My studies here covered a wide range of status of physical educations in the mainland China. Based on considerations and studies of outline of school physical education development, policies, purpose, mission, and curriculum of school physical education and teachers’ training course, the following conclusions are drawn :
1. The school physical education in the ancient and pre-modern times had sprung up originating from the birth of slave system in the society then.
Physical education was conducted in conjunction with literary and military courses as a mode of protecting one’s own control and of expanding one’s own land.
2. Since inauguration of Peopel’s Republic of China, the development of physical education in schools has had followed an hard uphill path at the time of revolutionaly leadership of Chinese Communist Party.
3. Policies of physical education in China was formed and governed by the national government authorities.
Various groups and organizations of sports under the umbrella of the government authorities conduct their physical exercise at the level of provence, city, sector and farm community equally for the objective of improving people’s physical fitnesses and of producing the maximum outstanding, sportsmen and women.
Physical education takes place at elementary athletic school, juvenile athletic school, workers’ athletic school and staffs’ athletic school.
In the year of 1956, the government authorities established a provision of cleassifying sportsmen and women for the aim of promoting progress of and build up of socialism. And its regulation prevails in effect now.
4. An objective of school physical education is directed to nurture ability of athletics, thought and personality of students and build up and cultivate workers to be armed with the modern spirit of supreme virtue, wisdom, prowess and beauty.
5. Teachers of physical education are turned out under various formalities and regulations and echelons since inauguration of new Chinese Government :
To outline current organizations and systems thereof :
Research Student System.
Regular Student Course.
Vocational Athletic Department.
Middle School Teacher System.
Refreshing course for current teachers of physical education.
Teacher of elementary school concurrently physical education.