BEED - III

Introduction: Health and Physical Education for

Elementary Teachers
Health and Physical Education for Elementary Teachers is
organized into two parts, each dedicates to different
components of incorporating health and physical
education into the elementary classroom.
It focuses on the foundational knowledge needed for
teaching health and physical education. It addresses the
health risk behaviors in today’s generation of students, a
team approach to coordinated school health, how
physical growth and brain development in children are
related to health, and the many characteristics and
benefits of a high-quality physical education program.
Introduction: Health and Physical Education for
Elementary Teachers
It emphasizes the strategies necessary for incorporating
health, physical education, and physical activity into the
curriculum and school day. It discusses how teachers can
become advocates of healthy and active schools identify
habits that promote health in the classroom, and
incorporate physical activity and the national standards
into each school day. It also presents teaching methods,
assessment tools, and evaluation strategies to ensure
teaching success.
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. To define Physical Education the importance of fitness

2. To understand the Objectives Physical Education
3. Define the terms content, process and value of PE and
Health
4. To explain the purpose of physical education
5. Signify the importance of physical education and health
in the elementary grades
Learning Content:
LESSON 1: Introduction Physical Education
THE MEANING OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Physical education has undergone many vicissitudes and

several changes of direction in Philippine schools. Time was
when physical education was considered as education of the
physical, hence, a well-built physique was considered as a
physically educated body. The activities then were such terms
as “drill”, “physical training” and calisthenics. This old concept
of physical education would in all respects mean today as
strengthening the muscles.
WHY PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The newer and modern concept of physical education is
that it is education through physical activities. In modern physical
education parlance, it is education through “movement”.
“Wunderlich (1967) says of movement: It provides sensory data. It
broadens the perceptive horizon. It stimulates function and
structure of all bodily organs. It is the means by which an
individual learns about himself in relation to his ambient
environment. What education through movement and more
particularly entails in addition is the taking of that culture-based
family of activities and processes – games, dance, gymnastics,
athletics sports, and outdoor pursuits – as a means though which
the teacher can help effect desirable outcomes, regardless of
whether or not those activities have intrinsic word of their own.
 Physical Education performs three functions: biologic,
integrative, and social. Biologic function refers to the
enhancement of the individual’s growth and development
through body movement. Integrative function refers to
personality integration achieved through participation in
properly selected physical education activities. The informal
nature of the activities is such that they provide relaxation and
relief from strains and tension, provide opportunities for
socialization, as well as the development of the mental
capacities of the individual. The social functions consists of
transmitting values and standards that are consistent with the
needs and ideals of Society.
All in all, physical education as education “through
movement is best conceived of as being that part of the
educational process which aims to enhance and harmonize the
physical, intellectual, social and emotional aspects of a growing
individual chiefly through professionally selected and directed
physical activities.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEFINED
Physical education is an integral part of the educational
program designed to promote the optimum development of the
individual physically, socially, emotionally, and mentally through
total bodily movement in the performance of properly selected
physical activities.

FITNESS – A MAJOR GOAL OF PHYSICAL EDUAYION different

people differ in their concept of fitness. In the Field of physical
education, the concept of fitness has implications for physical,
social, emotional, and mental well-being, considering these four
aspects, it can be said that fitness is the ability to live a healthy,
satisfying, and useful life. This kind of life what the educational
philosophers and thinkers’ term as the “good life”. This is the
ultimate goal of education.
 To live the “good life” means that an individual satisfies his
basic needs as physical well-being, love, affection, security and
self-respect. He lives happily with other people because he likes
them and is interested in them. He has an interest and desire to
serve humanity and believes in and exemplifies high ethical
standards. Because of his close relationship with people and
future events he lives and interesting and exciting life.
Physical education as a part of the educational system
strives to help or facilitate the development of the potentialities
of the individual so that he can attain total fitness to enable him
to enjoy the “good life”. Therefore, a major goal of physical
education is fitness.
OBJECTIVES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The following objectives of physical education are viewed
and stated in terms of their contributions to the outcomes of
education and which justify the existence of physical education
in the curriculum.

