Physical education
[8] Physical education curriculum at the secondary level includes a variety of team and individual sports, as well as leisure activities.
Some examples of physical activities include basketball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, badminton, tennis, walking, cycling, and swimming.
Chess helps students to develop their cognitive thinking skills and improves focus, while also teaching about sportsmanship and fair play.
[9] Gymnastics and wrestling activities offer additional opportunities for students to improve the different areas of physical fitness including flexibility, strength, aerobic endurance, balance, and coordination.
[9] Additional activities in PE include football, netball, hockey, rounders, cricket, four square, racing, and numerous other children's games.
[12] These approaches and curricula are based on pioneers in PE, namely, Francois Delsarte, Liselott Diem, and Rudolf von Laban, who, in the 1800s focused on using a child's ability to use their body for self-expression.
This, in combination with approaches in the 1960s, (which featured the use of the body, spatial awareness, effort, and relationships) gave birth to the modern teaching of physical education.
[23] Beyond traditional tools, recent AI advancements are introducing new methods for personalizing physical education, especially for adolescents.
AI applications like adaptive coaching are starting to show promise in enhancing student motivation and program effectiveness in physical education settings.
[24] According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is suggested that young children should be participating in 60-minutes of exercise per day at least 3 times per week in order to maintain a healthy body.
NAPFA for pre-enlistees serves as an indicator for an additional two months in the country's compulsory national service training if they attain bronze or fail.
[39] In Scotland, Scottish pupils are expected to have at least two hours of PE per week during primary and lower secondary education.
In Northern Ireland, pupils are expected to participate in at least two hours of physical education (PE) per week during years 8 to 10.
In British Columbia, the government has mandated in the grade one curriculum that students must participate in physical activity daily five times a week.
The government also requires that all students in grades 1 through 8, including those with special needs, be provided with opportunities to participate in a minimum of twenty minutes of sustained, moderate to vigorous physical activity each school day during instructional time.
According to the report, only six states (Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, and Vermont) require physical education at every grade level.
[42] A majority of states[quantify] in 2016 did not require a specific amount of instructional time, and more than half allow exemptions or substitution.
class that incorporates cardiovascular exercise, core strength training, cross-lateral movements, as well as literacy and math strategies which enhance learning and improve achievement.
