mapearmos o seu culto e, trabalhando os dados arqueológicos contextualizados em associação com as fontes textuais, pretendemos discutir temas como: 1-) a utilização do epíteto Olympios e do nome Olympiéion; 2-) a configuração espacial dos santuários de Zeus Olímpico e a relação do espaço sagrado com a sociedade; 3-) a relação entre o culto e o governo tirânico; 4-) e o papel do culto na construção da identidade grega.This research aims to study the temples dedicated to Olympian Zeus, also known as Olympieia, built between the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., during the Archaic and Classical periods. Our intention is to provide an account of the importance of the sanctuary of Olympia played in the origin and diffusion of the Zeus Olympios\' cult, as well as the character assumed by this cult in other parts of the Greek world. In particular, we intend to deepen the comprehension of the connections the political power established with this cult during the Archaic and Classical epochs, especially regarding its casual political manipulation. In order to reach a sharper appraisal of the cult and meet the other purposes set forth herewith, the research will develop a detailed survey of those cities with temples consecrated to this divinity and, associating textual sources with contextualized archaeological data, suggest some themes to discussion as: 1. The use of both the epithet Olympios and the name Olympiéion; 2. The spatial configuration of the Zeus Olympios sanctuaries and the relationship between society and the sacred place; 3. The tyrannical government in relation with the cult; 4. The role played by the cult in the making of the Greek identity.
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Philpot, Cindy Johnson. "Science Olympiad Students' Nature of Science Understandings." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/msit_diss/20.
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Recent reform efforts in science education focus on scientific literacy for all citizens. In order to be scientifically literate, an individual must have informed understandings of nature of science (NOS), scientific inquiry, and science content matter. This study specifically focused on Science Olympiad students’ understanding of NOS as one piece of scientific literacy. Research consistently shows that science students do not have informed understandings of NOS (Abd-El-Khalick, 2002; Bell, Blair, Crawford, and Lederman, 2002; Kilcrease and Lucy, 2002; Schwartz, Lederman, and Thompson, 2001). However, McGhee-Brown, Martin, Monsaas and Stombler (2003) found that Science Olympiad students had in-depth understandings of science concepts, principles, processes, and techniques. Science Olympiad teams compete nationally and are found in rural, urban, and suburban schools. In an effort to learn from students who are generally considered high achieving students and who enjoy science, as opposed to the typical science student, the purpose of this study was to investigate Science Olympiad students’ understandings of NOS and the experiences that formed their understandings. An interpretive, qualitative, case study method was used to address the research questions. The participants were purposefully and conveniently selected from the Science Olympiad team at a suburban high school. Data collection consisted of the Views of Nature of Science – High School Questionnaire (VNOS-HS) (Schwartz, Lederman, & Thompson, 2001), semi-structured individual interviews, and a focus group. The main findings of this study were similar to much of the previous research in that the participants had informed understandings of the tentative nature of science and the role of inferences in science, but they did not have informed understandings of the role of human imagination and creativity, the empirical nature of science, or theories and laws. High level science classes and participation in Science Olympiad did not translate into informed understandings of NOS. There were implications that labs with a set procedure and given data tables did not contribute to informed NOS understandings, while explicit instruction may have contributed to more informed understandings. Exploring these high achieving, Science Olympiad students’ understandings of NOS was a crucial step to understanding what experiences formed these students’ understandings so that teachers may better their practices and help more students succeed in becoming scientifically literate citizens.
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Philpot, Cindy J. "Science Olympiad students' nature of science understandings." unrestricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03282007-213459/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007.Title from file title page. Lisa Martin-Hansen, committee chair; Geeta Verma, Olga Jarrett, Michael Dias, committee members. Electronic text (147 p. : ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Nov. 16, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-143).
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MacKenzie, Julia Dawn. "Moving towards sustainability in the Olympic Games planning process /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2006. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2678.
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Beacham, Oliver (Oliver Edward). "Flexible stadium design in the context of Olympics and Post-Olympics usage." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99583.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-45).
The design of the London Olympic Stadium for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games represented a shift in traditional stadium design for major sport events on the scale of the Olympics or World Cup. Emphasising design with a focus towards post-Olympics usage, the London Olympic Stadium through features like a demountable second seating tier, reclaimed steel elements, and structurally isolated fagade, set a strong precedent for flexible Olympics stadium construction. The goal of this thesis is to quantitatively explore options to push the boundaries of flexible stadium design, easing the renovation process required to transition stadiums from Olympics to post-Olympics usage. Through case study design examples, this thesis explores the effect bolted rather than welded connections can have on the design of stadium grandstands. Evaluated for both strength and serviceability, this thesis applies work demonstrating the pros and cons of bolted connections in traditional braced frame structures to stadium grandstands. Finally, this thesis explores the opportunity events like the Olympics provide to perform a probabilistic performance based design on an elliptical roof truss system. Given current building codes specify loads intended for use in the design of permanent structures, this thesis breaks down building code methodology in an attempt to determine loads more appropriate for use in the design of buildings with intended life spans on the order of an Olympic cycle (four years). Looking specifically at a stadium structural system typically controlled by wind and snow loads, this thesis attempts to quantify the material savings possible when designing a structure using performance rather than code based design.
by Oliver Beacham.
