2022 Volume 44 Issue 2 Pages 137-142
Article 66-6 of the Ordinance for the Enforcement of the Educational Personnel Certification Act stipulates that physical education must be taken (two units), but it does not specify the content of the education or the method of taking it. The official opinion of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology states that “it is all right even if the subject may consist only of lectures or only of practical skills.” Many universities have different educational content and class styles, and this has also been confirmed from fact-finding surveys conducted by the Japanese Association of University Physical Education.
The Course of Study suggested that the four areas of “safety and health,” “lifelong sports,” “club activity guidance,” and “health safety and physical education events” are necessary. However, an examination of the content of the four types of physical education textbook showed that the four areas listed in the Course of Study were insufficiently covered. In these textbooks, “lifelong sports” and “health” are mentioned, but “club activity guidance” and “health safety and physical education events” are not mentioned at all. As far as the textbook contents are concerned, there is no choice but to judge that the content that is needed from educational staff cannot be sufficiently learned.
At Ehime University, classes have been exclusively set for students in the teacher training course with a curriculum that covers the four areas. Bunkyo University makes it easier for students in the teacher training course to take classes through an on-demand system. It was shown that improvements are possible by using these advanced curriculum examples as a reference.
