Exploring the Games’ Intangible Legacy on Individuals: A Longitudinal Study of Teacher’s Community

Tiago Ribeiro, Abel Correia and João Marôco
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Tiago Ribeiro: Department of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
Abel Correia: Department of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
João Marôco: Department of Psychological Sciences, ISPA—Institute of Applied Psychology, 1100-304 Lisbon, Portugal

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: Hosting the Olympics is subject to socio-educational outcomes, which can represent intangible and peripheral assets for host communities. The current study explores the Games’ intangible legacy on teachers’ attitudes at different points in time. Data were collected among teachers who attended the Rio 2016 Education Program at three different stages: 2016 (n = 611), 2017 (n = 451), and 2020 (n = 286). A longitudinal trend study was designed using multivariate analysis of variance MANOVA tests and latent growth modelling. Results show that the teachers’ perceptions of Olympic knowledge had a significant growth rate, while skills development and network/social exchange do not show significant changes over the time periods. Longitudinal findings suggest the continuity of the Olympic education programs as the basis for strengthening the Olympic intellect and social capital formation.

Keywords: intangible legacy; social capital; Olympic legacy; Olympic Games; teacher community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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