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Physical Education

Physical education aims to develop students physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially through physical activities. It focuses on developing physical fitness and the ability to enjoy daily physical activities with ease. The goals of physical education include physical, mental, social, emotional, and neuro-muscular development as well as developing healthy habits. Over time, physical education in India has gained more importance and evolved to focus more on lifetime fitness skills and engaging all students regardless of athletic ability through less emphasis on competitive sports.
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Physical Education

Physical education aims to develop students physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially through physical activities. It focuses on developing physical fitness and the ability to enjoy daily physical activities with ease. The goals of physical education include physical, mental, social, emotional, and neuro-muscular development as well as developing healthy habits. Over time, physical education in India has gained more importance and evolved to focus more on lifetime fitness skills and engaging all students regardless of athletic ability through less emphasis on competitive sports.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION

CONCEPT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION –


Physical education is a course taught in school that focuses on developing physical
fitness and the ability to perform and enjoy day-to-day physical activities with ease.
Kids, as well as adults, benefit from regular exercise.

C.A.Bucher has defined Physical Education as an “Integral part of total educational process,
is a field of endeavour which has its aim — the development of physically, mentally,
emotionally and socially fit citizens through the medium of physical activities which have
been selected with a view to realise these outcomes.”

According to J.B.Nash. " Physical Education is that field of education which deals
with. big muscle activities and their related responses."

AIMS &OBJECTIVE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION


The aim of physical education must be to make every child physically, mentally and
emotionally fit and also to develop in him such personal and social qualities is will help him
to live happily with others and build him up a good citizen.”

The aims of physical education is optimum wholesome qualities development in a person.

Its main aim is all-round development and it can be attained through different steps
or objectives:

Physical development

Our body is a kind of machine which grows and develops with regular physical
activities.physical development develops our neuromuscular responses which
lead to maximum organic development.

Mental development
Mental development is related to positive
houghts,ideas,behaviour,attitude,conduct,responce,etc.which improves the
psychologicsl balance of an individual.

Social development.
Physical education programs provide good opportunities and practical experience to
develop social processes.By participating in sports and games a player follows the
rules ,regulations,tradition,and laws of society.They develop Qualities like
friendship,Honesty,sincerity,tolerance,adjustment,leadership,etc

Emotional development
It is an important part of the optimum development of a man’s personality.Emotions
like love,hate,anger,aggressiveness,anxiety,etc must be expressed in a controlled
manner.physical education provides good opportunities to practice these.
Neuro-Muscular Development
This objective is centered with a better relationship between nervous
system. Physical Education provides ample opportunities for physical neuromuscular
coordination. Emotional Development: The emotional development of an individual is
also one of the major objectives of physical education.

Development of health
This develops healthy related habits through health education.this also provide
education the prevention and communicable diseases.

CHANGING TRENDS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

With time the trend of physical education in India is changing. It has gained lots of
importance with time and has evolved in itself to new dimensions and
platforms. Along with this the new generation has found new and keen interest in
the field of physical education.

Trends in physical education: active students, lifetime fitness


 Less emphasis on competitive team sports.
 More emphasis on fun and lifetime fitness skills.
 More focus on engaging all students, regardless of athletic ability.
 Increased tracking of individual physical fitness with digital tools like FitnessGram.
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