Physical Education-

A subject where individuals can engage in physical activity of sufficient quantity or

quality to promote health benefits (Coalter, 2009).
Goals of Physical Education

1. Physical Education aims to develop your motor skills.

Motor Skills – refers to anything that allows you to move and use your body to
expend energy and use it properly.
Examples: dancing, walking, & running

Physical Education will address your specific needs to improve on your

movement patterns. It is ultimately aimed to help develop the necessary motor
skills that you need to fit any activity that requires you to move.
With poor motor skills, you won’t be able to move your body from one point to
another. Having a poor set of motor skills puts you at risk for experiencing
injuries and a lifetime of health and other physical complications.

2. Physical Education aims to hone your knowledge.

Just like all other subjects, Physical Education will require you to learn concepts,
principles, and strategies. These concepts would help increase your knowledge
about physical activities, general fitness, and health.
Learning Physical Education is not only about relying on theories and general
knowledge, it entails you to use your Applied Knowledge in all aspects during
this course.

When your wisdom about Physical Education increases, the learning does not
stop there. One of the beautiful things that Physical Education offers is that it
equips you to use the knowledge and concepts that you’ve learned in the actual
setting, when you are really exercising or doing physical activity. Moving and
learning how to move properly are two different things, and in the same way
that, exercise is different from a training routine. Learning about these concepts
and how to differentiate between them would then help you in the future when
you want to develop your body for a specific type of activity/ies.

3. Physical Education aims to enhance your outlook about yourself.

Through constantly learning and having a strong foundation of physical fitness
you will be able to perform daily tasks with grace and poise.

Physical Education directly affects your outlook about yourself---how you

seemingly move your body in coordination through space. Having that sense of
confidence gives you the ability to believe in yourself more and the physical
abilities that you possess.

4. Physical Education aims to develop and enhance your positive traits and
attitudes.

The long-term effects of Physical Education on individuals like you is that, your
physique and overall health will improve.

=When you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, you tend to look
at the world on the positive side at all times.

=Having a healthy body, gives you a positive disposition about life and the
dealings that you do on a daily basis.

Physical Education gives you the opportunity to develop this in yourself---to help
you go about a healthy and active lifestyle.

5. Physical Education equips you with the knowledge and skills to pursue a
lifetime of physical activity.
The most important goal of Physical Education is to help and guide you to
pursue a lifetime of physical activity. The lessons that you will learn from this
course will inspire you to change your overall lifestyle choices and guide you
towards a more healthy and active lifestyle. Pursuing a lifetime of physical activity
is a choice that you have to constantly choose for yourself day-in and day-out.
Physical Education is an instrument that you can use to start this endeavor.

Expected Outcomes for the Course

The lessons will be composed of fifteen (15) different topics that would motivate
and help you achieve the objectives of Physical Education and physical fitness in
general. Here are the different expected results of this PE 101 course:

Short-term Goal –
To make you stand up and move.
In between the lessons you will be required to do and perform certain activities,
gradually. Do not hesitate to try out the exercises or activities presented to you.
You can always pause the presentation and copy the activity/ies as you please.
This way, you are already maximizing the use of this Physical Education course.
Long-term Goal: -

To make you move and choose physical fitness over and over again.
Physical fitness is an important component to a lifetime of health and wellness.
The ultimate goal of this course is to make you choose physical activity and
integrate it with your daily habits and overall lifestyle.

Course Requirements
As a primary requisite of the course, you should submit general information
about your physical status and some contraindicated activities that you are to
perform.

You must first secure the following documents for the course you are about to
take:

1. Doctor’s Clearance
A Doctor’s Clearance, also known as, a Medical Release Form is a document
strictly filled out by your doctor upon your general check-up.

Before engaging in any physical activity (inside or outside of this course), you
must consult with a doctor whether you are fit enough to perform series of
exercises or strenuous activities.
A Doctor’s Clearance ensures your safety and it prevents untoward incidents
from happening.

The Medical Release Form is a document that includes all the activities that
are to be performed within the course. It also includes specifications about
medications that you have taken or currently taking that would affect your
exercise throughout the course.
 Basically, the Medical Release form is a transparent document that permits
or disallows you to engage in physical activity with the guidance of a trained
physician.

2. Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaires

The second requirement of the course is known as the
Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaires or PAR-Q-
document that contains questions gauging your overall health and current
physical capacity.
The PAR-Q- is a protocol commonly used in fitness facilities to determine the
possible activities the client can and cannot do.
- Overall, the purpose of the document for this course is to determine how
you are currently feeling, as well as, to determine the different disease/s or
condition/s you have experienced in the past.
This way, AMAESHI will be able to gauge whether you are fit for physical
activity or not.
You are required to answer all the questions in the PAR-Q in all honesty, this
way, we can ensure your safety throughout the course. Should you answer
“YES” to more than three (3) questions within the PAR-Q, AMAESHI deems
that you are not fit to work-out and you can just do the other course
requirements that do not require physical work.

