Physical+Education+Philosophy

A solid physical education program is vital for a student to reach his or hers full potential in life. The purpose of physical education is to ensure that students will be physically active and live a healthy lifestyle. With the obesity level at the highest it has ever been, an outstanding Physical Education program has never been more important then it is now. Students should be learning how to keep their bodies healthy by incorporating fitness into each unit. Applying various movement activities and teaching students healthy habits can drastically have an impact on how students improve their health and maintain an active lifestyle.
 * Physical Education Philosophy **

The goal of Physical Education is to have all students participating and actively learning in every lesson that is taught. It is critical to provide developmentally appropriate activities, so that students will be able to improve skills in each of the three domains (cognitive, affective, psychomotor).When teaching, one should accommodate and meet all of the students’ needs. Physical Education is a unique experience, because the teacher gets to see the student in a different environment. Physical Educators get to experience more aspects of each student by observing all three domains, whereas general education teachers usually experience only the cognitive domain. In all lessons, the teacher should accommodate students’ needs by providing at least 75% active learning time, different types of assessments (exit slips, task sheets,portfolios, journals), and providing positive specific personal feedback as often as possible to each individual student. Student learning objectives should be given at the beginning of the year and focussed on throughout the year. The goal should be for students to drastically improve in whatever goals the teacher sets for them.

Test scores have also been an issue in discussion in removing physical education programs from schools. Research has shown that students who participate in physical education, actively learn, and participate in sports outside of school perform better academically. A way that a physical educator can assist students in performing better in other classes is to integrate other subjects into their activities. The teacher can use other subject areas that students are learning in the general education class and incorporate these into his or her Physical Education lessons. This allows for students to learn new skills, and review material from the classroom in a new way.

Physical education is important part to every child’s education so it can provide students with great opportunities to be successful, and allow students to leave the classroom as better people.