Main concepts in physical education

In all disciplines, such as physical education, there are some main concepts. In order to promote accuracy when referring to them the teacher gave as the definition through a worksheet:

• Physical activity: Any movement of the body produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure
• Physical education: The only subject in school in which physical activity is a primary means of accomplishing/achieving educational objectives. The only subject in school in which children have the opportunity to learn the motor skills and acquire the knowledge to participate in a variety of physical activities.
• Cool down: Last part of the lesson. It's an opportunity to bring closure to the lesson by helping children review what was stressed and learned during the lesson.
• The whole child: Humans are not one-dimensional beings. Individuals have intellectual, physical, social and emotional elements and needs.
• Warm-up: Activity intended to elevate the heart rate of the class at the beginning of the lesson while illustrating a theme from the lesson.
• Exercise: A subset of physical activity that is planned, structured and repetitive. The intent of exercise is to improve or maintain physical fitness.
• Physical fitness: Set of attributes or characteristics that people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform physical activity.

                      

• Sport: A type of activity that is usually planned, structured, governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
• Vigorous physical activity: Intensity of physical activity that corresponds to approximately 70 percent or more of an individual's maximal heart rate; examples include running, aerobic dance, singles tennis, swimming laps and competitive basketball.
• Nonlocomotor skills: Movement of the body performed from a relatively stable base of support. Examples include bending, stretching, twisting, turning, leaning, swaying and swinging.
• Locomotor skills: Basic motor skills involving a change of position of the feet and/or a change of direction of the body. Examples include walking, running, hopping, jumping, leaping, sliding and galloping.
• Manipulative skills: Basic motor skills involving handling an object. Examples include throwing, catching, kicking, trapping and striking.
• Lifetime physical activity: Physical activity that is part of everyday activities such as taking the dog for a walk or cleaning the house.
• Moderate physical activity: Intensity of physical activity that corresponds to 50 to 69 percent of an individual's maximal heart rate. Examples include brisk walking and slow bike riding.

Although this activity is chiefly theory. I think that it was worth including it in my portfolio since from now on, I am going to use these words. In addition, this activity has been interesting in order to make us realize that accuracy when using words is very important and not all the words mean the same although they can seem similar.