HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND SPORTS PROMOTION BY MEANS OF OLYMPIC EDUCATION

One of the most efficient approaches to the education of younger generation is Olympic ideology implementation in the educational process by means of the Olympic education integration. The article is dedicated to solving an urgent scientific problem of Olympic education integration into the system of entertaining events aimed at forming a manysided personality. The main tasks of educational activities within the Olympic education are determined. Basing on the definition of the essence and tasks of the Olympic education the author proved its effectiveness by identifying the following criteria: intellectual, behavioral, emotional and volitional and practical. The level of the development of the problem of Olympic education integration has been analyzed with the help of scientific literature. The essence, the content, and the peculiarities of the Olympic education integration have been revealed. The pedagogical conditions of Olympic education integration into the system city entertainment events have been theoretically substantiated, particularly, preparing teachers for the Olympic education integration; developing the initial collective; and creating educational environment in terms of city entertainment. The author has carried out a questionnaire survey in order to analyze public awareness on issues of Olympic education and problems of modern sports. This survey was designed to determine the structure of sports motivation; study the respondents who want to obtain information about the Olympic movement, the Olympic Games and the achievements of Ukrainian sportsmen; attitude towards the use of components of Olympic education in the city entertainment events. The survey results show that the use of components of Olympic education in the city entertainment events raise people's attitude towards sports and healthy lifestyle to a brand-new level.