PHYSI

CALEDUCATI
ON
1.Br
iefHi
stor
yofPhy
sical
Educat
ion

2.
Def
ini
ti
onofPhy
sical
Educat
ion(atl
east5def
ini
ti
on)

3.Hi
stor
yofPhy
sical
Educat
ioni
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes

4.Obj
ect
ivesofPhy
sical
Educat
ion

5.Heal
thBenef
it
sofPhy
sical
Educat
ion

6.FourTy
pesofDev
elopment

7.Legal
BasesofPhy
sical
Educat
ion.

Answer
s:

1.HI
STORYOFPHYSI
CALEDUCATI
ON

 Thebr i
efhistoryofphy sicaleducati
onwouldstartinjustabout1820whenschool sfocusedon
gymnastics,hygienet r
ainingandcareanddev el
opmentoft hehumanbody .Bytheyear1950,ov
er400
i
nstit
uteshadi ntroducedmaj orsinphysi
caleducation.Butphy si
cal
educati
onbecameaf or
mal
requi
rementf ol
lowingt hecivil
warwhenmanyst atesoptedt opasslawsthatrequi
redschoolst
o
i
ncorporateasubst ant
ialphysical
educat
ioncomponenti nt
ot hei
rcurr
icul
ums.

2.Physi
calEducati
onis"educat
iont
hroughthephysi
cal"
.Itai
mst odev
elopstudent
s’phy
sicalcompet
ence
andknowledgeofmov ementandsafety,
andthei
rabil
it
ytousethesetoperf
ormi nawiderangeofact
ivi
ti
es
associ
atedwit
ht hedevel
opmentofanact i
veandheal
thylif
est
yle.

(
htt
ps:
//www.
edb.
gov
.hk›kl
a›phy
..
.Webr
esul
tsPhy
sical
Educat
ion-Educat
ionBur
eau)

 Physicaleducati
onisacour setaughti
nschoolthatfocusesondev elopi
ngphy sicalfi
tnessandt he
abil
it
ytoper f
orm andenjoyday -
to-
dayphysi
calactivi
ti
eswithease.Regul arphysicaleducationcl asses
preparekidstobephy si
call
yandment al
lyacti
ve,fi
t,andheal
thyintoadulthood.Anef f ect
ivephy sical
educationprogram shoul
dincludeengagi
nglessons, t
rai
nedP.E.teachers,adequat einstr
uctional
peri
ods, andstudenteval
uation.(htt
ps:
//st
udy.com ›academy›l esson)

 Physical
educati
on,alsoknownasPhy sEd.,
PEandi nsomeCommonweal t
hcountr
iesasphysi
cal
tr
aini
ngorPT, i
sacl asst
hatpupil
sarerequi
redtotakeatschool
.Iti
stakendur
ingpri
maryand
secondaryeducati
onandencouragespsychomotorlear
ningi
naplayormov ementexpl
orat
ionset
ti
ng
topromotehealth.(
Physi
caleducati
on-Wikipedi
a)

 Physicaleducationist heteachingandleadingofphy sical acti

vi
tyinaschoolgymnasium orother
school sett
ing.I
tsgoal i
stoi mproveandmai ntainstudent s'cur
rentheal
thandsetthem onapat hto
maintainaheal t
hyl i
festyl
ethr oughoutt
heirli
ves.Physicaleducat i
on,al
soknownasgy m class, i
sa
cl
asst aughtinkinder gart
ent hrough12thgradet hatinvolvesstudentpart
ici
pati
oninphysicalactiv
ity
.
Thegoal ofphysicaleducationclassesist
oi ntroducest udentstothebasicelementsofexercisethat
wil
lleadt oaheal thyli
festyl
e.( htt
ps:
//l
ear
n.org›ar ti
cles›Whati sPhysi
calEducat
ion?-Learn.org)

 physi
cal-
educati
on-Educati
oninthecareanddevelopmentofthehumanbody ,st
ressi
ngathl
eti
csand
i
ncludi
nghygiene.Physi
caleducati
onisdefi
nedasf or
mal i
nstr
ucti
oninexer
ciseandpropereat
ing.An
exampleofphysicaleducat
ionisgym cl
asstaughtinmiddleschool
.Educat
ioninthecar
eand
 developmentoft hehumanbody,st
ressi
ngathlet
icsandincludinghy
giene.I
nstr
uctioninphysical
exerciseandinthecareandhygi
eneofthehumanbody ;esp.,
acourseingymnastics,athl
eti
cs,etc.
,as
i
naschool orcoll
ege.
(ht
tps:
//www.t
each-nol
ogy.com ›ph..
.WhatIsPhysi
calEducation?-Teach-nol
ogy)

3.HI
STORYOFPHYSI
CALEDUCATI
ONI
NTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES

