What Constitutes a Quality Physical Education Program?
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) believes that every student in our nation's schools, from kindergarten through grade 12, should have the opportunity to participate in quality physical education.
What PE Should Do?
- Develop the health-related fitness
- Develop physical competence and cognitive understanding about physical activity
- Adopt healthy and physically active lifestyles.
What PE Should Include?
- Instruction in a variety of motor skills that are designed to enhance the physical, mental, and social/emotional development of every child
- Fitness education and assessment to help children understand, improve and/or maintain their physical well-being
- Development of cognitive concepts about motor skill and fitness
- Opportunities to improve their emerging social and cooperative skills and gain a multi-cultural perspective
- Promotion of regular amounts of appropriate physical activity now and throughout life
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