STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
Austin, Texas.
Physical Education Teachers:

Physical education is now required by law to be taught in all public
elementary and secondary sthoois of thse state. The forty-second legis-
lature included in the appropriation bill for the State Department of
Education an item for a Director of Physical Méucation, The director is
now making stremuous efforts to secure the incorporation of a definite
program of Health and Physical Education in all the schools of the state,
Preliminary minimm standards in Health and Physical Education have been
issued and may be found in bulletin #290 of the State Departmnt of Educ-
ation. Definite suggestions as to programs have been issued in bulletins
275 and 289,

Inelosed you will find a statemont of our proposed aims and object~
ives in Health and Physical BNducaticn as well as a list of dcefinito things
which each school is boing asked to do, One of the most serious handicaps
to the development of a well-balanced program of Hoalth and Physical
Education is the lack of proporly trainod tcachors, It is in tho sol-
ution of this problem that we aro asking the assistance of the toacher
training institutions of the state togothor with their steff of Physical
Education teachors, The schools of tho stato, both elementary and high
school, particularly noed classroom teachors who are ablo to organize
and exccute a program based on the following activitics: team games;
individual athletic events; low organized games; sports; stunts;
rhythmic activitios; gymnastic exercises; health instruction; and
daily inspection of pupils,

The following courses are considered important in tho proper prep-
aration of teachers of health and physical education and are suggested
for your consideration:

Ae General courses «=

Administration of Physical Education (3 scmestcr hours)
Administretion of School Health Programs (3 semester hours)
Applied Anatomy (Kinesiology) (3 somester hours)

f£pplicd Physiology (Physiology of exorcise) (3 semester hours)
Principles of Health Education (3 semestor hours)

Principles of Physical Education (3 sorester hours)
Supervision of Physical Education (2 somestor hours)

Tosts and Mcasuremonts in Physical Education (2 scenester hours)

Be Courses in Activity and Technique of Teaching -=

le  Ganes of low organization with emphasis on the basis of
selection and teaching technique (2 somestor hours)
2. Gymnastic exorcises. (3 semostor hours) =
Apparatus
Froe exercises
Marching (rhythm, posture, response to command)
Pyramid building
Stunts (selection on basis of individual needs and prog-
ression)
Tumbling
3,  Rhythmical Activities (2 semester hours) --
Clog, folk, ond natural dancing
4,  Sclf-defense activities (one semestor hour) -~
Wrestling and boxing

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