THE NATURE, CONCEPTS

AND OBJECTIVES OF
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
THE LEGALITY OF PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
Article 1, International Charter of Physical Education and
Sports, UNESCO, Paris, 1978 and Recommendation 1,
International Disciplinary Regional Meeting of Experts on
Physical Education, UNESCO, Brisbane, 1982 –
“The practice of physical education and sport is a fundamental
right of all…” “And this right should not be treated as different
in principle from the right to adequate food, shelter, and
medical care.”
 Article XIV, Section 19, 1987 Constitution of the
Republic of the Philippines –
“The state shall promote physical education and
encourage sports programs, league competitions
and amateur sports including training for
international competition to foster self-discipline,
teamwork, and excellence for the development of a
healthy and alert citizenry.”
 INTERNATIONAL CHARTER OF
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS -
UNESCO

Article 1. The practice of physical education

and sport is a fundamental right for all
Article 2. Physical education and sport form
an essential element of lifelong education in
the overall education system
Article 3. Physical education and sport
programmes must meet individual and
social needs
 Article 4. Teaching, coaching and
administration of physical education and
sport should be performed by qualified
personnel
Article 5. Adequate facilities and equipment
are essential to physical education and
sport
Article 6. Research and evaluation are
indispensable components of the
development of physical education and
sport
Article 7. Protection of the ethical and moral
values of physical education and sport must
be a constant concern for all
Article 8. Information' and documentation
help to promote physical education and
sport
 Article 9. The mass media should exert a
positive influence on physical education and
sport
Article 10. National institutions play a major
role in physical education and sport
Article 11. International co‐operation is a
prerequisite for the universal and well‐
balanced promotion of physical education
and sport
 MEANING OF PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
Many definitions of physical education have been
given by authors and scholars in the field.
1. With new understanding of the nature of human
beings in which wholeness of the individual is the
outstanding fact, physical education becomes
according to Jesse Feiring Williams (1977) “education
through the physical”.
2. Stressing the total educational experience, John E. Nixon and
Ann E. Jewett, as restated by William Freeman (1977) defined
physical education as “that phase of total process of education
which is concerned with the development and utilization of the
individual’s movement potential and related responses, and with
the stable behavior modifications in the individual which results
from these responses”.
3. According to Robert P. Pangrazi (1998), “physical education is
that phase of general educational program that contributes to
the total growth and development of each child through
movement experiences”.
4. Deborah Wuest and Charles Bucher (1999) defined physical
education as “an educational process that uses physical activity
as a means to help individuals acquire skills, fitness, knowledge,
and attitudes that contribute to their optimal development and
well-being”.
 THE OBJECTIVES OF
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The objectives of physical education pertain to all educational
levels, although there could be delineation of goals for each
level.
Physical Fitness Development Objective - The development of
the various organic system of the body is necessary for an
individual to have the ability to sustain adaptive efforts, to
recover and to resist fatigue.
Motor Skill Development Objective - This objective is concerned
with developing body awareness, making purposeful physical
movement with a little expenditure of energy as possible, and
being proficient, graceful, and aesthetic in this movement.
Cognitive Development Objectives - The cognitive development
objective involves the accumulation of knowledge and the ability
to think and interpret this knowledge. Social-Emotional-Affective
Development Objective - This is concerned with assisting an
individual in making personal and group adjustments as well as
adjustments as a member of society.