Phy sicaleducat ioni nthePhi li

ppinesdat esbackt opr i
mi t
ivesociet ywhenphy sical act
ivi
tywas
veryimpor t
antf orsur vival,
maki ngi tnecessar il
yfortheadul ttoteachphy sical ski
l
lstot hey oung.Wi th
thefastchangi ngtimes, iti
squi t
ei nterestingt onotethestridesmadebyphy sicaleducat i
onandhow
i
thasaf fectedt helivesoft hepeopl e.Phy sicaleducationinthePhi lippi
neswasi nf
luencedbyv arious
peri
ods.Thepr e-Spani shper iod,theSpani shregimeandt heAmer i
canper iod.Dur ingPr e-Spanish
PeriodtheEducat ionint hePhili
ppinewasi nformalandunst ructuredwi t
houtanyf i
xedmet hodology .
Chil
drenwer eusual l
yt aughtbyt heirpar ent sandt r
ivaltut
orsandeducat ionwasgear edmor etowar ds
skil
ldevelopment .Tri
v altutorswer er eplacedbySpani shmi ssionaries.Educat ionaldecreeof1863was
enacted(1cat holicschool forgirl
sandboy s).

Cockf
ight
ingisananci
entsportinthePhil
ippi
nes.Pi
gafet
ta,
thechronicl
erofMagellan'
sexpedit
ion,
menti
onsitasoneofthenotablesightshesawintheisl
andofPalawan.Histor
iansbeli
evesthatthi
s
spor
tisprobabl
etohavebeenintroducedbytheMalaysasearl
yasA. D.1212duringtherul
eofDat u
Sumakwel oft
heisl
andofPanay .

Ther
ear
emanyspor
tspl
ayedbyear
lyPi
l
ipi
no.

 Thegameofsi
pa,
waspl
ayedwi
thahol
l
owr
att
anbal
l
.

 "
Arni
s"i
stheanci
entcombat
ivespor
tsusedf
orsel
f-
def
ense.

 "Sabong"i
sananci
entspor
toft
heFl
i
pinosandconsi
der
edast
hemosti
mpor
tantact
ivi
tyofear
ly
Fil
ipi
nos.

4.OBJECTI
VESOFPHYSI
CALEDUCATI
ON

Themainobjecti
v ei
sf ost
eringphysicaleducati
onandt het eachinghowt oi
mpl ementiti
nsocial,prof
essi
onal
,
physi
calandrecreati
onalactiv
iti
esTheobjecti
veof“ PhysicalEducati
on”isdisci
plinetodevel
opa
comprehensiv
eout l
ookofani ndivi
dual wit
hast rongcivi
cposi t
ion,moralquali
ti
es,senseofresponsibi
li
ty,
an
i
ndependent,i
nit
iati
ve,tol
erantpersonwhoi sablet osuccessfull
ysociali
zeandt ousediff
erentformsof
physi
caleducati
onandspor t
sindailyli
fetoprotecthisorherownheal t
handpr omoteeffecti
veprofessi
onal
act
ivi
ti
es.

5.Benef
it
sofPhy
sical
Educat
ion

 Physi
caleducat
iont
ookthemaj orr
oletoourwell
-being.Itsenhancesanddev el
opdif
ferentaspects
ofourbodyintermsofphy
sical
,psychologi
cal
,emotional andsocialaspect
s.Physi
caleducati
onwi l
l
bemoreef f
ecti
vebyusi
ngprogramst hatmustbedesi gnedspecifi
call
ytoreachsel
ectedobjecti
ves.

Herearesomeofthemajorbeni
fi
tsofphy
sical
educat
iont
hatcanbeachi
evedt
hroughpar
ti
cipat
ingi
n
di
ff
erentphysi
cal
acti
vi
ti
es:

-
Reducedr
iskofhear
tdi
sease:

Physi
caleducat
ioncancount
eractmaj
orr
iskf
act
orsofcor
onar
yhe
artdi
sease:
obesi
ty,
inact
ivi
tyandhi
gh
bl
oodpressure.
-I
mpr
ovedphy
sical
fit
ness:

Agoodprogr
am improv
eschildr
en'
smuscularst
rengt
h,f
lexi
bil
i
ty,
muscul
arendur
ance,
bodycomposi
ti
on(
fat
-
t
o-muscl
erat
io)andcardi
ovascul
arendur
ance.

-
Str
ongerbones:

Regul
arphy
sical
act
ivi
tyi
ncr
easesbonedensi
tyt
ocr
eat
east
urdyskel
eton.

-
Wei
ghtr
egul
ati
on:

Agoodpr
ogram canhel
pchil
drenr
egul
atet
hei
rwei
ghtbybur
ningcal
ori
es,
toni
ngt
hei
rbodi
esandi
mpr
ovi
ng
t
hei
rover
all
bodycomposit
ion.