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OPQ, Comité Permanente de la. "2013, the Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (OPQ) grows up." Revista de Química, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100444.
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La Olimpiada Peruana de Química ha cumplido su mayoría de edad y lo ha celebrado con buenos resultados en las competiciones internacionales de Rusia (45ª Olimpiada Internacional de Química, IChO), donde los alumnos consiguieron dos medallas de bronce, y Bolivia (18ª Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Química, OIAQ), donde cada alumno logró adjudicarse una medalla de bronce.The Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad celebrates its 18th birthday with good results in the international competitions in Russia (45th International Chemistry Olympiad, IChO), where two of our students were awarded with bronze medals, and in Bolivia (18th Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Química, OIAQ), where each one of them managed to reach a bronze medal.
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San, Martín Luis Ortega. "Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad, twenty years promoting chemistry among youngsters." Revista de Química, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100005.
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La olimpiada peruana de Química cumple su vigésimo aniversario y en este artículo se hace una pequeña recopilación de la participación de alumnos en los últimos años, de las regiones de las que proceden y de los éxitos internacionales obtenidos por nuestra delegación.The Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad celebrates its 20th anniversary and, in this report, a short review of the student participation in the event along with their origin and the international results obtained by each year’s winners is given.
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Ortega-San-Martín, Luis, Gil Patricia Gonzales, Cáceres Miguel Chong, and Liu Isabel Cabello. "Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad 2016-2017: the path to success." Revista de Química, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/123965.
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Los años 2016 y 2017 han permitido consolidar la posición y la importancia de la olimpiada peruana de química a nivel nacional como una actividad que fomenta el estudio de la química y el esfuerzo de superación. Si bien 2016 se saldó con buenos resultados a nivel internacional, los éxitos conseguidos en 2017 han opacado todo lo ya conocido: una medalla de oro y una de bronce en la IChO 2017 y una de oro y tres de plata en la OIAQ lo dicen todo. Han sido los años de la consagración de un sueño a nivel internacional: la obtención de una medalla de oro. A nivel nacional, la Olimpiada Peruana de Química (OPQ) ha mantenido el alto nivel de inscritos y 2017 ha vuelto a superar los dos mil participantes.The years 2016 and 2017 have allowed consolidating the position and importance of the Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad as an activity that encourages the study of chemistry and the desire to improve in today's students. Although 2016 ended with good results at the international level, the successes achieved in 2017 have overshadowed them: one gold and one bronze medals in the IChO 2017 and one gold and three silver medals in the OIAQ. Nationally, the Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (OPQ) has maintained the high level of enrollment and in 2017 we have again exceeded two thousand participants.
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Maslova, Nadezhda. "Green Olympics: : intentions and reality." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-58584.
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The focus of this report is directed to the consideration of the problems related to the difference between commitment of International Olympic Committee to better environmental approach and actual environmental performance of Olympic Games which suppose to follow this commitment since the Games of the year 2002. Mostly qualitative research methodology was utilized in this study. It was based on the interviews with representatives of Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund, the organizations which are involved in environmental assessment of Olympic Games; exploration of the environmental requirements from International Olympic Committee for carrying out Olympic Games and changes in these requirements through years; evaluation of environmental performance of the past Olympic Games which needed to follow environmental commitment. The research showed that despite continuously improvement in the requirements through years the Host Cities are still managing to fail the preparation of environmental side of the Games. The unsolved problem of still vague requirements was revealed; lack of communication between Non-Government Organizations, which actually give environmental assessment of Olympic Games, and International Olympic Committee was discovered and some political issues were discussed. After the carried work it is recommended to enforce the cooperation between Non-Government Organizations and International Olympic Committee and create common system for evaluation of environmental performance, state more clear requirements for the ecological organization of Olympic Games and change focus from environment to sustainability.
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Ho, Wing-yan Glos, and 何詠茵. "Toward an Olympics-national identity model: astudy of the Beijing Olympics in Hong Kong and Macao." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43223850.
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Chong, Miguel. "A short history of the Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (1996-2010)." Revista de Química, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/99267.
