Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the transition of content and to infer views of health in “Health and Physical Education, ” the courses of study issued by the Japanese Ministry of Education.
The procedure used was content analysis. The samples were the curriculum standards stated in the courses of study for elementary school, junior high school and senior high school, issued seven to eight times after 1945 in each school type.
Results showed that in the elementary school curriculum standards, physical health accounted for the majority of content; in junior high school, environment; and in senior high school, social well-being. Therefore, it was also clarified quantitatively that these 3 categories were instructed in proportion to the level of school grade in order selectively. Furthermore, descriptions about relationship between mind and body increased in general over all school types every revised years.
It is deemed important to know individual views of health consciously because they form the basis of health attitudes and influence health behaviors or health practices. Nevertheless, present study could not find any points of view to help individual students know or establish their own views of health consciously in the courses of study.
