Philosophical education of Physical education MARYAM SYED 565GMAIL

Philosophical education of Physical education MARYAM. SYED 565@GMAIL. COM

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Department of Sports Sciences & Physical Education Lahore College For Women University Lahore

PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical education is an process that has its aim the improvement of human performance through medium of physical activities selected to realize this outcome. Physical education is that phase of education which is concerned, first, with the organization and leadership of children, in big muscle activites, to gain the development and adjustment inherent in the activities according to social standards, and second, with the control of health or growth conditions naturally associated with the leadership of the activities so that the educational process may go on without growth handicaps (Clark W. Hetherington).

Physical education is an integral part of the total educational process and has as its aim the development physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially fit citizens through the medium of physical activities which have been selected with view to realizing these outcomes (Charles A. Bucher).

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TOTAL EDUCATION PROCESS AND HAS AS ITS AIMS THE DEVELOPMENT OF: physically mentally socially & emotionally fit citizens through the medium of physical activities that have been selected and planned to achieve specific outcomes.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION is an integral part of the total education process and has as its aims the development of. . .

§ physically § mentally § socially & § emotionally fit citizens

through the medium of physical activities that have been selected and planned to achieve specific outcomes

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TOTAL EDUCATION PROCESS AND HAS AS ITS AIMS THE DEVELOPMENT OF: physically mentally socially & emotionally fit citizens through the medium of physical activities that have been selected and planned to achieve specific outcomes.

A TEACHER IS BORN Charles Beck 1798 -1866 ⋆Friend and follower of Jahn hired to teach Latin and Physical Education in the form of German gymnastics ⋆Was the first official Physical Education teacher in America ⋆Became

PROMOTING PHYSICAL EDUCATION Diocletian (Dio) Lewis 1823 -1866 ♣ Did more to promote physical education than any other single individual ♣ Wanted the feeble, old, fat, frail and women to have a system they could use ♣ Opened the Normal Institute of Physical Education in Boston ♣ Invented bean bags and wooden dumbells ♣ Also used music to enhance his exercises For More Information go to:

THE EXERCISE MACHINE Dudley Allen Sargent 1840 -1924 ☺ Invented over 80 machines, using pulleys & weights ☺ Contributed to anthropometric measurements - He took these measurements and compared them with standards at a given age, whereupon a series of prescribed exercises was given to meet the demands of each particular case

A PURPOSE IS SERVED The purpose of physical education is for all students ♦ To learn and develop fundamental movement skills ♦ To become physically fit to participate regularly in physical activity ♦ To know the implications of and the benefits from involvement in physical activities ♦ To appreciate the value of physical activity and its contributions to a healthy lifestyle

IMPORTANCE Why is Physical Education So Important? ☼ Reduced Risk of Heart Failure ☼Improved Physical Fitness ☼ Weight Reduction ☼ Good Health Promotion ☼ Self Discipline ☼ Skill Development ☼ Improved Self - Confidence ☼ Stress Reduction ☼ Increase Their Love of School and ☼ ☼ Performance in Academics ☼ Development of Lifetime Skills and Activities

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong. " - President John Fitzgerald Kennedy