THE HISTORY OF

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MEDINA, Julianna Nicole G.

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 (1) "the State shall promote physical education and
encourage sports programs, league competitions, and
amateur sports, including training for international
competitions to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and
excellence for the development of a healthy and alert
citizenry."

(2) "all educational institutions shall undertake regular

sports activities throughout the country in cooperation
with athletic clubs and other sectors."

 Physical education in

LACISYHP
NOITACUDE
the Philippines dates
back to primitive
society when physical
activity was very
important for survival,

making it necessary
for the adult to
teach physical skills
to the young. With
the fast-changing
times,

it is quite interesting
to note the strides
made by physical
education and how it
has affected the lives
of the people.
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They are fond of music

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and dancing, among

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their dances is the well-

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known "Juna Camote", a

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man going through the No
ma s
motion of stealing dic o ibe
r Wandering Tr
camotes. Dancing was
also a form of religious
Early Filipinos, had a
activity. Also, Pina Pa-ni- way of life similar to
lan performed
No one teaches them the people living in the
by a man going how to hunt and Primitive Society. There
were no physical
through build shelters, for education, but their
the motion this is the time where way of survival was
of gathering they are discovering through PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES, such as
honey from their skills and running, climbing, jumping
a tree. ability. and limping.
 History gives an account of waves of people who migrated to the
Philippines - the Indonesians and the Malays. Their physical activities
consisted of producing foods through planting and cultivating the
mountain sides until they produced the famous Banawe rice terraces.

Dancing - Were
was a form the first
of religious immigrants
activity and they
danced to please
to come by the
their gods. They also, sea to the
Philippines.
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dance to cure the sick,

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to make things happen when - Their physical

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there was drought and they activities consisted

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wanted rain, and they also danced M of producing food

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after a bountiful harvest. They danced

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through planting and cultivating

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for a victory in a tribal war which they

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the mountain sides.

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termed as "cañao".
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Schools and colleges were established Conquest
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but only favored youths especially men were
allowed to obtain higher education and

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physical education was not included

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in the curriculum.

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Founded by Jesuit Fathers

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Physical education was made a
part of the curriculum,
including the gymnastics. i n apS
 THE REVOLUTIONARY
Revolutionary

GOVERNMENT
government under

1863 Another royal decree

established the Superior
A royal decree established a Normal School for Women
Normal School for Men in the Teachers in Manila and P.E.
City of Manila, though P.E. was was included, particularly
not included, there was a health gymnastics.
Emilio Aguinaldo
was established
and a decree was
issued which
provided for an
official primary

1892
inspection in the beginning of school curriculum
the class.
and physical
education was one
of the required
subject but
this was
short-lived
with the
coming of
the
Americans.
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1914
"Go e "
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of sports in the PH.
1919
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TRANSITION OF THE PHILIPPINES TO
PREPARE FOR A TRULY SELF-GOVERNMENT,
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THE "COMMONWEALTH PERIOD" BUT CUT
SHORT BY THE JAPANESE
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
K-12
CURRICULUM

The combination of Health and Science as a subject is P.E.

with Music and Arts in Grade I to III and Health and P.E. in
Grade IV to VI in 1970. The secondary education program
of 1973 introduced a new course, the "Youth
Development Training (YDT) and Citizen Army Training
(CAT)". In 1990, YDT was abolished and had been revised
into PEHM (Physical Education, Health and Music),
spearheaded by the Department of Education, Culture,
and Sports (DECS). From the year 2000 onward, the
PEHM program had been revised into Mapeh (Music, Arts,
and P.E.) at the secondary level and MSEP (Musika,
Singing at Edukasying Pangkatawan) in elementary level.
 STNIOPYEK
Intramural
OITITEPMOC STROPS
and inter-unit
athletics
competition
within
schools,
districts, and
provinces.

2019
NOVEMBER
So much has
changed, but it is
all in the light of
Athletics improvement.
completion The 30th Physical Education
even has a part in
within and South Asian the supreme law of
among regions. Games or 2019 the land, for it is
National "that" important.
Sea Games

and
International
was held in the Physical Education
is an integral part
(Philippine Philippines. of a person's
Team) education.