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La Olimpiada Peruana de Química (OPQ) es una competición entre escolares que se realiza ininterrumpidamente en forma anual desde 1996. Participan alrededor de 1500 estudiantesa nivel nacional y los ganadores compiten en la Olimpiada Internacional de Química (IChO) y en la Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Química (OIAQ). Desde 1999 los ganadores de la OPQ han logrado diversos éxitos a nivel internacional. En su organización se encuentran comprometidos principalmente los docentes y personal técnico y administrativo de la Sección Química de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.The Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (OPQ) is an annual competition that takes place in Peru since 1996 and consists on a competition among high school students. Around 1500 students from all over the country take part in this event.The winners gain access to international competitions such as the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) and the Latin American Chemistry Olympiad (OIAQ).Since 1999 the Peruvian participants have achieved important successes in international competitions. The OPQ is organized mainly by the lecturers, clerks and laboratory technicians from the Chemistry Section of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
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Chong, Miguel. "2012, the American adventure of the Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (OPQ)." Revista de Química, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100804.
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En 2012 se celebró con éxito la XVII Olimpiada Peruana de Química y los estudiantes peruanos tuvieron destacada actuación en los eventos realizados en tierras americanas: en Washington DC, EE.UU., donde tuvo lugar la 44ª Olimpiada Internacional de Química, y en Santa Fe, Argentina, donde se realizó la 17ª Olimpiada Iberoamericana.The XVII Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad was successfully held in 2012 and the peruvian students had a distinguished performance in the later events that took part in american lands: in Washington DC, USA, on the 44th International Olympiad, and in Santa Fe, Argentina, on the 17th Ibero-American Chemistry Olympiad.
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Glosniak, Quinn. "The 1936 Nazi Olympic Games; The First Truly Modern Olympiad." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1707.
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Revived in 1896 by the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic Games have come to represent the ultimate international celebration of sport, culture, and the human spirit. The grandiose festival of the current day evolved into its mature form throughout the course of the twentieth century. However, no Olympiad altered the Olympic Movement as radically as the Berlin Olympics of 1936. Through the examination of key secondary sources and primary sources like, International Olympic Committee (IOC) records, personal testimonies, and newspaper articles, this thesis examines how and why the 1936 Nazi Olympics fundamentally altered the Olympic Movement and forced the Olympic Games to confront and adapt to a rapidly changing world. While the 1936 Berlin Games set many new precedents in the Olympic Games, three in particular stand out: the politicization of the host city selection process; the rise of government investment in Olympic outcomes; and the use of new technology and media.
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Chotlos, Anna N. "The Raccoon Olympics and Other Essays." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1586538590550636.
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Ho, Wing-yan Glos. "Toward an Olympics-national identity model : a study of the Beijing Olympics in Hong Kong and Macao /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43223850.
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Oshanski, Kari Ann. "The Impact of Olympics on Public Open Space in Host Cities." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366293753.
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Chong, Miguel. "2011, a year of records in the Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (OPQ)." Revista de Química, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100641.
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La Olimpiada Peruana de Química (OPQ) ha logrado el récord de participación con cerca de 2,000 estudiantes a nivel nacional. Además, el equipo peruano ha conseguido sus mayores éxitos en la Olimpiada Internacional de Química (IChO) y en la Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Química (OIAQ), con un total de 7 galardones.The Peruvian Chemistry Olympiad (OPQ) set a new participation record, with over 2,000 students nationwide. Furthermore, the Peruvian National team achiev edits greatest success in the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) and the Iberoamerican Chemistry Olympiad (OIAQ), with a total of seven awards.
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Domoshnitsky, Alexander, and Roman Yavich. "Mathematical Competitions for University Students." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-79653.
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We present several possible forms of mathematical competitions for University students. One of them is Blitz Mathematical Olympiad. It is a team competition, when all teams receive the same problem and are
allotted 10-15 minutes to come up with a solution. This cycle is repeated 6-8 times with different problems. Modern Internet technologies allow us to organize Blitz Mathematical Olympiads for the teams which are in different cities and even countries.
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Brianas, Jason John. "NATO, Greece and the 2004 Summer Olympics." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Dec%5FBrianas.pdf.
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Heiman, Diana L. "Preparticipation Examinations and Special Olympics Medical Issues." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8169.
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Goode, L. J. "Three odes of Pindar : a commentary on Olympians 7, 9, and 13." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317792.
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Bai, Xianlu. "Hosting mega-events how the olympic games work as a catalyst in Beijing and London's urban development /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4293039X.
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Shum, Ching-yee. "A critical review of the 2008 Beijing Olympics how 'green' was it?/." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43784264.
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Leighton, Alexander. "Reawakening the Myth: Retelling the Hero Journey in Percy Jackson and the Olympians." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79268.
