To What Extent Can Physical Education Be Justified in the School Curriculum

體育科在學校課程中的重要性

Abstract

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese.

Physical education is a subject through physical activities to teach the young people recognize their significance as important features of our culture, and develop a richer appreciation of culture and contribution. The deliberation and articulation about the role of purposeful physical activities in enhancing the quality of life, in order to illuminate peoples' understanding of what to do with their lives and how they choose to spend their spare time. Such understanding requires the engagement in purposeful physical activities so that person is able to make an informed choice. Physical education can make students know more about the other people and the society, so that their social knowledge and moral value would be enhanced. Aesthetic value is educated through physical education and students will learn how to appreciate aesthetic movements. Physical education can help students to develop a healthy life-style and promote the qualities of desirable moral behaviours, co-operation in communal life. Thus, the education of young people would be incomplete, if physical education is neglected and not recognized for the unique contribution.

體育科是一個以身體活動來敎育人們的學科，使人們認識到除了知識外，還有很多作為人的應有特質。通過有目的、有計劃的體育活動，能使人們知道如何選擇適當的運動來鍛錬身體、認識與人相處的技巧、確立道德標準、培養美感、建立健康的生活模式、善用餘暇等高尚的情操。體育科的獨特性若未能發揮，則理想中的學校課程會被視為不完整，而全人敎育的目標也不可能達到的。