DISTANCE TEACHING OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN GREECE DURING THE PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES

Authors: Vasileia Arvanitidou & Charikleia Patsi

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic evoked the greatest disruption in education in the history, affecting both students and teachers around the world, from kindergarten to secondary and higher education, institutions, universities, and adult education organizations. In order to support education pioneering approaches appeared and teaching moves from in class to on line education within a few days for the most of the countries. In Greece, the government planned and implemented distance education in 3 axes: asynchronous, modern and Educational Television. This article presents a proposal for the distance teaching of Physical Education, specifically the subject of the Ancient Olympic Games.

Keywords: Distance learning, Physical education, Ancient Olympic Games

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