-
Heal
thpr
omot
ion:

Appropr
iat
ephysi
cal
act
ivi
typr
event
stheonsetofsomedi
seasesandpost
ponest
hedebi
l
itat
ingef
fect
soft
he
agi
ngprocess.

-
Impr
ovedj
udgment
:

Qual
it
yphysi
caleducat
ioncaninfl
uencemoraldevel
opment.St
udentshav
etheoppor
tuni
tyt
oassume
l
eader
shi
p,cooperat
ewi t
hothersandacceptr
esponsibi
l
ityf
ort
heirownbehav
ior
.

-
Sel
fdi
sci
pli
ne:

Agoodprogram t
eacherschi
l
drent
ofol
l
owr
ulesandest
abl
i
shedpr
ocedur
esandt
ober
esponsi
blef
ort
he
ownheal
th-
relat
edfi
tness.

-
Ski
l
ldev
elopment
:

Physi
caleducat
iondevel
opsski
l
lswhi
chal
l
owenj
oyabl
eandr
ewar
dingpar
ti
cipat
ioni
nphy
sical
act
ivi
ti
es.New
ski
l
lsbecomeeasiertolear
n.

-
Exper
ienceset
ti
nggoal
s:

Physi
caleducat
iongi
veschi
l
drent
het
imeandencour
agementt
heyneedt
osetandst
ri
vef
orper
sonal
,
achi
evabl
egoals.

-
Impr
ovedsel
f-
conf
idenceandsel
f-
est
eem:

Phy
sicaleducat
ioninsti
l
lsastrongsenseofself
-worthi
nchi
l
dren.Theycanbecomemor
econf
ident
,asser
ti
ve,
emoti
onall
ystable,
independentandself
-cont
rol
led.

-
Str
essr
educt
ion:

Phy
sical
act
ivi
tyi
sanout
letf
orr
eleasi
ngt
ensi
onandanxi
ety
.

-
Str
engt
henedpeerr
elat
ionshi
ps:

Physi
caleducationcanbeamaj
orf
orcei
nhel
pingchi
ldr
ensocial
izewithother
smoresuccessf
ull
y.Bei
ngable
topar
ti
cipateingamesandspor
tsi
sanimpor
tantpar
toffi
tt
ingin,especi
all
yfort
hosei
nlatechi
ldhoodand
ear
lyadolescence.

-
Reducedr
iskofdepr
essi
on:

Phy
sical
educat
ioni
sef
fect
ivei
nthepr
omot
ionofment
alheal
th.
-
Mor
eact
ivel
i
fest
yles:

Phy
sical
educat
ionpr
omot
esamor
eposi
ti
veat
ti
tudet
owar
dsphy
sical
act
ivi
ty

6.TheFourt
ypesofDev
elopment

*Soci
alDev
elopment
.

*Emot
ional
Dev
elopment
.

*I
ntel
l
ect
ual
/Cogni
ti
ve.Dev
elopment
.

*Phy
sical
Dev
elopment
.

7.TheLegal
Basi
soft
hePEandHeal
th

Art
icl
eII
, Secti
on17-I
tisadecl
aredpoli
cyofthestat
eto“gi
vepr i
ori
tyt
oeducat
ion,scienceandtechnol
ogy,
art
s,cul
ture,andsport
stofost
erpatr
iot
ism andnati
onal
i
sm, accel
erat
esoci
alprogress,andpr
omot etot
al
humanliberati
onanddevel
opment”

Li
kewiseArt
icl
eXI Voneducati
on,sci
enceandt
echnol
ogy,
arts,cul
tur
eandsport
sofPhi
l
ippi
neConst
it
uti
on
support
stheteachingofPhy
sical
Educati
onandHealt
hinthecurri
cul
um t
owit:

•Thestat
erecognizesthevi
talr
oleoft
heyout
hinnati
on-
bui
l
dingandshal
lpr
omot
eandpr
otectt
hei
rphy
sical
,
moral
,spi
rit
ual
,int
ellect
ual
,andsoci
alwel
lbei
ng(Sec.
13)

•TheStat
eshal
lpr
otectandpr
omot
etheri
ghttoheal
thoft
hepeopl
etoabal
ancedandheal
thf
ulecol
ogyi
n
accor
dwitht
herhy
thm andhar
monyofnat
ure(
Sec.16)

•TheSt
ateshal
lgi
vepri
ori
tyt
oeducati
on,scienceandt
echnol
ogy
,ar
ts,
cul
tur
e,andspor
tstof
ost
erpatri
oti
sm
andnat
ional
i
sm,accel
erat
esoci
alpr
ogress,andpromot
etotal
humanli
ber
ati
onanddevel
opment
.(Sec.17)