Physical Education
Education is a process of learning where individuals can learn various concepts. Various schools and institutions have been established to promote education. While in school, learners have to be taught different issue that will ensure their knowledge and expertise in different areas. Apart from academic activities in schools, physical education is an important aspect that has to be given attention. Several schools have taken physical education seriously while others have taken it for granted. For instance, 39% of colleges that conduct their programs for four years have physical education within their requirement. This number is down from 67 % which was being experienced in the 1990s and 1980s. Also, this number is a drop from 97 % which was evident in the 1920s. One such school that has put a lot of focus on physical activity is Rio Hondo College. Students at Rio Hondo College are expected to meet the local graduation requirement in physical education by excelling in two units within the activity physical education course. These courses include different types of physical activity. However, certain people feel that this requirement is a huge barrier for students to succeed and graduate. As a result, these individual have opposed this requirement to be banned. As much as many people have advocated for the abolition of this requirement, it should not be revered because it will help the students in various ways.
According to Kirk (56), one of the ways that this requirement will help the students is that it will help the students to learn the skills of a healthy life. Taking part in physical activity has various benefits, and one of them is to ensure a healthy life. As students in these colleges are being taken through physical activity education, will learn various issues related to exercises. One such issue that the students will learn is that when they take part in physical activities is that it will maintain them in a good condition. When they take part in exercises, they will prevent being attacked by various diseases that may be a significant danger to their lives such as heart attack. In other cases, some students might be enrolled in the school pram and with different lifestyle condition such as diabetes and obesity. These conditions require proper intervention so that these students cannot suffer from their effects. Physical education course will help these individuals to learn the ways that they can use to deal with these condition to ensure that they live a healthy lifestyle. It is important for students to learn these physical education courses so that they can gain skills to keep their bodies in good health and get rid of other health conditions that might have affected some of them. Therefore, the requirement for passing the units of physical education should not be banned to help these students manage their lives effectively.
The second reason that the requirement for passing the physical activity courses should not be banned is that it will promote better learning (Hills, Dengel & Lubans, 368). Physical activity education will help the student to go through different exercises. These exercises are critical in the development of the mind. The more a person taken part in different forms of exercise, the brain develops. Therefore, students have to take physical activity exercise which will help their minds to be active. As the brain of the student’s become active, they will be able to participate and concentrate fully in class, and this will ensure that they attain higher academic performance.
Physical education should not be banned because it will help the student to discover their talents. Some students are good in education while some are not (Hills, Dengel & Lubans 368). The students who are not good at academic may be good in other activities such as sports. Physical education exposes these individuals to different types of activities. While engaging in these activities, the students will realize that they are talented in certain spots. After college, the student will then use these skills through physical education to pursue their area interest such as football or athletics which can become a good source of income (Kim 270). Therefore, physical education should not be banned as a requirement for one to graduate so that the student can realize their talents and use them for personal benefit later in their lives.
As much as physical education should not be banned as a requirement for students to graduate, various people have recommended its eradicating. One of the reason is that they believe physical education takes a lot of time that would have been used for learning so that the students can improve academic performance (Harris 466). The second reason is that the presence of physical education prevents many students from graduating from colleges. Several students are not good in these physical activities, and when they are forced to participate in them, they will perform poorly, and this will prevent them from graduating. Also, it is believed that physical education is expensive and that is why it should be banned. When a school offers physical education, it has to make sure that it has the required resources to conduct physical education effectively such as fields and teachers. The fields or the facilities used require regular maintenance and payment of the teachers for their services (Harris 467). Most schools find that these activities take away a lot of funds that would have been used to focus on academic and ensure the students excel.
Concluding, physical education is among the major activities available in institutions of learning such as colleges. There are some people who are advocating for the abolition of physical education a requirement for one to graduate or succeed on academics because they believe that it is taking a lot of time and resource that would have been used for academic purposes. This requirement should not be abolished because it will help in promoting a healthy lifestyle. Students will understand that physical education will ensure that they learn the importance of exercise and how it will improve their health. Physical education will ensure that students with lifestyle conditions such as diabetes and obese learn the ways that they can use improve their conditions. Physical education should not be banned because it will help student to be better learners. When students participate in various activities during physical education, their mind becomes active. Therefore, when they go to class, it will be easy for them to understand various concepts taught in class and succeed in their academics. The other reason why physical education should not be banned as a requirement for students to graduate is that it will help them to identify their talents. The students can use these talents later in their life to benefit themselves.
References
Kirk, David. Physical Education and Curriculum Study (Routledge Revivals): A Critical Introduction. Routledge, 2014: 56-64.
Hills, Andrew P., Donald R. Dengel, and David R. Lubans. “Supporting public health priorities: recommendations for physical education and physical activity promotion in schools.” Progress in cardiovascular diseases vol.57, no.4 (2015): 368-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2014.09.010
Harris, Jo. “Physical education, students’ knowledge, teacher education, perceptions, and experiences of promoting healthy, active lifestyles in secondary schools.” Physical Education and Sport vol.19, no.5 (2014): 466-480. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2013.769506
Kim, Jinsook. “Are physical education‐related state policies and schools’ physical education requirement related to children’s physical activity and obesity?” Journal of School Health vol. 82, no.6 (2012): 268-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2012.00697.x