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accomplished adaptability of Physical aims and ideals allowed athletic games autocracy boys chance child citizens civic compulsory course curriculum degrees of interest Democracy prizes democratic desires developed in youth Education will adapt EDUCATIONAL AIMS effects of physical efficiency tests eight grades elementary grades elementary school elements fatigue point football freedom of election gymnasium gymnastic increased specialization individual individual's individualistic interest they develop Junior High School larger aim leader and follower manship mental mind modern democracy moral nation period physical activity physical curricula Physical Education program physical exercise physical training play interest play programs play spirit PLAY'S RELATION principle pupil purposes reached quickly relative degrees relay remoter aim school aims selection soccer social consciousness special aptitudes teacher team games team play team sports thought of specialization type of civilization type of democracy type of exercise type of physical UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN value of subjects
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Página 5 - ... brings in many ruthless tactics found in the competition of big business. The games have an intensity not found in those of any other nation; and more than in the case of any other national sports, our games depend upon methods, training, and coaching — all of them elements of success. We can never take away from American athletic games the desire to win, but we can so control them through standards of sportsmanship and fair play that they will teach a better spirit of mutual friendliness than...
Página 5 - ... ethics of business competition, and certainly athletics appear to be cleaner than politics in our cities. In college life the tactics used in athletic competition are more sportsmanlike than those used, for instance, in fraternity and sorority rushing. WHAT ARE THE QUALiTiES OUR SCHOOLS MUST DEVELOP? It would seem, then, that if natural play and rugged games grew up along with modern democracy and education, that such a type of exercise should constitute the bulwark of our physical education...
Página 4 - ... system of gymnastics, the universal play interest worked up in it, and its efficiency in getting the desired results, we must necessarily feel disappointed that the splendidness of this accomplishment was used to ends that were perverted. DEMOCRACY OF GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION: ITS MEANING Victorious democracy has remained as the path by which world civilization shall follow its destiny. Whereas autocracy demands unquestioned leaders and submissive followers, democracy calls for equals who bow...
Página 4 - ... unconsciously, because in following the ideals of freedom, it allowed free choice in its subjects, which meant that the exercise followed was in keeping with the natural outlet of the youth. No nation has ever been more successful than autocratic Germany in making its educational system — of which physical training was a very important part — serve its national aims. At the same time that we wonder at the marvelous system of gymnastics, the universal play interest worked up in it, and its...
Página 4 - ... in our educational programme there is need for a wide range of studies, with free election to a certain extent, so that the pupil can be given a chance to develop his aptitudes for growth along natural lines. This is true democracy of education: first, to give free and equal opportunity; and second, to consider the individual differences in pupils, so as to allow equal opportunity when the time for specialization comes. It would not be democratic to have one uniform curriculum all through our...
Página 4 - ... the body is not separate from the mind is shown conclusively by the barrenness of this age in the way of intellectual contribution to human progress. The world emerged from this medieval darkness only by going back to borrow from the ancients — to find there the foundation for building anew — and so bodily training was resurrected to fashion itself to the new work. In our own life of to-day, two great conflicting ideals regarding government developed to the point of conflict.
Página 5 - It cannot be said that the programme of play at . present has been made as universal or as diversified as it should be. The Part Played by the Two Types of Athletic Sport Nothing has been said as yet about the type of play exercise that should predominate. Democracy and athletic games and sports have always gone hand in hand, but the type of democracy has determined the type of games. The earlier republics of Athens and Rome were so limited in size that all citizens could meet together in person...
Página 6 - To nourish the mind of the child through the course of study which should comprise an orderly presentation of the whole field of knowledge in its elements, and to provide...
Página 8 - ... offer stepping stones to the mastering of remoter aims. The high school devotes longer periods to each subject because it is found that the pupil, favoring certain subjects as he does, wishes to study these intensively. In short, the aim of the high school is to create in youth the power of making critical judgments, and relating these to the broader purposes of life. The aim is to prepare for social service without losing individual efficiency. With the social consciousness now fully matured,...
Página 9 - In concluding, it may be said that play's importance in an individual's life does not cease with his graduation from the public schools to enter into life both as a trained worker and as a social being. If the schools have done their part, they will have allowed him opportunity to find his true vocation — the one with the most enjoyable service in it. If this has been accomplished, the individual is promised a work in which he can find a spiritual gain as well as material compensation. But not...