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The hero journey as theorised by Joseph Campbell in 1949 in The Hero With A Thousand Faces (reprinted 1993) has informed and influenced mainstream storytelling for more than half a century. In Campbell’s work, it is argued that the mythologies of the world all share essential features, and could therefore be seen as analogues of what Campbell terms a ‘monomyth’, a single, identifiable story that unites and defines disparate myths from around the world, illustrating to readers the form of the journey on which they themselves must embark to reach self-actualisation in their own lives. This notion of the monomyth is problematic, however, as Campbell’s theory and model have often been criticised for not being as universal as he imagined.
This study applies Campbell’s model and theories to show the manner in which Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians saga, a re-imagining of the classical Greek myths, aimed primarily at adolescent readers of fiction, constitutes an example of the hero journey as Campbell describes it. Moreover, acknowledging the criticisms levelled against Campbell in the years since the publication of his seminal study, the study also argues that Riordan, aware both of Campbell’s hero journey theory and its shortcomings, skilfully first conforms to and then subverts the expectations and implications of the hero journey theory throughout his saga.
Riordan’s adherence to the hero journey formula is explored with reference to The Lightning Thief (2005), the first novel in the saga. Thereafter, the rest of the novels in the series are considered both collectively and individually to explore the ways in which Riordan’s titular character challenges patriarchal assumptions about the hero journey, heroism itself and what constitutes heroic responsibility, particularly with regard to a gendered coming of age. The study also explores feminist challenges to Campbell’s study, comparing and contrasting Campbell’s model to the second-wave feminist version of the hero journey described in The Female Hero in American and British Literature (1981) by Carol Pearson and Katherine Pope.
The study thus shows how Riordan creates characters who encounter an entirely different range of experiences and outcomes to those outlined by Campbell, thereby suggesting a possible model which is more inclusive of adolescents who do not conform to Campbell’s prescriptive mode of representation. The hero journey itself, then, is arguably revised by Riordan to become a more efficacious means of reaching this particular audience.
Finally, through an exploration of adaptation and appropriation theory, the Percy Jackson saga is interrogated to illustrate how Riordan’s conscious changes to character and focalisation challenge and deconstruct Campbell’s original model, which is representative of much mainstream storytelling’s patriarchal assumptions, to make it more relevant and closer to the frame of reference of contemporary readers. The conclusion of this study suggests that what Campbell (based on the theories of Carl Jung) believed to be the essential power of myth can be reawakened for a modern audience by Riordan’s flexible re-workings of Greek myth. It is suggested that Riordan’s retelling makes both the hero journey and mythology relevant to modern readers.Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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Meillier, Lionel. "Conception d'un diagnostic qualite. Application du modele olympios." Besançon, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994BESA2023.
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La grande majorite des entreprises considere la qualite comme un element permettant d'assurer leur perennite en leur apportant une differenciation vis-a-vis de la concurrence. Leur attente est de connaitre les actions a effectuer et la maniere de les mettre en uvre. Les personnes chargees de repondre a ces attentes, qualiticiens d'entreprise ou consultants en qualite ont besoin d'outils de description et de comprehension de leur systeme qualite. Ce besoin d'outils est rendu necessaire par la complexite et la grande variete des entreprises. Pour faire face a cette double difficulte, nous proposons alors dans cette these une modelisation du systeme qualite basee sur une approche systemique. Cette modelisation s'appuie d'une part, sur des outils utilises pour la modelisation des systemes d'information comme le modele entite/association et d'autre part, sur des propositions specifiques, construites pour prendre en compte tous les concepts de la qualite. Une validation de notre modelisation du systeme qualite a ete effectuee dans le cadre du diagnostic qualite. Ce champ d'experience nous a permis en particulier de verifier l'adaptation de notre modelisation a la difficulte constituee par la complexite et la grande diversite des entreprises. L'application de notre modelisation du systeme qualite des entreprises au diagnostic a donne lieu a une methode de diagnostic qualite nommee qualidiag et a un logiciel sur lequel elle s'appuie
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Mullins, Lisa Moses. "Hearing Health in Utah Special Olympics Athletes Compared to Special Olympics Athletes Worldwide: A Prevalence Study in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1296.pdf.
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Gong, Chen Cong. "The symbolic power in the emblem of the Games of the 2008 Olympiad." Thesis, University of Macau, 2005. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636341.
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Li, Xi. "The impact of mega-sporting events on stock markets a dissertation submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business (MBus), 2007." Abstract. Full dissertation, 2007.
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Hübinger, Ulrich. "Die archaischen Lampen aus Olympia Entwurf für eine systematische Darstellung der Formen griechischer Lampen /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/2005/258/index.html.
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Li, Hui. "Imaging China through the Olympics government publicity and journalism /." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16037/.
