PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT IN VOCATIONAL UNIVERSITIES

This paper discusses the characteristics of Physical Education and sport in Vocational Universities. To that effect, several primary sources (documentary, graphic and legal) have been analysed from a historical perspective. The conclusions indicate that, in their beginnings, Physical Education and Sport were regarded as indoctrinating instruments serving the social model that the Regime tried to impose. However, this initial point of view quickly lost importance in favour of a focus on those aspects relevant to sport, which was a direct consequence of the policy that Elola Olaso had set up nationwide. In fact, Vocational Universities became national cornerstones within the context of sport in educational centers.