THE LEGAL BASIS OF

PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
 INTERNATIONAL
CHARTER OF
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
AND SPORTS
UNESCO, PARIS
ARTICLE 1

“The practice of Physical

education and Sports is
fundamental right for
all”
 This right should not be
treated as different in
principle from the right
to adequate food,
shelter, and medical
care
 ARTICLE XIV, SECTION 19, 1986
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF
THE PHILIPPINES
 THE STATE SHALL PROMOTE PHYSCIAL
EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGE SPORTS
PROGRAMS, LEAGUE COMPETITIONS, AND
AMATEUR SPORTS INCLUDING TRAINIING FOR
INTERNATIOAL COMPETITION, TO FOSTER
SELF- DISCIPLINE , TEAM WORK , AND
EXCELENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT FOR A
HEALTHY AND ALERT CITEZENRY
 ALL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
SHALL UNDERTAKE REGULAR SPORTS
ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY AND IN COOPERATION
WITH CLUB AND OTHER SECTORS
Integral part of the educational
systemwhich is designed to promote the
optimum dev’t of an individual in terms
of his physical, emotional, mental and
social well being through total body
movement in the performance of
properly selected physical activities
A course taken in lower, middle high
school, and college that utilizes
learning in the cognitive, affective
and psychomotor domains in a play
or movement exploration setting.
• Interdisciplinary study of all areas
of science relating to transmission
of physical knowledge and skills to
an individual or a group, the
application of these skills, and
their results.
 LEGAL BASIS
OF PHYSICAL
EDUCATION

An act Providing the

promotion and
financing of an
integrated P.E and
R.A 5708 sports development
program for the
schools in the
Philippines
“ THE SCHOOL’S PHYSICAL
EDUCATION AND SPORTS
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF
1969”
 PIONEERS OF PHYSICAL
EDUCATION

1. Friedrich Jahn
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3. Johann Friedrich Simon
4. Johann Christoph Friedrich
GutsMuths
Friedrich Jahn
• A German gymnastics educator and nationalist
whose writing is credited with the founding of the
German gymnastics movement as well as
influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during
which a coalition of German states effectively ended
the occupation of Napoleon's First French Empire. 
• BORN: 11 August 1778, LANZ, GERMANY
• DIED: 15 October 1852, FREYBURG, GERMANY
• Education: University of Greifswald, 
Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster
• Parents: Alexander Friedrich Jahn, 
Dorothea Sofia Schultze
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Rousseau s theory of education emphasized
the importance of expression to produce a
well-balanced, freethinking child. He believed
that if children are allowed to develop
naturally without constraints imposed on them
by society they will develop towards their
fullest potential, both educationally and
morally.
Johann Friedrich Simon
•  Johann Friedrich Simon was
the First Modern Physical
Education teacher; he was a
part of the curriculum at
Johann Basedow's
Philanthropinum in Dessau,
Germany.
• The Philanthropinum was an
experimental school with a
portion of its curriculum
devoted to physical training,
including fencing, horseback
riding, dancing, and ball
games.
Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts-Muths
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts-
Muths was a German teacher and
the principal founder of the school
system of gymnastics that was
introduced into schools in
Germany in the 19th century.
Background
Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts-Muths
was born on August 9, 1759 in
Quedlinburg, the son of an ordinary lower-
middle-class family. His father died when
Johann was twelve years old.
• Education
• Guts-Muths was educated at the gymnasium
of Quedlinburg and at Halle University.
Following the new principle of academic
liberty, he studied theology as well as physics,
mathematics, philosophy, and history. He was
especially influenced by a number of lessons
on pedagogical methodology based on the
principles of German educational reformer
Johann Bernhardasedow.
What is Physical education?
 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

• Physical education is a course taught

in school that focuses on developing physical
fitness. Effective P.E. classes help kids develop
skill and confidence, maintain physical fitness,
learn about personal health and wellness, and
demonstrate positive social skills