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Singapore Olympic Academy

 
The education branch of the Singapore National Olympic Council
The Singapore Olympic Academy serves as the education branch of the Singapore National Olympic Council. It is responsible for preserving and introducing the Olympic Movement to Singapore’s academics, sports administrators and physical education teachers and, ultimately, the next generation of competitive athletes.
Housed at the National Institute of Education, in the Physical Education & Sports Science Academic Group, the SOA sponsors teaching and research within the framework of the Olympic Movement. It encourages teachers to instill the Olympic spirit within their students as well.
The SOA also will study social and pedagogical principles of Olympism within our own cultural context. Thus, it acts as a centre of scholarship, consistent with the research role of the university.
The SOA is affiliated to the International Olympic Academy, a multicultural, interdisciplinary centre that studies, enriches, and promotes Olympism. Launched in 1961, the IOA closely follows the objectives of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics Games. “Olympism is not a system,” said de Coubertin. “It is a state of mind. It can permeate a wide variety of modes of expression, and no single race or era can claim to have the monopoly of it."
 
Key responsibilities of the SOA
  • Assist in the systematic spread of Olympic Education into Singapore's schools
  • Organise and hold annual academic sessions for young people, from Singapore and abroad
  • Teach Olympism-based modules and units in the Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group at NIE
  • Sponsor young Singaporeans, educators and administrators to various sessions held at the International Olympic Academy at Olympia, Greece
  • Support research projects, domestically and internationally, with ties to the Olympic Movement and its ideals
  • Promote the collection and distribution of data related to Olympic Studies
  • Deliver outreach activities such as school presentations, public forums, and speeches on historical perspectives
  • Organise learning activities at the Olympic Day Run
  • Lead educational tours to ancient and modern Games' sites
  • Publish and distribute the SOA's newsletter AGON
  • Create and maintain the Olympic Education website.
 
The Board of Governors
Chairman of the Board Mr. Ng Ser Miang (IOC Executive Board Member)
Principal & Deputy Chairman Dr. Teo-Koh Sock Miang
Honorary Secretary Mr. Canagasabi Kunalan
Head of Olympic Studies Dr. Nick Aplin
Head of Olympic Education Mr. Harry Tan Eng Kwang
Board Member Mr. Chris Chan (SNOC)
Board Member Mr. Andrew Chew (Co-Curricular Activity Branch Ministry of Education)
 
 
Executive Committee Members
Senior Academy Fellow Associate Professor Quek Jin Jong
Academy Fellow Dr. Steven Tan Kwang San
Academy Fellow Mr. Steven Quek
 
Reaching Us
Singapore Olympic Academy (SOA)
c/o Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS)
National Institute of Education (NIE)
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
1 Nanyang Walk
Singapore 637616
Tel: (65) 6790 3696, Fax: (65) 6896 9260
Email: soa@snoc.org.sg
Singapore National Olympic Council, 230 Stadium Boulevard, Singapore 397799, Republic of Singapore
Tel: (65) 6345 9273, Fax: (65) 6345 9274, Email: admin@snoc.org.sg
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