Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify how rules are treated in the course of study after World War II, and the features and backgrounds of learning rules. The main findings are as follows; (1) The central issue of learning rules in the course of study has been concerned with how to inculcate moral attitudes that advocate the importance of obeying rules. This reflects the theory of sports norm in Japan and the view of physical education that is "education through physical activities." (2) Under the influence of the course of study, the main theme of learning rules in physical education has been towards the end of cultivating moral attitude and learning application of rules. (3) In the course of study, an important aspect of learning rules, that is recognizing basic concept of rules commonly shared by various kinds of sports, has been neglected. Recently, however, a new type of learning rules has emerged, which aims to the establishment of social scientific recognition of such concept as rules. A major theme of further study is to construct and develop teaching contents under the new type of learning rules.
