Physical education class is the basic organizational form of physical education, which mainly enables students to master the basic knowledge, skills and skills of physical health care, realize students' ideological and moral education, and improve the level of sports skills.
Schools shall, in accordance with the provisions of the administrative department of education, organize the implementation of teaching activities in physical education class. Physical education class must be established in ordinary primary and secondary schools, agricultural secondary schools, vocational secondary schools, secondary specialized schools and the first and second grades of ordinary colleges and universities. Colleges and universities offer physical education elective courses for students above grade three.
Historical lineage:
From the end of 18 to the beginning of 19, physical education class was first taken as a compulsory course in primary and secondary schools by Danish, German and other European countries, and most countries attended physical education class in primary and secondary schools. There is no specific provision in American education law to set up physical education class in primary and secondary schools, but in about12 states in China, physical education class is a compulsory course, and most other schools choose physical education class. In China, physical education class is one of the compulsory courses in primary and secondary schools.