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Name: Sumael, Bainaot A.

Course/Year/Section: BEED-3A

Teaching Physical Education and Health in the Elementary Grades

ACTIVITY 1:

EXPERIENCE: In one sentence, develop your definition of physical education and health using the
different definition given in this module and from credible websites.

Physical education is an educational subject that focuses on physical development and the
improvement of physical fitness. It is typically taught in schools and involves students participating in
various physical activities and games such as team sports, gymnastics, dance, and individual activities like
running and jumping. Physical education classes aim to improve students' physical abilities, including
strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance.
Nowadays, we live in a world where sports and social activities play significant roles in
everybody’s lives. Thus, they often compete with their importance with academic classes at universities
and colleges. However, sports and social activities are indeed beneficial for students. Doing sports can
help them to stretch their muscles, do a lot of exercises and, thus, be healthy and fit. Furthermore, as social
activities include art groups, cooking and gardening, it gives students opportunity to improve their
communication skills.
Additionally, Physical education lessons often focus on developing sportsmanship, teamwork, and
communication skills. The ultimate goal of physical education is to promote a healthy lifestyle and lifelong
physical activity. More than that, not only these activities are productive for students’ physical health and
interactions, but they also play a major role on their mental health. By saying this, I mean that with the
help of sports and social activities students unleash negativity, release stress and forget about their daily
problems.
Health education is a matter of teaching the community and the individual how to guard against
health hazards. It is not only providing information on the aspects that will have an effect on your health
like biological, environmental and social risk factors, but also changing people's perspectives to actually
want to change. When people truly understand a concept, they are much more likely to take it to heart.
Health education is also a skill, since not everyone will digest health education the same. Gender,
ethnicity, age and current health status will affect the way health education messages are received and also
retained.
Nowadays, people are avoiding exercising and eating healthy foods. Parents have other priorities
and working late and they prefer pizza and outside foods instead of a home-cooked meal. Increasing a kid
on fast foods is bad habits of eating and ends up being weighty. Deprived of good healthy role models how
are kids supposed to develop habits of good eating? In today’s society, the importance of learning healthy
and exercise is very important. How nice is to see that kids play sports, run around and play on the
playground rather than burying their face in the electronic devices.
Through health education, students have a chance to get knowledge about the health risks.
Without education, the student would not even know what heart diseases are or how to prevent it. They
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COTABATO FOUNDATION COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Barangay Doroluman, Arakan, Cotabato
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should not only study physical health but also mental health, social and emotional health too. Many
students face mental health issues that come with depression, anxiety, eating disorder and much more.
They might not even realize what is really going on in their own body.
Furthermore, health education program can provide individuals with the knowledge and skills
necessary to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. It can also help promote positive
behavioral changes and help people take steps to protect their health. Health education is significant
because health is a great advantage to human life. By health education, students are instructed to adopt the
habit of good health and to develop the individual and health of the country.

ASSESS: Browse the internet then cite three pieces of related literature in teaching physical education and
health. Then find their common denominator to formulate concrete idea/s.

Subject Related Literature Similarity/ies

Children respond faster and with greater accuracy to
a variety of cognitive tasks after participating in a
session of physical activity (Tomporowski, et al.,
2003)
Physical multiple studies have confirmed that health benefits
Education are associated with physical activity, including
cardiovascular and muscular fitness, bone health,
psychosocial outcomes, and cognitive and brain
health (Strong et al., 2005)
In addition to a general shifting of time in school
away from physical education to allow for more
time on academic subjects, some children are
withheld from physical education classes or recess
to participate in remedial or enriched learning
experiences designed to increase academic
performance (Pellegrini and Bohn, 2005)
Health is a vital moderating factor in a child’s ability
to learn. The idea that healthy children learn better is
empirically supported and well accepted (Basch,
2010).
Starting from, 19 century, health education now is
an established profession having a unique body of
'Knowledge, defined skills, experiences and a code
of ethics' (Hussain & Mahmood, 2010).
Health education imparted in schools develops
Health positive attitude and social skills necessary for
achieving optimum level of well-being. It is believed
that healthier students are better learners and
poor health effects adversely on learning and
achievement of school students (Palloni, 2006).
These both have to do with physical
activity, according to these studies.
They also aid in the prevention of
various common disorders and
health consequences, such as
obesity and diabetes. One of the
most important things we can do for
our health is to engage in regular
physical activity. Physical
education contributes directly to
development of physical
competence and fitness. It also
helps students to make informed
choices and understand the value of
leading a physically active lifestyle.
Based on what they say, their
studies are similar, according to
them health education promotes a
healthy lifestyle and increases
awareness about the importance of
health. It is recommended to have
proper school health education can
start the program in addition to
psychological readiness of students
to increase their health education.
Similarly, health education is very
important because it improves the
health status of people. This is done
by teaching them ways to stay
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healthy and prevent diseases.

CHALLENGE: In the flexible mode of learning, it is a big challenge for educators of physical education
and health to teach the subject matter and demonstrate its different topics. As a future educator of physical
education pf physical education and health, what will be your strategies or methods to be used in teaching
physical education and health in the elementary grade?

Grade Subject Topics Teaching Strategies/Methods

Level Face-to-face Mode of Flexible Mode of Learning
Learning
Physical fitness 1. Lecture Method 1. Modular Distance
Lifestyle & Weight 2. Demonstration Learning
6 Physical Management Method 2. Online Distance
Education (Physical activities 3. Visualization Learning
and eating habits) Method 3. TV/Radio Based
Learning

1. Lecture Method 1. Modular Distance

Games and sports 2. Demonstration Learning
6 Health Active Recreation Method 2. Online Distance
(Sports) 3. Visualization Learning
Method 3. TV/Radio Based
Learning

HARNESS: We have discussed the definition and importance of physical education and health. As a future
elementary teacher how can your physical education and health contribute to the development of society?

For society at large, physical education, physical activity and sport can yield significant health, social and economic
benefits. An active lifestyle helps prevent heart disease, diabetes, cancer as well as obesity und ultimately reduces
premature death. In addition, it reduces health related costs, increases productivity, and strengthens civic engagement
and social cohesion.

Physical education, physical activity and

sport may contribute to prevention and the When appropriately organized, taught,
rehabilitation of those at risk of drug resourced and practiced, physical education,
addiction, alcohol and tobacco abuse, physical activity and sport can make distinct
delinquency, exploitation and abject contributions towards a wide range of
poverty. Physical benefits to individuals, families,
Education communities and society at large.

Health

Plan learning activities for Organize lectures and