Abstract
The purpose of this research is to identify the characteristics and issues of the composition of the subject’s contents of physical education for primary and secondary schools in the Peruvian National Curriculum. The analysis target of this study is the Peruvian curriculum guidelines, which are equivalent to the “National Curriculum Design.” The result shows that the subject’s contents of physical education were mainly based on “competences theory.” It is composed of three areas: ① physical/ health area ② motor skill area and ③ understanding of others/ socialization area, as specific context (learning area) of physical education, according to the perspective of context-dependent academic ability (capacity). On the other hand, the theory of the composition of the contents has not been clarified. It also includes issues such as theoretical contradictions like the reverse of goals and contents, and the unilateral developability (sequence).