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Chinese propaganda nowadays is focused on producing soft-sell messages international consumption instead of hard-core propaganda of agitation. emphasis on "image design" as Jiang Zemin coined it, rather than on propagation of Communist ideals. This shift from the past is brought government's new publicity strategy masterminded by Deng Xiaoping. strategy Chinese media have been enlisted in the ideological construction national images. Image construction for the nation-state has become the Chinese government and its news media in terms of international communication. This shift is symbolic of the rapid changes taking place in China. I draw Andrew Wernick's notion of "promotional culture" (1991) to describe changes, and in particular, their impact on government publicity, domestic reporting, and international journalism in China. I argue that a form of "promotional culture" has made a positive impact on government publicity as much on international journalism in China. The shift of focus in propaganda more of a government initiative than a spontaneous pursuit of international journalism in China. The latter still practices government scripts rather creative in form and diversified in content as is domestic reporting. This examines government publicity materials and news media reports concerning Beijing's Olympic campaign to reveal this extension of promotional government publicity and its implications for Chinese journalism.
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Bengtsson, Sandra, and Malin Dalsmyr. "Självkänsla och idrottslig kompetens hos idrottare inom Special Olympics." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-103898.
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Individer med intellektuella funktionsnedsättningar (IF), IK<70, tenderar att ha lägre självkänsla än individer utan IF. Låg självkänsla korrelerar med psykisk ohälsa, såsom depression, ångest och ätstörningar. Global självkänsla, en individs generella uppfattning av sig själv och sitt värde, påverkar och påverkas av undergrupper, såsom idrottslig kompetens (Shavelson, Hubner, & Stanton, 1976). Studier utanför Sverige visar att deltagande i organiserad idrottsverksamhet ökar global självkänsla och idrottslig kompetens hos individer med IF. Denna studies syfte var att undersöka självkänsla och idrottslig kompetens hos idrottare, 16 år och äldre, inom Special Olympics i Sverige. Deltagarnas (N = 78) resultat på självskattningsformulären; The Adapted Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (M = 15.79) och delskalan Idrottslig kompetens i PSPP-R (M = 20.90), indikerade måttlig global självkänsla och hög idrottslig kompetens, samt att kvinnliga deltagare respektive Precampsdeltagare, som förberedde sig inför ett internationellt mästerskap, skattade sig signifikant lägre än manliga deltagare respektive icke-Precampsdeltagare. Framtida studier bör fokusera på utveckling av instrument för individer med IF och idrottsverksamheter bör arbeta för att stärka självkänslan och idrottsliga kompetensen hos kvinnliga idrottare med IF.Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), IQ<70, tend to have lower self-esteem than individuals without ID. Low self-esteem is correlated with mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety and eating disorders. Global self-esteem, an individual's overall perception of itself and its value, affects and is affected by subgroups, such as sport competence (Shavelson, Hubner, & Stanton, 1976). Studies outside of Sweden shows that participation in organized sports activities increase global self-esteem and sport competence among individuals with ID. The purpose of this study was to investigate self-esteem and sport competence among athletes, aged 16 and above, in Special Olympics Sweden. Participants (N = 78) results on the self-assessment forms; The Adapted Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (M = 15.79) and the subscale Sport competence in PSPP-R (M = 20.90), indicated moderate global self-esteem and high sport competence. Female participants and Precamp participants, preparing themselves for an international championship, reported significantly lower results than male participants and non-Precamp participants, respectively. Future studies should focus on the development of instruments for individuals with ID and sport organizations should work to strengthen self-esteem and sport competence among female athletes with ID.
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Mantzos, Leonidas Achillefs. "Geology and lithogeochemistry of the Olympias, carbonate hosted, Pb-Zn sulphide deposit, Halkidiki, Greece." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/47555.
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Chiroiu, Luiza-Silvia. "Protesting Sport : A Comparative Study of Media Representations of the London Olympics, Sochi Olympics and Brazil World Cup in AJE, BBCW and RT." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, JMK, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-133493.
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Global sport competitions such as the Olympics and the World Cup were founded following universal principles of unity and peace and aiming to be celebrations of sportsmanship. Nowadays, however, they go beyond sport, being constructed as global media events in which both politics and media play an essential role. Caught in this triangle, the Olympics and the World Cup have re-emerged in the past years as sites of protests, after decades of relative calmness in this sense. This represents the point of entry into the analysis of global broadcasters, giving the chance to examine the way in which Al Jazeera English, BBC World News and Russia Today represent the protests they put in relation to sport competitions happening in different parts of the world. The chosen case studies are the London Olympics 2012, Sochi Olympics 2014 and Brazil World Cup 2014. The comparative analysis allows the drawing of similarities and differences between both the case studies and the broadcasters overall. The findings show that protests are dealt with differently according to the sport event they are related to, since some of them are legitimized and others are not. A major distinction, therefore, results in the manner in which the broadcasters use the protests in order to depict a certain version of the world. Global broadcasters offer, thus, multiple perspectives on the world as they carry what appears to be a heavy cultural baggage of the societies of origin.
