APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Prorec, National Fire Protection Association, Calisthenics
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Between 1850-1930, physical education and sports developed distinctly in two systems within schools and universities. Physical education : primarily disciplinary, loosely adopted in school curriculum. (see as extracurricular) same with sport, it went around what the students at the school were good at. Sport: considered extracurricular activities, reserved for gifted athletes, elite or interested students. Ontario education superintendant egerton ryerson"s physical training in. Schools (1852) was the first systematic exploration of physical education in canada. When school attendance became compulsory in the late 19th and early. 20th centuries, physical education was a compulsory part of the curriculum. 2) a healthy population was a national asset; 3) it accustomed children to discipline and obeying orders; and. 4) in the case of boys, it could provide a basis for military training. Ryerson"s advocacy of some form of physical training and the militaristic threats of the american civil war during the 1860s resulted in :