PATHFIT 1

Physical Activity Towards health and Fitness

"Education through the Physical"

“Intelligence and Skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the Body is
Healthy and Strong”
----JOHN F. KENNEDY----
 Hello, dear learners, I am Kenneth B. Alakyang, I will be your College Instructor in PATHFIT
(Physical Activity Towards Health and Fitness). As your instructor, you can ask any questions related to
our subject through my contact number 09279956430 (Globe) or message me in my Gmail account
kenneth@eastercollege.ph. You can also message me in my FB account if it is urgent or emergency.

Welcome to this module on PATHFIT. This module contains your lessons and activities for 1
month. Also this module is self-instructional and allows you to learn in your own space. So sit tight, relax
and enjoy.

To make the most out of them, here are a few reminders for you to remember.

1. Read the list of the learning Objectives to get an idea of the knowledge and skills you are
expected to gain and develop as you study the module. These outcomes are based on your
syllabus.
2. Each activity aims to develop one of the learning outcomes set for the module. It opens with
a list objective that you are expected to have accomplished by the end of the lesson.
3. Read the ENGAGE part of this module for you to get an idea about our lesson in this module.
4. Take the EXPLORE part of this module to determine your knowledge of the lessons in this
module.
5. All the information that you want to know is in the EXPLAIN and ELABORATE part of this
module. You only need to do is read and understand what is written there.
6. At the end of the lesson, take the EVALUATE part to find out how much you have learned. If
you do not get all the items correctly, go back to the lesson information. This will ensure
your mastery of basic information.
7. Perform The Required Learning Activity, which may consist of one or more tasks for you to
accomplish. It is not enough that you acquire content or information, but you must also be
able to apply what you have learned in real life situations
8. Provide a flash drive for your teacher to save video clips or other instructional materials for
additional explanation and lesson. Some of your activity is video presentation, so you can
also save your video demonstration and submit it with your module.
9. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks.
10. Finish the tasks at hand before proceeding to the next lesson.
11. Use the module with care and do not put unnecessary marks an any part of the module.

We hope that this module will help you to gain a deep understanding of Physical Activity Towards
Health and Fitness. Have a meaningful learning experience. I wish you a good health and God Bless you!

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INTRODUCTION

Physical Activity Towards Health and Fitness is a course that focuses on developing physical
fitness and the ability to perform physical activities with ease. It develops skills necessary to
participate in a wide range of activities, such as dancing and playing sports. It also aims to
develop students’ physical competence and knowledge of movement and safety associated with
the development of an active and healthy lifestyle.

The Instructor of Easter College Inc. prepared learning materials through modules to cater the
students’ needs despite this world wide on going COVID 19 pandemic. It aims to help the
students about the content of the course and it serves as a guide for them on what to do on the
following given activities.

This module is for PATHFIT 1 students, this subject is a 2 unit course and designed to guide and
introduce skills needed in the different genres of dances converted into an exercise type of
workout. It contains step patterns from simple to more complex combinations of movements to
help students create their own exercise routine for them to appreciate the importance of exercise
at the same time enjoy dancing as part of their daily activities.

This module aims to:

1. To familiarize the students about the basic movements skills.

2.To introduce dance exercises as part of their daily activities.

3.To encourage the students to improve their creativity by having their own dance exercise
choreography.

4.To help the students improve and develop their knowledge and skills in dance exercises.

5.To boost students’ self-confidence and self-esteem through dance exercises

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 MODULE 1

I. COURSE: PATHFIT 1

II. COURSE TITLE: Physical Activity Towards Health and wellness

III. COURSE SCHEDULE:

IV. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

-This course emphasizes the logical principles of physical fitness and

self-testing activities through various exercises and values that improve
the Physical, Mental, Emotional, Social and Spiritual Soundness of
students. Self-testing activities aim to promote consciousness on health
related activities and holistic development pf the individual which can be
achieved through physical education program. Moreover, the course aims
to determine the physical fitness level of the individual to encourage them
to practice healthy lifestyle, an indicator of the realization of the Physical
education program. As such, development of total fitness will help
students become productive in their career and prepares them to cope
with challenges in the community and the environment.
V. COURSE OUTCOMES:

- At the end of the term, the would-be teachers are expected to:
1. Discover and comprehend required knowledge and make value
judgement of fitness activities.
2. Value the actual performance as a student uses his/her judgement in the
context of physical fitness parameters.
3. Recognize the interrelationship of movements and their effects on the body
to make one physically fit.
4. Show a healthy response to physical activities through the fulfilment of the
basic needs.

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 5. Evaluate harmonious functioning of the body’s system of the students
through the results of physical fitness, body flexibility and aerobic capacity
to meet the demands of the environment.
6.
LESSON 1

I. OBJECTIVES
- At the end of the module, the students should be able to:
⮚ Define Physical Education
⮚ Appreciate the Importance of Physical Education
⮚ Enumerate the Different Objectives of Physical Education
TIME FRAME: SEPTEMBER 2 to 30, 2020

LEARNING EXPERIENCES

ENGAGE
Hello Welcome to our class!

⮚ When you hear the word Physical education, the first thing that will come
into your mind is exercise or physical activity. What is really the definition of
Physical Education? In your P.E subject during your Senior High School,
your teachers discussed the meaning of Physical education, How about you?
What is your own definition of Physical Education? In order to appreciate
Physical Education, you must have your own definition of Physical
Education.
⮚ Physical Education has 5 objectives and that will be discussed in this module
module.

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 ⮚ Today we will define Physical Education and learn the different Objectives of
physical Education.

EXPLORE
⮚ People have different perspectives or definition of Physical
Education, even the dictionary has its own definition of Physical Education but if
you are given the chance to write your own definition of Physical Education, what
would it be?
⮚ Write your own Definition of Physical Education in the box
provided.

⮚ In addition, there are Five Objectives of Physical Education. In your opinion, What
are the Five objectives of Physical Education?
● Enumerate the Five Objectives of Physical Education, write your answer in
the box provided.

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 EXPLAIN
⮚ Definitions of Physical Education
● Education in the care and development of the human body, stressing
athletics and including hygiene.
● Physical education is defined as formal instruction in exercise and
proper eating.
● Instruction in physical exercise and in the care and hygiene of the
human body; esp., a course in gymnastics, athletics, etc., as in a school
or college.
● An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily
development, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.

⮚ Physical Education is "education through the physical". It aims to develop

students’ physical competence and knowledge of movement and safety, and
their ability to use these to perform in a wide range of activities associated
with the development of an active and healthy lifestyle. It also develops
students’ confidence and generic skills, especially those of collaboration,
communication, creativity, critical thinking and aesthetic appreciation. These,
together with the nurturing of positive values and attitudes in PE, provide a
good foundation for students’ lifelong and life-wide learning.
⮚ Objectives of Physical Education
● Physical Development Objective
o The objective of physical development deals
with the program of activities that builds
physical power in an individual through the
development of the various organic systems of
the body.

● Mental Development Objective

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 o The mental development objective deals with
the accumulation a body knowledge and the
ability to think and to interpret this knowledge.

● Emotional Development Objective

o Physical Education aims at emotional stability

which helps in facing any type of situation.
Physical Education Teachers to Accept Success
and failure gracefully, which are also helped
through out the lifetime.

● Social Development Objectives

o The social development objective is concerned

with helping an individual in making personal
adjustments, group adjustment, and adjustments
as a member of society.

● Spiritual Development Objective

o By participating in Physical activities and

solving several tasks in the playfield, one
develops self-confidence and self-control. This
self-control leads to moral and character
development together with spiritual
development.

ELABORATE
⮚  Physical Education Curriculum

● Physical education helps students develop physical skills and

confidence. For example, elementary and middle school curriculum
includes activities that help kids obtain and improve skills, such as
running, catching, throwing, and striking, applicable to sports such as
baseball, volleyball, or karate. Balancing skills could be applied to
dance or gymnastics.
● High school curriculum should focus on lifetime sports skills like
tennis or aerobic dance, with a secondary emphasis on team sports.
● Physical education develops fitness and fosters the desire for lifelong
participation in physical activity. high school curriculum prepares
students to become highly proficient in one or more sport and/or
fitness activity of their choice.

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 ● Physical education classes teach the health benefits of regular exercise
and healthy food choices along with the risks of inactivity and poor
diet. Students of all ages might be asked to dedicate themselves to
making a few small improvements in diet and exercise for a period of
six weeks. They would be expected to journal about how they feel
during the process and reflect on how these changes affect
performance and mood.
● Physical education also helps students develop social skills. For
example, team sports help them learn to respect others, contribute to a
team goal, and socialize as a productive member of a team.

EVALUATE
● ACTIVITY II: Look for at least 15 words that is associated with
Physical Education by looping or drawing a straight line to these words. Write the
words in the blank provided.
P A V A L U E S V W S J W J I F
M H R X P O W E R E T R A F H I
E B Y C K W F C E R R G R S N T
N C F S L B H S S S E Q M T E N
T A H N I W I W B T N A U Y L E
A F E Y M C E V Y H G D P Z P S
L T G R R B A A T G T S T A T S
H V F E U E D L J R H J U M P Z
E D X K W H A K A A H O J H J X
A E F Y J E V E K C R G T J K I
L B L R H R G A L B T G G E R E
T F L E X I B I B L E I H F E L
H R T M T R T W M N E N V E Q E
S P E E D R U N N I N G M I W T
B O D Y E C O O L D O W N L T U
W O R K O U T K N F G G N U D Y
1. _________________________ 11.
2. _________________________ 12.

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 3. _________________________ 13.
4. _________________________ 14.
5. _________________________ 15.
6. _________________________
7. _________________________
8. _________________________
9. _________________________
10. _________________________

● ACTIVITY 2: The following scrambled letters are the objectives of physical

education. Arrange the letters to form the correct word.