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Tajdin, Wafa Mohamed. "Sexy sports: a reception study of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Olympics website coverage of women's beach volleyball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002941.
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Sexy Sports: A reception study of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Olympics website coverage of women’s beach volleyball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics involves an examination of the sporting media and its reportage of the female athlete. The thesis will focus on the reception of the NBC Olympics website coverage of women’s beach volleyball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by viewing groups constituted by the researcher. The reason for this is that it would be difficult to find naturally constituted audiences for this website, but its reception is never-the-less of research interest. My hypothesis is that the nature of the images and text on the website is overdetermined by the construction of women on other popular texts such as men’s magazines etc. In focusing on the meanings obtained from the content of the website (texts and images), the study will investigate how these meanings are naturalised in specific moments of production as well as through their intertextual relationships with similar texts involved in the glamorisation of female athletes. Specifically the study explores the meanings obtained from the content of the website (texts and images) and how in turn these meanings are naturalised by the consumers of the website. The study will utilise a qualitative research design to unpack the content of the website through the use of qualitative content analysis, focus group interviews and individual in-depth interviews. The research will be informed via a theoretical framework that draws from feminist theory, sport feminism, the concept of intertextuality between media texts, ideology and Stuart Hall’s model of preferred reading. Increasingly mainstream media uses the image of a woman’s body to sell almost anything from men’s razors to margarine and in so far as the reporting of women’s sports is concerned this holds true. Through the research I intend to account for the connotative power of other texts i.e. the men’s magazines and pornography, and how this is likely to be carried through into shaping the meanings that are read off the website. Arguably the production of the NBC texts and images are overdetermined by the existence of similar texts already in transmission in the circuit of culture.
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Übelhör, Dagmar. "Infrastrukturelle Auswirkungen von sportlichen Großereignissen am Beispiel Olympia." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB11163840.
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Teixeira, Maria Isaura Pereira Gomes. "British identity and London's campaign to host the 2012 Olympics." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/2855.
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Mestrado em Estudos InglesesO presente trabalho propõe-se analisar a campanha Britânica para acolher os Jogos Olímpicos de 2012 bem como a Apresentação de Londres 2012 na Cerimónia de Encerramento dos Jogos Olímpicos de Beijing, em 2008. Será abordada a complexidade dos ícones apresentados, bem como os motivos que estiveram na base desta opção. A Apresentação de Londres 2012 centra-se, claramente, em ícones que, mais do que a Grã-Bretanha, identificam a cidade de Londres ao longo de oito minutos assemelhando-se a um anúncio publicitário. Assim sendo, Londonness e Britishness serão explorados como dois conceitos possivelmente diferentes. Às questões teóricas relacionadas com a identidade seguir-se-á um capítulo dedicado à contextualização histórica dos dois momentos em que Londres recebeu os Jogos Olímpicos – 1908 e 1948. Face aos ideais dos Jogos Olímpicos da era moderna e às estratégias de marketing que a Apresentação de Londres 2012 sugere, apresentam-se os presumíveis argumentos que persuadiram o Comité Olímpico a eleger a cidade de Londres em detrimento das rivais Paris, Madrid, Nova York e Moscovo. O conjunto de ícones utilizados nesta apresentação será discutido na pluralidade de significados que sugerem. Finalmente, questionam-se as significativas estratégias utilizadas e que indiciam que os Jogos Olímpicos são um mega-evento politizado, como tantos outros, com características que apelam a uma população global e massificada. Acentuar Londonness em detrimento de Britishness poderá, assim, ter sido uma estratégia de marketing mais eficaz, uma vez que Londres, ao contrário da Grã-Bretanha, é mais facilmente identificável por ser uma cidade do mundo. A astuciosa campanha e a Apresentação de Londres 2012 foram inteiramente concebidas para consumo externo. ABSTRACT: This thesis aims to analyse the British campaign to host the 2012 Olympics and the London 2012 Presentation during the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It will look at the complexity of the iconic images used, as well as the reasons for the choice of these over others. This presentation clearly focuses on symbols that, rather than Britain, identify London in an eight-minute presentation resembling an advertisement. Hence, Londonness and Britishness will be explored as two possibly distinctive concepts. Theoretical questions relating to identity will be followed by a chapter briefly covering the historical background of the1908 and 1948 London Olympics. Considering the ideals upon which the modern Olympic Games are based and the marketing strategies the London 2012 Presentation seems to have used, I will attempt to present the probable reasons that led the Olympic Committee to choose the London bid over its rivals: Paris, Madrid, New York and Moscow. I will also discuss the set of icons used in the presentation for the range of significations they suggest. Finally, I will question the meaningfulness of the Olympic Games as a highly politicized mega-sporting event that, like so many others, is aimed at channels of global mass consumption. Stressing Londonness over Britishness would then seem to have suggested a more effective marketing strategy, for London as opposed to Britain, could more plausibly offer itself as a place belonging to the world. The skill of the campaign and the London 2012 Presentation was that it was wholly made for external consumption.
