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Lithuania
Lithuania
The Lithuanian Olympic Academy had to adapt to the challenges posed by Covid-19 and held two online seminars: "Olympic Education in Informal Education" for coaches and "Childhood Education through Sport and Olympic Education" for students of childhood education and pre-school teachers. Both seminars attracted great interest, over 400 educators and students participated in them.At the seminar "Childhood Education through Sport and Olympic Education" lecturers presented the latest theory about educators’ competencies in developing children's physical abilities and skills: it is very important to give children a chance to try a broad range of motions and sports, as fundamental skills are developed in childhood.Pupils and teachers learned about the potential for the dissemination of Olympic values in pre-school education and analyzed concrete examples of how teachers couldintegrate Olympic education not only in physical education classes but also in other activities.The lecturers emphasised that one should not forget the development of a child's individual character traits in Olympic education, such as self-control, determination in pursuit of goals, resilience when faced with setbacks. The participants appreciated the format of remote seminars which allowed them to actively communicate among themselves and with the lecturers without leaving their homes.