The Way to Deepen Reform of School Physical Education in the Background of “Healthy China”

Abstract

"Healthy China" has always been a major project of great concern in China, and also an important foundation to fulfill the Chinese dream of a great rejuvenation. School physical education is an important basis for students' lifelong physical education, nationwide fitness, national health and construction of healthy China. In this paper, literature consultation and expert interview methods were mainly used to discuss the profound connotation of "Healthy China", and deepen reform of school physical education in the construction of "Healthy China" was studied-analyses of the guidance of "Healthy China" construction on deepen reform of school physical education and the way to such reform were done by relying on the functions of school physical education.

Dilemma and countermeasure of sustainable leadership in physical education development in southern rural Ningxia, China

“…The non-availability of sports practices and facilities has developed a dilemma in education, which is not now limited to the densely populated urban areas but has also greatly affected rural regions around the globe. The same has been portrayed from the practices in Ningxia of China, where educational institutions have been suffering from the physical and sports facilities, which are impacting learners’ cognitive and physical abilities, however sporting leadership and goverment policies are lacking for the sustainable development of the physical education infrastructure in Ningxia ( Liu and Li, 2017 ; Chang et al, 2021 ). Therefore, this article focused on the continuously decreasing state of physical education in the rural area of Ningxia of China.…”

“…Military-based training in education was appreciated, and the same kind of activity was started in all formal and non-formal schools ( Zhang and Bray, 2018 ). This movement, which was named “western art,” and westernization positively affected the physical education system and tried to modernize and align it with the latest technological tools, techniques, and models ( Liu and Li, 2017 ; Sáez de Ocáriz and Lavega-Burgués, 2020 ).…”

“…The main reason was the harmonization of the different tribes, which led the focus more on mental development than physical development ( Liu and Li, 2017 ). PE was changed more to sports instead of Militarism, which was widely accepted in China.…”

“…Thus, the main research question for this study is that “What is the dilemma of the sustainable physical education leadership in the rural areas of China with a specific focus on Ningxia?” A pilot study was conducted in early 2018 in Hubei, Ningxia on a small scale to understand the dilemma of the sporting facilities in the school, and it found that rural school sports imbalance in terms of human resources, fund unavailability, material, poor financial and economic conditions, and other facilities development deficiencies. Liu and Li (2017) highlighted the major cause of PE failure in school is the lack of policies for the sporting leaders and facilities in educational institutions. Similarly, lack of teacher development training, unavailability of the PE teacher, shrinking of the size of school and faculty, and the unclear vision of teaching and management pushed PE to the wall.…”

Operation and achievements of permanent referee system in Korea for establishment of fairness in Korean sports referee culture

“…In particular, it learned that most are having difficulty recruiting referees that temporary referees are filling in the place on the day of the game, and their pay was very low as well. This is a part of the problem caused by the low level of education and evaluation in the physical education field [9]. Most of all, associations were not applying the rules of the referee committees on the ground.…”