APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Fields In Trust, National Fire Protection Association, Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
4 Apr 2016
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Government involvement in community and school-based physical acivity. From 1850-1930, physical educaion and sports developed disinctly in two systems within schools and universiies. Reserved for gited athletes, elite or interested students. Sports always dependent on training and interest of individual teachers. Ryerson"s physical training in schools (1852) was the irst systemaic exploraion of physical educaion in canada. He visited europe and observed: insituional systems of exercise and gymnasics. The only physical training manual available for teachers from the educaion oice was a military drill manual. When school atendance became compulsory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, physical educaion became a compulsory part of the curriculum. It was jusiied on four grounds: physical health was important, a healthy populaion was a naional. It accustomed children to discipline and obey orders; and. In the case of boys, it could provide a basis for military training. Ryerson"s advocacy of some form of physical training and the militarisic threats of the.
