It is a compulsory course with physical exercise as the main means and improving the health of primary and secondary school students as the main purpose.
The Nature of Physical Education and Health Curriculum
Physical education and health curriculum is an important part of school curriculum. This course takes physical exercise as the main means, studies the knowledge, skills and methods of sports and health as the main content, and aims at improving students' health and cultivating students' lifelong sports awareness and ability.
Physical education and health courses have the following characteristics:
Fundamentals-The course emphasizes training students to master the necessary knowledge, skills and methods of physical education and health, and develop physical exercise habits and healthy living habits, so as to lay a good foundation for students' lifelong physical education study and healthy living.
Practicality-The course emphasizes physical exercise as the main means to improve students' practical ability of physical education and health through physical education and health learning, physical exercise and behavior development.
Fitness-The course emphasizes that in the process of learning the knowledge, skills and methods of physical education and health, proper physical exercise can improve physical fitness and sports skills and promote the healthy growth of students.
Comprehensiveness-The course emphasizes giving full play to the educational function of physical education, taking physical education and healthy learning as the core, infiltrating moral education, and integrating some knowledge and skills such as healthy behavior and lifestyle, growth and development and adolescent health care, mental health and social adaptation, disease prevention, safety emergency and avoidance. And integrate and reflect the curriculum objectives, curriculum content, process, methods and other values.