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<p><b>Physical education</b>, often abbreviated to <b>Phys Ed.</b> or <b>P.E.</b>, is a subject taught in <a
href="/wiki/School" title="School">schools</a> around the world. It is usually taught during <a
href="/wiki/Primary_education" title="Primary education">primary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education"
title="Secondary education">secondary education</a>, and encourages <a href="/wiki/Psychomotor_learning"
title="Psychomotor learning">psychomotor learning</a> by using a <a href="/wiki/Play_(activity)" title="Play
(activity)">play</a> and movement exploration setting to promote health and physical fitness.<sup id="cite_ref-1"
class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Activities in P.E. include <a href="/wiki/Football"
title="Football">football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netball" title="Netball">netball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hockey"
title="Hockey">hockey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rounders" title="Rounders">rounders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket"
title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Four_square" title="Four square">four square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Racing"
title="Racing">racing</a>, and numerous other <a href="/wiki/List_of_children%27s_games" title="List of children's
games">children's games</a>. Physical education also teaches <a href="/wiki/Nutrition"
title="Nutrition">nutrition</a>, healthy habits, and individuality of needs.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a
href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
</p><p>Physical education programs vary all over the world. When taught correctly, P.E. class can produce positive
effects on students' health, behavior, and academic performance.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a
href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> As part of this, <a href="/wiki/Health_education" title="Health education">health
education</a> is the teaching of information on the prevention, control, and treatment of diseases. It is taught with
physical education, or P.H.E. for short.
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Technology_use_in_physical_education"><span
class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Technology use in physical education</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#By_location"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span
class="toctext">By location</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Asia"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span
class="toctext">Asia</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Philippines"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span
class="toctext">Philippines</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Singapore"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span> <span
class="toctext">Singapore</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Europe"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span
class="toctext">Europe</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Ireland"><span class="tocnumber">2.2.1</span> <span
class="toctext">Ireland</span></a></li