3. Waiver/Agreement to Participate
The final requirement of the course is known as the

Waiver or the Agreement to Participate-

This document will serve as an agreement between you and AMAESHI that you
are willing to partake in the physical activities of the course through online
learning.

The form also includes that AMAESHI is not held responsible for any untoward
incidents that might occur during the course of the lessons. This simply means
that, you are solely responsible for yourself throughout the course and you are
agreeing to partake in this activity.
Other Course Requirements
1. Exercise Equipment

Since this course is an electronic type of learning, this requirement is optional.

Although, there are parts in some of the lessons that require you to use some
form of equipment or materials, we made sure that these things can be easily
obtained.

If somewhere along the lines of the course you’d really want to pursue the
activities demonstrated here, you can freely purchase some basic items
mentioned in the presentations for your physical activity to be more comfortable
and progressive.

During the time of the Spaniards, Physical Education was not included in the
curriculum of schools. It was only in 1901 when Americans introduced physical
exercise in public schools. A regular program of Athletics and Baseball were
among the first sports taught only to young boys during that period.

2. Tests in Comprehension-

Along with the physical activities provided within the course, there will be tests
along the lessons to check and see your progress. The following are the different
assessment tests that you will encounter throughout the course:
Assessment Questions-

These are very short questions provided at the end of each lesson to gauge
whether you have retained and understood the lesson well.

Quizzes
Quizzes are several questions that are also provided at the end of each lesson.
The quizzes may come in an EASY level or HARD level. The quiz questions may
range from 5 to 15 items, depending on the length of the lesson.

All of the quizzes may come in the form of:

a. Multiple choice/Fill in the blanks/Matching Type – this type of test will
require you to choose the letter of the correct or best answer.
b. Identification – this type of test will require you to identify the term/s being
described in each number.
c. True or False – this type of test will require you to determine whether the
statement/s are stating a fact or not.
 Long Exams- The last form of gauging your level of learning and
comprehension are the Long Exams.

3. Physical Fitness Tests -

To be able to determine your physical capacity before you begin the activities
presented in this course, you will be required to take pictures or videos of
yourself while performing the different Physical Fitness Tests.

The series of Physical Fitness Tests will also serve as your baseline for your
overall health and physical capacity. The results of these tests will serve as
your point of comparison. You can use it to determine whether you have
improved in some aspects of your physical fitness journey towards the
end of the course.
4. Uploaded Photos/Videos –
The course is about Physical Education and it is expected that along your
learning you will be required to perform physical activities.

To be able to gauge your physical skills, some parts of the lessons in the
course would require you to upload videos or photos of yourself
performing the specific skill asked (i.e. circuit training, warm-up routine, etc.)

Make sure that when you do upload these photos and videos your whole
body is clearly seen in the frame. The specific requirements of this
requirement will be further discussed in the next few modules.
Health
Based on the World Health Oganization (WHO),
Health- refers to, a state of complete, physical, mental, and social well-being.
The new definition of health is not only limited to the absence or presence
of diseases or injuries; but rather, it refers to
-the totality of how you feel and how you react to several changes within and
around you.
Questioning yourself on a regular basis about how you exactly feel is a way
of taking control of your health. If you seem to be leaning on the other end
of the spectrum where you lack the necessary energy to push through your
daily routines, then maybe it is about time that you consider having a change
of lifestyle.
The Dimensions of Health-
The mere definition of health does not end there. It is composed of several
dimensions that enable people to better understand how it works and how it
can be applied to life in general.

There are three (3) dimensions of health, and these are:

1. Physical Fitness – “Your Body”

Physical Fitness refers to the processes and structure of your body and how it
performs work.

It deals with your over physicality and how your body reacts to loads or
stimuli placed upon it during specific situations.

If one organ system is not working properly, the totality of your Physical
Fitness is going to be affected and you will have certain forms of diseases
and conditions.
2. Mental Fitness – “Your Mind”
Mental Fitness refers to how well you process and analyze information
presented to you at a given period. Aside from this, mental fitness also
guides you to balance your emotions and feelings based on how you
consciously perceive your world.
In Psychology, Mental Fitness is also known as Introspection---how you
examine your own thoughts and feelings. If you are able to determine
and analyze your own thoughts and feelings, you will be able to easily
deal with factors outside of you.
In learning how to understand how your mind works, you are giving
yourself the opportunity to deal with more complex situations and
people that you encounter in your life.

3. Spiritual Fitness – “Your Spirit” This last dimension of fitness refers to

how you perceive and believe the existence of things in your environment.
This is more like an external factor, where your principles, values, and
beliefs which give meaning to your life are tested on a daily basis. Do you
hold an important value in your life at the moment or do you have issues
that need to be resolved? Being aware of these things can guide you in
creating several effective forms of communications and relationships
wherever you are in the world.