Marketplace and Quality Assurance Presentation - Vincent Chirchir
Importance of PDHPE for Healthy Living
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2. IMPORTANCE OF PDHPE/HEALTH ISSUES.
As our society is rapidly shifting community awareness in terms of healthy
lifestyles should be increasing. Good Health is determined by better-quality
quality of life, less sickness and disability, happier personal, family and social
experiences and the opportunity to recreational and work choices. It can be
argued that individuals who don’t adopt a healthy lifestyle are they’re taking
away opportunities of maintaining a healthy mental, physical, social and
spiritual wellbeing.
The eight Strands of PDHPE are:
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Safe Living
- Personal Health Choices
- Active Lifestyle
- Dance
- Gymnastics
- Games and Sports
- Growth and development
3. WHY PDHPE ?
An individual can improve their quality of life by being informed on health
issues. This will allow them to have a sense of control, when it comes to
making healthy lifestyle decisions. This will allow them to experience positive
relationships, improved quality of life and less illness. PDHPE is important as
it plays a unique role in the development of students knowledge,
understanding and practical skills. By developing these skills students will be
able to develop the following areas of health.
The 5 PDHPE Skills are:
- Communicating
- Decision Making
- Interacting
- Moving
- Problem solving
And Values and attitudes
PDHPE informs students that the responsibility of health is not just theirs but
societies.
4. THE CIRRICULUM
The promotion of fundamental principals, social justice and
supportive environments will all help in creating positive health
outcomes. By raising concern in areas such as welfare, rights
and dignity, disadvantages and actions students will be able to
determine health priorities and make decisions in regards to
health on their own.
PDHPE is an important key learning area within the primary
curriculum as it encourages an understanding and valuing of the
self and others. This is done by identifying and expressing a
range of emotions, and helping students to appreciate the way
that they think. This will open up the students learning, as they
will act in a more positive manner. Students who are able to
understand and value themselves will work more cooperatively
in a team and enjoy more secure interpersonal relationships.
5. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
PDHPE is important as it promotes physical activity. Health
experts have settled that 30 minutes of moderate physical activity
should be completed by an individual everyday. Without this
students become inactive, and will suffer weight problems, this
trend is something that is seen a lot in adolescences. If
individuals are encouraged to participate in physical activity once
a day they will receive optimum health.
Regular physical activity improves cardiovascular efficiency and
will reduce factions such as coronary heart disease. Physical
activity enhances bone development, controls obesity and
improves immune status and psychological health. Participation
in physical activity can be creative, enjoyable and can be used as
a social channel to build an individual self-esteem.
6. IMPLEMENTING PDHPE INTO SCHOOLS
School programs at all levels have the duty to encourage the
physical growth and development of students to support
acquisition of movement skills and to nurture positive attitudes
towards physical activity. If an emphasis is played of informed
decision making it would lead to effective end responsible action
displayed by the students..
Decision- making is the key learning area that students are taught
when they first start school. Students will be more likely to use
strategies that they have learn and developed in the classroom in
their own lives. PDHPE focuses on physical, social, emotional
and cognitive development patterns of students growth, the
development and maintenance of positive interpersonal
relationships and factors influencing personal health choices.
