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Week: 1

TERM: 1ST TERM

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Physical and Health Education

Topic:-       Introduction to Physical and Health Education

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Define ‘physical education’ and ‘health education’
  2. State the purpose of physical and health education
  3. Describe the scope of physical education
  4. Differentiate between physical education and health education
  5. Mention some career options in physical and health education

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous knowledge of the pupils with regards to what they think physical and health education is.

She introduces the topic by explaining the meaning of the terms

“physical education” and “health education”

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She further explains the purpose of Physical and health education

She further differentiates between physical education and health education

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She then describes the scope of physical education and mentions some career options available in Physical and Health education

 

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION

Physical education is the continued education of an individual through carefully selected and properly conducted physical activities.

Physical education originated from Greece. It was used to train the body and soul and worship their god, ‘Zeus’.

Below are some laid out purposes of physical education

  1. Physical development: The entire body is well developed due to physical education
  2. Skills: skills such as running, climbing etc are developed
  3. Emotional stability: it produces sound mental health and a balanced mind
  4. The vital organs of the body function well improving sleep, enhancing appetite and bringing a toned build-up of the body

Scope of physical education

  1. Movement exploration and body mechanics
  2. Rhythmical activities
  3. Gymnastics
  4. Simple game activities
  5. Simple relays
  6. Athletics and games
  7. Aquatics
  8. Outdoor and recreational activities

Health education on the other hand is an education of an individual on how to maintain and improve his/her health

CAREER OPTIONS OF PHYSICAL HEALTH EDUCATION

  1. School commentator
  2. Sports journalists
  3. Sports trainers
  4. School/college teacher etc

Differences between physical education and health education

Health education

  1. it contributed to students’ ability to control behaviour that protect and promote health and avoid health risks
  2. students are able to formulate their personal values and group norms that support healthy living
  3. students learn basic health concepts and influence on their health
  4. Skills required to adopt, practice and maintain health-enhancing and safe behaviours are developed.
  5. it helps students to be better consumers of information, manage stress and make healthy decisions

Physical education

  1. It provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to participate in a wide variety of physical activities that contribute to an active lifestyle
  2. It provides building blocks for skill development, skill analysis, physical fitness, stress reduction, social skills etc
  3. Students learn to assess and set goals, evaluate their own physical fitness and use the knowledge to improve and maintain their current fitness level
  4. Learners who participate in physical education learn the benefits of physical activity and how it contributes to a healthy lifestyle

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define these terms

  1. Physical education
  2. Health education
  3. Enumerate some of the purposes of Physical education
  4. Describe the scope of physical education
  5. What are career options available in Physical and Health Education?
  6. Differentiate between health education and physical education.

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively