Abstract
In those days concerning the objects of junior high school physical education, the guidelines were the Three People’s Principles. The objects were as follows: (1)To build up a strong constitution and grow to vigor. (2)To set up public morals, to promote team spirit, and to develop living and military skills. (3)To form hygienic habit and cultivate an attitude of laying stress on hygiene. As regards implementing general programs, there were proper administrative orgams which employed qualified personnel carry out the objects and careforlly work out the expense budget. And it was expected that stadiums and playgrounds were standardized, and the PE class schedule came up to the official standard. Also leisure time was employed to take part in various sports activities. Training courses included physical education, morning exercises, gymnastic exhibitions, sports competitions, outdoor collective activities, health check-ups and PE achievement tests. There were two PE class periods each week. The included gymnastics, dancing, recreation, ball games, athletics, self-defence, aguatic sports and ice sports. Every day students did morning exercises for fifteen minutes or twenty minutes, and took part in extracurricular activities for fifty minutes. PE courses were offered in accordance with the Standard PE Curriculum issued by the Ministry of Education. But in some special circumstances, each school could choose proper teaching material for complements. In a word, concerning the development of physical education in high school from 1945 to 1949, people kept up Japanese rules and regulations, so physical education sprang up energetically and exuberantly. But as for PE teachers, some were good and some were bad.
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