Physical Education
Definition of Physical Education
Physical Education is the process by which changes in the individual are bought about through movements’ experiences. Physical Education aims not only at physical development but is also concerned with education of the whole person through physical activities.
Allied Fields
Health:
Health Instruction
Health Services
Environmental Health
Recreation
Dance
These fields share many purposes with physical education, exercise science, and sport, but the content of the subject matter and methods to reach their goals are different.
Definition of Terms
Health: a state of positive well-being associated with freedom from disease or illness.
Wellness: a state of positive biological and psychological well-being that encompasses a sense of well-being and quality of life.
Holistic Health: the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, environmental, and genetic factors’ influence on an individual’s life. (similar to wellness)
Quality of Life: overall sense of well-being that has a different meaning for each individual.
Physical activity: any bodily movement produced by the contraction of the skeletal muscles that increases energy expenditure above the baseline level.
Exercise: physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive with the purpose of developing, improving, or maintaining physical fitness.
Physical Fitness: the ability to perform daily tasks with vigor and without undue fatigue, and with sufficient energy to engage in leisure-time pursuits, to meet unforeseen emergencies, and the vitality to perform at one’s fullest capacity.
Misconceptions about Physical Education 1. Interscholastic athletics and physical education are the same. 2. Physical education is a rest period between academic classes. 3. Anyone can teach physical education, no professional training is needed. 4. Physical education instructors belong on an academic level below other instructors. 5. Physical education classes are free play
Physical Education is the process by which changes in the individual are bought about through movements’ experiences. Physical Education aims not only at physical development but is also concerned with education of the whole person through physical activities.
Allied Fields
Health:
Health Instruction
Health Services
Environmental Health
Recreation
Dance
These fields share many purposes with physical education, exercise science, and sport, but the content of the subject matter and methods to reach their goals are different.
Definition of Terms
Health: a state of positive well-being associated with freedom from disease or illness.
Wellness: a state of positive biological and psychological well-being that encompasses a sense of well-being and quality of life.
Holistic Health: the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, environmental, and genetic factors’ influence on an individual’s life. (similar to wellness)
Quality of Life: overall sense of well-being that has a different meaning for each individual.
Physical activity: any bodily movement produced by the contraction of the skeletal muscles that increases energy expenditure above the baseline level.
Exercise: physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive with the purpose of developing, improving, or maintaining physical fitness.
Physical Fitness: the ability to perform daily tasks with vigor and without undue fatigue, and with sufficient energy to engage in leisure-time pursuits, to meet unforeseen emergencies, and the vitality to perform at one’s fullest capacity.
Misconceptions about Physical Education 1. Interscholastic athletics and physical education are the same. 2. Physical education is a rest period between academic classes. 3. Anyone can teach physical education, no professional training is needed. 4. Physical education instructors belong on an academic level below other instructors. 5. Physical education classes are free play