Why is physical education class also called PE and health class?

Because in the past, our physical education curriculum paid too much attention to the teaching of sports skills, but ignored the goal of physical education teaching. Even if there is a goal, teaching deviates from the goal. The goal of our physical education curriculum reform this time is very clear, that is, to cultivate students into socialist modern talents with healthy body and mind. This emphasizes the importance of physical health and mental health, which means that our physical education teaching serves the health of students. Therefore, the original physical education curriculum has been added.

It should be pointed out that physical education and health courses are not equal to the original health education courses. As can be seen from the content, health education courses are mainly about health, while physical education and health courses take physical exercise as the main means and improve the overall health level of students as the main goal. This definition is clear, and our physical education curriculum will focus on physical activities or physical exercise in the future. However, it is not a course that combines the content of health education with the original content of physical education. In the course of physical education and health, health is only a main goal, not the main content. Of course, there must be some healthy contents in the physical education and health curriculum.