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Shields, Carol Hagler. "A study of the achievement and attitudinal effects of the mathematical olympiad for elementary schools." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52075.
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The effects of participation of fifth grade students in the Mathematical Olympiad for Elementary Schools were investigated. Fifth grade subjects at one school who participated in the Mathematical Olympiad for Elementary Schools were compared with non-participants in routine and non-routine mathematics problem-solving achievement, non-routine problem-solving process levels, and attitudes towards mathematics.
Results indicated that participation positively affected the participants’ non-routine problem-solving process levels but no uniform results were found on the other factors. The importance of appropriate non-routine mathematics problem-solving tests was indicated as a future source of study.
A description of the investigation, instruments and results is included.Master of Arts
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Chauhan, Paramjot Singh. "A stakeholder approach to understanding the role of the Olympic Games in social development." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/480.
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Critics of the Olympic Games argue that rather than promoting the cherished values of Olympism, the Games have primarily been used as a means to leverage public funds to satisfy the economic interests of the elite, while typically returning to the community overdebtness of hosting the event, unusable post event facilities and negative impacts to accommodations and its resident’s standard of living (Andranovich, Burbank & Heying, 2001; Haxton, 1999; Hall, 2006; Hiller, 1990, Horne & Manzenreiter, 2006; Lenskyj 2003; Macintosh and Whitson, 1993).
For Vancouver, host city of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, to overcome such criticisms the organizing committee must work with its stakeholders, those with a stake rather than stock in the Games, to ensure that social development benefits are maximized and negative impacts are mitigated. The city’s downtown eastside (DTES) has been singled out as the first area of focus by both the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (VANOC) and the Vancouver Agreement (VA), a public collaboration aimed at addressing the social issues that plague the area including business decline, unemployment, poverty, crime, and drug use (Ference & Weicker, 2002; Pivot, 2006; Vancouver Agreement, 2006). The 2010 Winter Games Inner-City Inclusive Commitment Statement (ICICS), adopted by VANOC and the VA, outlines the goal for an inclusive and socio–economic responsible Games. Understanding how each organization aims to use these Olympic Games to address the social development issues in the DTES was the primary focus of this study. Using stakeholder theory, the specific research questions included: 1) How do the focal organization (VA) and the stakeholders (VANOC) define the social development issue(s) underpinning their involvement in the ICICS? 2) How does VANOC see its role/interests in the VA and how does this compare with the VA’s view of VANOC’s role? 3) What factors are facilitating or constraining the sustainability of the relationship between the VA and VANOC? 4) What outcomes do the VA and VANOC hope to accomplish and how will these be assessed?
This case study from September 2005 to February 2006, used multiple qualitative research methods including document analysis of organizational reports, policies and media releases and purposive sampling to conduct 8 ‘elite’ face to face interviews with administrators from VANOC, the 2010 Legacies Now Society, a non-profit society that works with community partners to develop social and economic opportunities surrounding the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and those involved at the VA.
The study revealed the primary goal between these three organizations is to use determine how to effectively use these Olympic Games as a catalyst to address the social issues affecting the DTES. While acknowledging that these social issues will by no means be fully addressed by the time the Games are hosted, they continue to focus on building their relationships and within the community in order to accelerate this social agenda. Factors found to facilitating their own relationship and with the community include: inter organizational dynamics, the Olympic Games sectoral tables, and VANOC’s Board of Directors. While administrators also identified factors constraining the relationship to include: managing working relationships with the community, government politics, and inter organizational challenges.
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Ma, Qing. "Chinese media coverage of and public attitudes toward the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?1443100.
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Shum, Ching-yee, and 岑正怡. "A critical review of the 2008 Beijing Olympics: how 'green' was it?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43784264.
