physical education

     

In most eucational systems, physical education (P.E.) class, also called physical training (PT) and Phys Ed in Australia, though each with a very different connotation, is a course in the curriculum which utilizes learning in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains in a play or movement exploration setting. The term physical education is most commonly used in this way; however, this denotes rather that "they have participated in the subject area, not studied it."

Trivia about physical education

  • As late as the 1930s, teachers of this subject were considered pros & ineligible for the Olympics

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