Which subject area includes the development of physical fitness, motor skills, and skills in group and individual games and dance, aquatics, and lifetime sports?

Which subject area includes the development of physical fitness, motor skills, and skills in group and individual games and dance, aquatics, and lifetime sports?

• A. Kinesiology
• B. Physical Education
• C. Exercise Science
• D. Health Education

Answer: (B)

This item asks you to identify the school subject area that focuses on developing physical fitness, improving motor skills, and providing experiences in group and individual games, dance, aquatics, and lifetime sports. Physical Education is designed to build physical literacy through a curriculum that develops fitness, teaches and practices motor skills, and offers a variety of activities—games, dance, swimming, and lifetime sports—so students can stay active across their lives. The other fields aren’t organized around a comprehensive school program of movement and activity: kinesiology studies movement scientifically, exercise science centers on physiology and performance training, and health education focuses on health concepts and behavior, not the broad skill development and activity experiences that PE provides.

This item asks you to identify the school subject area that focuses on developing physical fitness, improving motor skills, and providing experiences in group and individual games, dance, aquatics, and lifetime sports.

Physical Education is designed to build physical literacy through a curriculum that develops fitness, teaches and practices motor skills, and offers a variety of activities—games, dance, swimming, and lifetime sports—so students can stay active across their lives. The other fields aren’t organized around a comprehensive school program of movement and activity: kinesiology studies movement scientifically, exercise science centers on physiology and performance training, and health education focuses on health concepts and behavior, not the broad skill development and activity experiences that PE provides.