The objective of physical education is to develop students' physical competence and knowledge of movement and safety, as well as their ability to use them in a wide range of activities related to the development of an active and healthy lifestyle.
It also develops student confidence and generic skills, especially those of collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, and aesthetic appreciation. These, together with fostering positive values and attitudes in physical education, provide a good foundation for students' lifelong learning.
Physical education is a course that focuses on the development of physical fitness in youth. Like music, or math, this is a required course in primary and secondary school. Most of the time, it is also required in college.
A major goal of physical education is to promote effective interpersonal skills, as they are essential for engaging in meaningful and fulfilling relationships in family, school, recreation, work, and community contexts.
Interpersonal skills such as assertive communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, cooperation, and leadership enable students to act responsibly and contribute effectively to groups and teams.
To understand physical education, we must understand the skills it seeks to promote, which are its main objectives to improve in a person:
- Cardiovascular fitness. This is the ability of your heart and lungs to deliver the oxygen your body needs for its daily tasks.
- Force. This is the amount of physical power that a muscle or group of muscles can use against a weight or resistance.
- Resistance. It is the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to repeat movements or maintain a position for a certain period of time.
- Flexibility. It refers to the range of motion of the body. Pilates, yoga, and gymnastics help promote this particular fitness component.
- Body composition. It refers to the ratio of the body's fat component to its lean mass.
Objectives of physical education
- Understand the content of physical education and disciplinary concepts related to the development of a physically educated person.
- Manage knowledge of how individuals learn and develop and can provide opportunities that support the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of students.
- Differentiate each person's ways of learning in their own approaches to learning, and create appropriate instruction tailored to these differences.
- Motivate individual and group behavior by creating safe learning environments that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
- Develop effective verbal, non-verbal, and media communication techniques to enhance learning and participation in physical activity settings.
- Promote the physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of students.
- Evaluate the effects of your actions on others (eg, students, parents / guardians, professional peers) and seek opportunities to grow professionally.
- Use information technology to enhance learning and improve personal and professional productivity.
- Foster relationships with colleagues, parents / guardians, and community agencies to support the growth and well-being of the entire community.
- Appreciate and understand the value of physical education and its relationship to a healthy and active lifestyle.
- Work at your optimal level of physical fitness.
- Become aware of movement as a creative medium connected with communication, expression and aesthetic appreciation.
- Develop the motor skills necessary to successfully participate in a variety of physical activities.
- Enjoy and feel satisfaction through physical activity.
- Develop social skills that demonstrate the importance of teamwork and cooperation in group activities.
- Demonstrate a high level of personal interest and commitment by showing initiative, enthusiasm and commitment.
- Demonstrate the ability to critically reflect on physical activity in a local and intercultural context.
- Work cooperatively.
- Apply tactics, strategies and rules in individual and group situations.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and concepts related to a variety of physical activities.
- Understand the importance of physical activity for a healthy lifestyle.
- Remember and understand the various components that contribute to health related to fitness.
- Show acquired motor skills necessary to perform a variety of physical activities.
- Use concepts of movement appropriately in relation to themselves, others and their physical environment.
- Apply the principles of health and fitness effectively through a variety of physical activities.
- Respect themselves, as well as their social and physical environment.
- Demonstrate the ability and enthusiasm to pass on the knowledge, skills and techniques that have been learned to others in the community.
- Support and encourage others, allowing a positive work environment, where no one feels pressured, on the contrary, where everyone is comfortable.
- Develop attitudes and strategies that improve their relationship with others, both in the school environment and in the social community environment.
- Show knowledge and understanding in a variety of physical activities and evaluate their own performances and those of others.
- Show sensitivity to their own and different cultures, always respecting the opinions of other people.
- Show initiative, creativity and willingness to improve, start forming your own businesses to improve health.
- Take responsibility for their own learning process and demonstrate commitment to the activity, showing enthusiasm and commitment.
- Show self-motivation, organization, and responsible behavior.
- Understand and use various training methods, analyzing the one that best suits your own physical characteristics.
- Evaluate individual levels of fitness components, so you know where to place more emphasis in workouts.
- Recognize, analyze, and evaluate the effects of a variety of physical activities on self and others.
- Reflect on and evaluate your own performance in order to set goals for future development.
- Define the various components of health and fitness, for a good development of physical activity.
- Recognize the physical and mental benefits of increased physical activity, both in the body and in the mind.
- Understand anatomy, basic bio-mechanical principles, and terminology.
- Determine developmental factors, fitness levels, and training strategies.
- Examine the effect of nutrition, rest, and other lifestyle factors that contribute to better health.
- Apply the fundamental skills learned.
- Use physical activity as a tool to manage stress.
- Empower yourself by setting and working toward realistic individual goals.
- Participate in a motivating and nurturing environment that results in a greater sense of well-being and self-esteem.
- Participate in active learning to stimulate ongoing research on physical education, health, and fitness.
- Create a plan based on safe, progressive, methodical and efficient activities to improve improvement and minimize the risk of injury.
- Identify common health and fitness myths along with trends related to the evolutionary nature of physical education.
- Develop an appreciation of physical activity as a lifelong pursuit and a means of improving health.
- Develop muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and agility, all this through the correct exercises, appropriate to age, gender and physical structure.
- Improve heart health and with aerobics increase lung capacity.
- Work as components of a team, showing them how to work together successfully to achieve a goal.
- Foster a sense of fair play, as well as an awareness and sensitivity towards others, create friendly sports lovers, where rules are respected and cheating is not performed.
- Learn to perform the necessary stretches correctly and safely, before starting any type of training.
- Improve the sense of responsibility, not only with homework, but with one's own well-being, since physical education seeks to increase self-esteem through the progressive improvement of physical condition, which implies a greater knowledge of how one's own works body, from metabolism, to the ideal hours of physical activity.
- Through participation in classroom interactions, work practices, sports, recreation, and other physical activities, students develop and practice these skills. Students who possess strong self-management skills are better able to identify and avoid potential health risk, improve their mental health and well-being, and plan for their future.
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