____________ 1. LCAHPYIS - The objective that deals with the program of activities that
builds physical power in an individual through the development of the various organic systems
of the body
____________ 2. LMNATE- The objective that deals with the accumulation a body of
knowledge and the ability to think and to interpret this knowledge.
____________ 3. SLIPIRUAT- By participating in Physical activities and solving several tasks
in the playfield, one develops self-confidence and self-control. This self-control leads to moral
and character development together with spiritual development.

____________ 4. LSCOIAL- The objective that is concerned with helping an individual in

making personal adjustments, group adjustment, and adjustments as a member of society.

____________ 5. ELMANOOTI- Physical Education aims at emotional stability which helps in

facing any type of situation. Physical Education Teachers to Accept Success and failure
gracefully, which are also helped through out the lifetime.

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 II. REFERENCES

⮚ https://www.google.com/search?q=mental+development+objectives+in+physi
cal+education&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=d6nzDT4sf1jE0M%252C7
oVdkqhaqAeySM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSL4Fpw17pfPVGoTdJYPeeJ
jbLtkA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT7cmqvafrAhWTwosBHdOBA2sQ9QEwDH
oECAkQBQ&biw=1366&bih=657#imgrc=syiS7_cCvxho3M

⮚ https://www.google.com/search?q=emotional+development+objectives+of+P
hysical+education&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=jGm7afWHdZi2HM%
252CgsciRAm_d1rfZM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kScOM0E_YP4wdSxsK
6PEDhG5Kx4xQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA4ZPovafrAhXQG6YKHUfWCs
MQ9QEwCnoECAkQDw&biw=1366&bih=657#imgrc=DHZxsyL6wc2f8M

⮚ https://www.google.com/search?q=spiritual+development+objectives+of+phy
sical+education&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6pYP6vqfr
AhVCyYsBHWM0BeUQ_AUoAXoECAwQAw&biw=1366&bih=657#imgrc
=vFV_pdg89dvvFM

⮚ https://www.google.com/search?q=social+development+objectives+of+physic
al+education&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVqPiWv6frA
hXjKKYKHcU1DEYQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1366&bih=657#imgrc=Z
71Q0y0ZrJO35M

⮚ http://users.metu.edu.tr/settar/hp10.htm

⮚ http://users.metu.edu.tr/settar/hp10.htm

⮚ https://www.yourdictionary.com/physical-education

⮚ https://www.dictionary.com/browse/physical-education

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 LESSON II

VI. OBJECTIVES
- At the end of the module, the students should be able to:
⮚ Enumerate the Allied Fields of Physical Education
⮚ Appreciate the Importance of Physical Education
⮚ Explain the Allied Fields of Physical Education
TIME FRAME: SEPTEMBER 2 to 30, 2020

LEARNING EXPERIENCES

ENGAGE
Hello Welcome to our class!

⮚ In your previous module, you define Physical Education. In this

module, we will talk about the allied fields of Physical Education.
You always hear the allied fields of physical education from your P.E
teacher but can you still remember it? Do you still have an idea about
the allied fields of physical education? Can you enumerate the allied
fields of physical education?
EXPLORE
⮚ Let’s what you’ve got?
● Try to remember your allied fields of Physical Education in you previous P.E
subject. Then try to enumerate and define the allied fields of Physical

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 Education in your own opinion or understanding. Write your opinion in the
box provided

EXPLAIN
⮚ The ALLIED Fields of Physical Education
- The allied fields of physical education and sports share many common
purposes- the development of the total individual and concern for quality life.
These areas allied to the field may vary in content of the subject matter and
the methods used in accomplishing their goals.
● Dance
- Dance activities have been something of a stepchild for physical education,
for dance hangs on the periphery of physical education( Freeman, 1997).
Aesthetic expression through movement is provided by dance.
● Health Education
- Health Education is concerned with the total well being of the individual,
which encompass physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual health.
There three areas within health education that are also functions and goals of
health education.
✔ Environmental health included within health education is
concerned with the development of healthful and safe
environments for all people.
✔ Health instruction is focused in teaching the basic of healthful
living to students and the general public.
✔ Delivery of health services is concerned with developing and
maintaining a satisfactory level of health for all people.
● Recreation (Recreational Activities)

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- Recreation is generally thought of as a leisure time activity. however, it has
been defined as fulfilling an educational goal of “worthy use of leisure”. It
may be a self-chosen activity that provides a means of revitalizing and
refreshing one’s body and spirit.

EVALUATE
● ACTIVITY : Enumerate the Allied fields of Physical
Education. Then give the importance of each Allied Fields of Physical
Education.

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VII. REFERENCES

⮚ Physical Education and health book grade 10

⮚ Copiaco, H.P. et. Al (2014) Our world of MAPEH 1- Quezon city:
publishing house INC.
⮚ Tulio, D.D. (2009) Physcial Edcuation 3 for college freshmen.
Mandaluyong city: National Book Store INC

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