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What is Physical Education?
-According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, physical education can be defined as "instruction in the development and care of the body ranging from simple calisthenic exercises to a course of study providing training in hygiene, gymnastics, and the performance and management of athletic games."
What is Health Education?
- According to the World Health Organization, health is "a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
Values and Benefits of having physical education.
Affective
Personal living skills with respect for others, leadership, risk-taking & initiative.
The concept of teamwork and cooperation.
The emotional and physical well being necessary to participate in any sport, game, or activity.
Fitness as a part of one's lifestyle.
Individual skills of self and others.
Cognitive
Demonstrate an understanding of safe participation in fitness activities.
Understand the components of fitness (muscular endurance, strength, cardiorespiratory and flexibility).
Determine fitness related activities that are available.
Identify basic anatomical, biomechanical and physiological principles involved in fitness, sport and physical activity
Demonstrate a knowledge of terminology, position, play situations and game strategies.
Psychomotor
Gaining muscular endurance, strength, cardiorespiratory, flexibility, agility, power, coordination, speed and balance.
Acquisition of throwing, catching, kicking, striking, rolling, dribbling, shooting, passing and rebounding skills.
Active participation.
Curricular Areas
Aquatics
Learning how to swim.
Basic skills of swimming.
Safety.
Dance/Rhythms
Line dancing.
Waltz.
Square dancing.
Folk dancing.
Ballroom dancing
Tango.
Swing dancing.
Parachute dancing.
Double Dutch/Jump Roping
Lifetime Games/Sports
Football.
Basketball.
Net games.
Pickle Ball.
Badminton.
Eclipse Ball.
Tennis
Volleyball and Variations.
Nitro Ball.
Spike Ball.
Takraw Ball.
Tag/fleeing games.
Baseball/Softball.
Soccer.
Hockey.
Lacrosse.
Golf.
Fishing/Outdoor Recreations
Strength and Conditioning Training
Gymnastics
Educational gymnastics (balance, turning, rotation, locomotor/non-locomotor movement.) (K-6)
Artistic (Olympic) gymnastics (4-6)
Rhythmical gymnastics (everything is done to music)(2-6)
Acrosports (stunts, tumbling, circus arts) (PK-6)
Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum
Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum
Today’s state-of-the-art health education curricula reflect the growing body of research that emphasizes
Teaching functional health information (essential knowledge)
Shaping personal values and beliefs that support healthy behaviors
Shaping group norms that value a healthy lifestyle
Developing the essential health skills necessary to adopt, practice, and maintain health-enhancing behaviors.
Focuses on clear health goals and related behavioral outcomes.Less effective curricula often overemphasize
Focuses on clear health goals and related behavioral outcomes.Less effective curricula often overemphasize
teaching scientific facts and increasing student knowledge.
teaching scientific facts and increasing student knowledge.
An effective health education curriculum has the following characteristics, according to reviews of effective
An effective health education curriculum has the following characteristics, according to reviews of effective
programs and curricula and experts in the field of health education:
programs and curricula and experts in the field of health education:
1. Is research-based and theory-driven.
1. Is research-based and theory-driven.
2. Addresses individual values, attitudes, and beliefs.
2. Addresses individual values, attitudes, and beliefs.
3. Addresses individual and group norms that support health-enhancing behaviors.
3. Addresses individual and group norms that support health-enhancing behaviors.
4. Focuses on reinforcing protective factors and increasing perceptions of personal risk and harmfulness of
4. Focuses on reinforcing protective factors and increasing perceptions of personal risk and harmfulness of
engaging in specific unhealthy practices and behaviors.
engaging in specific unhealthy practices and behaviors.
5. Addresses social pressures and influences.
5. Addresses social pressures and influences.
6. Builds personal competence, social competence, and self efficacy by addressing skills.
6. Builds personal competence, social competence, and self efficacy by addressing skills.
7. Provides functional health knowledge that is basic, accurate, and directly contributes to health-promoting
7. Provides functional health knowledge that is basic, accurate, and directly contributes to health-promoting
decisions and behaviors.
decisions and behaviors.
8. Uses strategies designed to personalize information and engage students.
8. Uses strategies designed to personalize information and engage students.
9. Provides age-appropriate and developmentally-appropriate information, learning strategies, teaching methods,
9. Provides age-appropriate and developmentally-appropriate information, learning strategies, teaching methods,
and materials.
and materials.
10. Incorporates learning strategies, teaching methods, and materials that are culturally inclusive.
10. Incorporates learning strategies, teaching methods, and materials that are culturally inclusive.
11. Provides adequate time for instruction and learning.
11. Provides adequate time for instruction and learning.
12. Provides opportunities to reinforce skills and positive health behaviors.
12. Provides opportunities to reinforce skills and positive health behaviors.
13. Provides opportunities to make positive connections with influential others.
13. Provides opportunities to make positive connections with influential others.
14. Includes teacher information and plans for professional development and training that enhance effectiveness
14. Includes teacher information and plans for professional development and training that enhance effectiveness
of instruction and student learning
of instruction and student learning
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