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Important Events in the Development of Physical Education

Events

Johann Bernhard Basedow

1749

  1. Laid the foundation for the future of physical education.
  2. First to emphasize the importance of physical education.
  3. Passed on his teachings to others by penning "On the best and hitherto unknown method of teaching children of noblemen.
  4. Required his students to wear a uniform for his class, a common practice today.

Battle of the Systems

1820 - 1930

  1. Competition between different countries as they each tried to prove they had the best method of exercise.
  2. Between German, Sweden, France, and the United States among others.
  3. Each country produced different systems of exercise, usually consisting of gymnastics and calisthenics.
  4. Beneficial because it promoted the advancement of physical education around the world

Catherine Beecher

1824

  1. Another advocate for physical education.
  2. One of the first to integrate exercise into her school's curriculum in the United States.
  3. Advocated the inclusion of daily physical activity into public schools.
  4. Influential in the American system of physical education.

National Council

1956 - 2015

  1. Studies done in the early 1950s exposed the poor state of youth fitness in America as opposed to European countries.
  2. Developed in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as the President's Council on Youth Fitness.
  3. National testing system known as the "President's Challenge" is introduced in 1957.
  4. Known today as the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.

Title IX

June 23 1972

  1. Prohibits discrimination based on sex in any federally funded education program or activity.
  2. Deadline for high schools and colleges to comply with Title IX athletics requirements is July 21, 1978.
  3. Schools awarding scholarships must do so in proportion to the percentage of male and female students participating in athletics.
  4. Has granted women across the nation an equal opportunity to excel in athletics.