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Elementary and Intermediate School Physical Education
Physical education is taught to students in grades 1-10. In grades 1-5 students receive physical education from a
certified physical education teacher two times per week.
The explosion of brain research over the past two decades has provided astonishing and encouraging findings related
to how learning occurs. The result is a learning approach that is more aligned with how the brain naturally learns best.
Based on research from the disciplines of neuroscience, biology, kinesiology, and psychology, an understanding of the
relationship between learning and the brain now encompasses the role of emotions, patterns, meaningfulness, environments,
body rhythms, attitudes, stress, trauma, assessment, music, movement, gender, and achievement.
Physical education is one of the most brain compatible disciplines in schools today. For more than fifty years, pioneers
in behavioral optometry and sensorimotor training have provided statistical research showing the effects of movement and
good health upon learning.
In other words, the brain is only as healthy as the body that carries it and health and physical education are an
integral part of the learning process. The elementary and intermediate school programs should allow students to explore,
experiment, and experience a wide range of physical education activities without excessive peer pressure. The
curriculum should feature a broad variety of activities so students can establish personal competencies and an
appreciation of the many types of physical activity available.
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