Should Nutrition Education Be Taught in Physical Education?

Abstract

Behind the discussions on the content of Physical Education in the late 60s ， there was some con − sideration of the scientific approach to education ， At that time there was some debate about what should be taught ｛ br Physical Education， Also ， it was maintained that evaluation in a Physical Edu − cation class should not be based on performance in a certain sport ， but on the s 呵 ect matter content taught in the class ． Discussing this issue ， the author concluded that scienti 且c research methods and findings of sport sciences should be taught practically in Physical Education classes ． However ， in order to specify the appropriate content of Physical Education ， we still need to consider 1） 七 he rela − tionship between cognitive ability of children and the object of cognition ， 2）ateaching method ap − propriate to the ohiect of cognition ， and 3）the reasons fbr teaching speci 且c aspects of Physical Edu − cation ． Answering these questions will also help to explain why people should do sport ． As our social ， historical and cultural eontexts are different from those of Europeans and Americans ， we should not take the same viewpoint as 七 hem ， Based on our own experience of the transf（）rmation we should transmit our thoughts to the world to change sport f（）r them ． Key words ：t｝ 1eory of physica 丑educatiol1 ， life style ， universality （ Japan J． Phys 』 duc ． Hlth

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