Physical Development
Through carefully selected physical education activities, an
individual who participates actively will develop and maintain
good health and a high level of physical fitness. The acquisition of
physical skills can motivate an individual to participate further
activities, hence, his growth and development will be enhanced.
Social Development

Participation in physical education activities provides

opportunities for the development of desirable social traits
needed for adjustment to the social life in general. Some
worthwhile traits are:
❖ Friendliness
❖ Cooperation
❖ Respect for the rights of others
❖ Good sportsmanship
❖ Good leadership and followership
❖ Honesty in group competition
Emotional Development
The informal nature of physical education activities offers
opportunity for self- expression and emotional mastery. Examples
of worthwhile emotional traits are:
❖Self - confidence
❖ Self – control
❖Self – reliance
❖ Courage
❖Determination
Mental Development
Through participation in physical education activities the
individual develops his mental capacities as he learns the
mechanical principles underlying movement, as he acquires
knowledge and understanding of rules and strategies of games
and sports, and as he discovers ways of improving his movements
in gymnastics and dance.
PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
A physical education teacher in a developing country like
Philippines should be able to identify the purposes in teaching
physical education so that he will understand his important
contribution in the education of the Filipino child as well as his
service to our country. The following purposes of physical
education have been identified by physical education specialists
in our country.

1. Develop optimum physical fitness and health of the

individual so that he is capable of living the “good life” and of
contributing to his maximum capacity to the attainment of the
goals of the New Society;
PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
2. To produce individuals who can contribute to the
economic well-being through:
a. The improvement of proper work habits and work
attitudes, such as punctuality. Cooperation, reliability, precision
and accuracy, and open-mindedness.
b. Proper emphasis on problem-solving skills such that
an individual can identify a problem correctly and master the
skills necessary or useful in school and in the business world:

3. To train good leaders with moral integrity of the highest

order, and develop other desirable traits necessary for effective
group participation or group living essential to the New Society:
PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

a. Through an adequate system of values by

equipping the individual to be able to make moral choices or
decisions needed in daily living.
b. Offering group participation in such experiences as
intramurals, extramural, play days or sports fests;

4. To develop creativity and innovativesness inspired by an

abiding faith in God and love of country and fellowmen:
5. To instill a love of and pride for our rich cultural heritage
and strive for their preservation, and develop an understanding
of the culture of others for a feeling of international brotherhood
and unity.
THE CONCEPT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Physical fitness is the primary specific objective in teaching
physical education. Therefore, it is in order that the physical
education teacher should have the correct concept of physical
fitness. Physical fitness is the ability to perform one’s daily tasks
efficiently without undue fatigue but with extra “reserve” in case
of emergency. The specific components of physical fitness are:

❖ Organic Vigor – refers to the soundness of the heart and

lungs which contributes to the ability to resist disease.

❖ Endurance – is the ability to sustain long continued

contractions where a number of muscle groups are used: The
capacity to bear or last long in a certain task without undue
fatigue.
❖ Strength – is the capacity to sustain the application of force
without yielding or breaking the ability of the muscles to exert
effort against a resistance.
❖ Power – refers to the ability of the muscles to release
maximum force in the shortest period of time.
❖ Flexibility – is a quality of plasticity which gives the ability to
do a wide range of movement.
❖ Agility – is the ability of individual to change direction or
position in space with quickness and lightness of movement.
❖ Balance – is the ability to control organic equipment neuro-
muscularly, a state of equilibrium.
❖ Speed – is the ability to make successive movements of the
same kind in the shortest period of time.
Teaching and Learning
ACTIVITY 1 (Use short bond paper)
Date of Submission: February 1, 2023

Reflection
After learning this lesson, reflect on how it
can be learned by your future pupils in a more
effective, creative, and meaningful way.
Discuss your:
1. Motivational Activity
2. Teaching Strategy
3. Mode of Assessment