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Sherlock-Shangraw, Rebecca Ann. "Identifying instructional practices employed by Massachusetts Special Olympics Hall of Fame coaches." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12848.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston UniversitySpecial Olympics athletes may experience unique learning needs not seen among many mainstream athletes. Consequently, research-based coaching practices recommended for coaches of mainstream teams may not be appropriate for Special Olympics coaches. With this in mind, the importance of establishing a research-based knowledge bank of coaching practices to use with athletes who have intellectual disabilities comes to light. Identified coaching practices can benefit coaches of Special Olympics teams, as well as coaches of mainstream teams who may work with athletes who have intellectual disabilities. This first-of-its-kind empirical research study sought to identify instructional practices demonstrated by Massachusetts Special Olympics Hall of Fame coaches (n = 8). Specifically, this study aimed to discover what instructional practices were most commonly used among the participant group; what these instructional practices looked like; and what instructional practices may have contributed to supporting a positive learning climate. A framework for instructional practices set by the National Council for Accreditation of Coach Education (NCACE) was used to assist with the identification of instructional behaviors employed by study participants. A second purpose of this study was to use the NCACE (2006) Domain Five Observation Instrument (DFOI), a competency-based observation tool developed for this study, to collect data on study participants' instructional practices. Each study participant was observed coaching a practice three times during their sport season. Using the DFOI, observed instructional behaviors were quantified via event recording procedures and described by recording descriptive field notes. To triangulate data collected on the DFOI, coaches were audio-recorded with a wireless lapel microphone during practice observations. Following each coach's third practice observation, audio-recorded interviews were conducted to gain further insight into demonstrated instructional practices. Participants were observed performing 2,157 instructional behaviors during 1,080 minutes of observation, averaging 1.99 behaviors per minute and 89.87 behaviors per practice. Based on data analysis, encouragement, positive correction, and tactical and technical cues were the three instructional practices most commonly employed by study participants, accounting for 68.33% of all recorded behaviors. Data also show that participants engaged athletes in sport-specific activities during 63.15% of the total observation time, and spent only 5.95% of the total observation time delivering instruction to their teams. While speculative, data suggest that participants' emphasis of initiative, choice, excellence, and interpersonal relationships may have contributed to the support of positive learning environments. Additionally, the DFOI proved to be a useful observation tool for collecting competency-based quantitative and qualitative data, and is recommended for use during future replications of the current study, as well as future assessments of sport coaches' instructional practices. Based on data collected in this study, 14 recommendations are presented for Special Olympics, community-based, and school-based coach education programs. These recommendations include: promoting the importance of weaving encouragement into coaching practices, using a feedback model to facilitate delivery of positive corrections, and prioritizing use of instructional tools using a "tools in hand, tools in the tool belt, and tools in the toolbox" model.
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Lawrenz, Solveig [Verfasser]. "Bewegungsregulierung in griechischen Heiligtümern. Das Beispiel Olympia / Solveig Lawrenz." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1176705652/34.
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CALLEJO, DE LA VEGA MARIA LUZ. "Les representations graphiques dans la resolution de problemes de type olympiades. Une experience de club mathematique." Paris 7, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991PA077013.
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Ce travail est un essai pour approfondir le role que les representations graphiques peuvent jouer dans la resolution de problemes mathematiques. On y a montre: d'une part, l'influence de la presentation des problemes, de la rigidite ou flexibilite de pensee et des habilites des etudiants pour le choix, l'interpretation et les modifications des representations graphiques; d'autre part que, en faisant reflechir les etudiants sur leur comportement vis-a-vis de ces representations, on peut developper une meilleure attitude mathematique devant de veritables problemes. On fait une approche du sujet par l'etude des copies des olympiades mathematiques espagnoles et l'observation des participants a un club mathematique organise a cette fin et qui a eu lieu pendant plusieurs annees. Les observations sont presentees sous deux formes complementaires: synchronique (series d'exercices) et diachronique (eleves cas par cas)
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Kyriakides, Anestis H. "The spiritual approach to the problem of "athumia" (depression) in St. John Chrysostom's letters to Olympias." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.
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Wulfsberg, Joanna Christine. "Singing turkish, performing Turkishness| Message and audience in the song competition of the international Turkish olympiad." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1589575.
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Turkey's most controversial religious figure is the Muslim cleric and author Fethullah Gülen, whose followers have established around one thousand schools in 135 countries. Since 2003, the Gülen-affiliated educational non-profit TÜRKÇEDER has organized the International Turkish Olympiad, a competition for children enrolled in the Gülen schools. The showpiece of this event is its song contest, in which students perform well-known Turkish songs before live audiences of thousands in cities all over Turkey and reach millions more via television broadcasts and the Internet. While the contest resembles American Idol in its focus on individual singers and Eurovision in its nationalistic overtones, the fact that the singers are performing songs associated with a nationality not their own raises intriguing questions about the intended message of the competition as well as about its publics. To answer these questions, I analyzed YouTube videos of the competition and examined YouTube comments, popular websites, and newspaper opinion columns. I conclude that the performers themselves are meant to feel an affinity with Turkish culture and values, while Turkish audiences receive a demonstration that Gülen's brand of Islam is compatible with Turkish nationalism. Moreover, the competition reaches a multiplicity of publics both within and beyond Turkey. While some of these can be characterized as essentially oppositional counterpublics, I find that, in the case of the Turkish Olympiad, the dichotomy between rational public and emotional or irrational counterpublic established collectively by such theorists of publics as Jürgen Habermas and Michael Warner begins to break down.