5. THE AMERICAN PERIOD- P.E AND ITS
DEVELOPMENT
AFTER THE SIGNING OF TREATY OF PARIS ON DECEMBER 10, 1898,
SCHOOLS REOPENED.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
HAPPENED IN THE FOLLOWING DATES:
1. 1901 – PHYSICAL EXERCISES WAS ONE OF THE SUBJECT INTRODUCED
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND REGULAR PROGRAM OF ATHLETICS WAS
DEVELOPED.
2. 1905 – BASEBALL AND TRACK AND FIELD WERE INTRODUCED AND
TAUGHT TO THE YOUNG BOYS IN SCHOOL.
3. 1909 – THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM WAS INAUGURATED AND MUCH
EMPHASIS TO THE PLAYING OF WESTERN SPORTS AND THE COACHING
OF TENNIS.
4. 1910 – BASKETBALL WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AS A GAME FOR GIRLS IN
THE CARNIVAL MEET HELD IN MANILA, BUT WAS LATER DISCONTINUED
IN 1914.
5. 1911 – THE ATHLETIC BOOK WAS PUBLISHED WHICH PRESCRIBED THE
SIMPLE GROUP GAMES AND RULES FOR THE TEAM SPORTS.
6. PART TWO
1914 – THE TEACHERS VACATION ASSEMBLY IN MANILA GAVE
SPECIAL TRAINING TO FILIPINO TEACHERS.
1919 – THE SYLLABUS ENTITLED “ PHYSICAL EDUCATION: A
MANUAL FOR TEACHERS” WAS PUBLISHED WHICH WAS SUBMITTED
BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF SUPERINTENDENTS AND EDITED BY
FREDERICK O. ENGLAND.
1920 – PHYSICAL EDUCATION WAS MADE A REQUIRED SUBJECTS IN
THE CURRICULUM OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
1928 – A SUMMER SCHOOL FOR COACHING WAS HELD WITH THE
AIM OF HELPING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN CHANGE OF
ATHLETICS TO IMPROVE THEIR COACHING METHOD.
7. THE TRANSITION YEARS TO THE PRESENT
NOVEMBER 15, 1935, MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSITION
PERIOD FOR THE PHILIPPINES TO PREPARE FOR A TRULY SELF-
GOVERNMENT– THE COMMONWEALTH PERIOD BUT THIS WAS
INTERRUPTED BY THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION DURING WORLD WAR II
IN 1937, PHYSICAL EDUCATION WAS MADE A CURRICULAR SUBJECT IN
THE SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM. THE GRADING SYSTEM
INCLUDED AS BASIS TO MARK WERE THE FOLLOWING: ATTENDANCE,
PROFICIENCY IN SKILLS, ATTITUDE, DAILY PERFORMANCE, REPORT AND
SPORTMANSHIP.
THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION INTRODUCED “MASS ATHLETICS” OR
ATHLETICS FOR ALL STUDENTS.
ELEMENTARY PUPILS WERE TO LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SPORTS
ACTIVITIES AND THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PLAY GAMES AND
SPECIALIZED SPORTS SUCH AS VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL AND OTHERS.
ATHLETICS COMPETITION WAS SOON HELD.
AND SOON THE REGIONAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS FORMED THE
BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOL INTER-SCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
8. PART TWO
1938 , A SUMMER SCHOOL OF P.E WAS OPENED BY THE BUREAU OF
EDUCATION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. SERAFIN AQUINO, AT
RIZAL STADIUM.
IN 1941, THE ATTACK OF PEARL HARBOR STARTED THE WORLD WAR
II. WHICH NECESSITATED THE CLOSING OF SCHOOLS.
IN JUNE 1942, THE JAPANESE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION
AUTHORIZED THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO
CARRY OUT THEIR SCHEME OF CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE. IN THE
SCHOOL, THE RADIO TAISO OR CALISTHENICS ON THE AIR, WAS
MADE OBLIGATORY. THE DEMONSTRATION WAS HELD AT LUNETA
WHICH WAS PARTICIPATED BY THOUSANDS OF FILIPINO CHILDREN.
IN 1947, THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS IN VACATION SCHOOL WAS
REVIVED, UNDER THE JOINT OF SPONSORSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND THE PHILIPPINE AMATUER ATHLETIC
FEDERATION.
IN AUGUST OF THAT SAME YEAR, THE SCHOOL GOT ITS NAME
NATIONAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION. IT OFFERED 40
UNITS COURSE OF CERTIFCATE IN P.E
9. PART THREE
SECRETARY ROMULO, REPUBLICACT NO. 5708 KNOWN AS “THE
SCHOOLS PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT ACT
1969” WAS APPROVED BY CONGRESS ON JUNE 21 1969, THIS ACT
PROVIDED FOR PROMOTION AND FINANCING OF AN INTERGRATED
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
PURSUANT TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN THE ACT.
1. A PROGRAM OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION
2. PHYSICAL FITNESS
3. A PROGRAM OF COMPETATIVE ATHLETICS
4. INTRAMURAL AND INTER-UNIT ATHLETICS COMPETITION WITHIN
SCHOOLS, DISTRICT AND PROVINCES.
5. ATHLETIC COMPETITION WITHIN AND AMONG REGIONS
10. LATER DEVELOPMENT
THE REVISED ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAM OF 1970 ISSUED
BY THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE HAD AS ITS
DISTINCTION FEATURES THE COMBINATION OF HEALTH AND
SCIENCE AS A SUBJECT AREA AND P.E WITH MUSICS AND ART IN
GRADE 1 TO III, IN GRADES IV TO VI , HEALTH AND PHYSICAL
EDUCATION WERE TAKEN AS S SUBJECT AREA.
A REVISED SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM OF 1973
INTRODUCED A NEW COURSE: YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
(YDT) AND CITIZEN ARMY TRAINING (CAT) TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
THE MATURING INDIVIDUAL DURING THE CRUCIAL TRANSITION
FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULT.
YDT IS COMPOSED OF FOUR RELATED SUBJECTS AREAS: P.E,
SCOUTING, HEALTH EDUCATION AND MUSIC FOR FIRST TO THIRD
YEAR STUDENTS AND CAT FOR THE FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS.
IN DECEMBER 1981, THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES WERE HELD IN
MANILA. INDEED P.E AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COUNTRY
HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BIG BOOST.
11. PART TWO
IN 1989, THE LAST YEAR TO IMPLEMENT THE YDT AND
ABOLISHED THE YEAR AFTER , THE PROGRAM HAD BEEN REVISED
INTO PEHM ( PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HEALTH AND MUSIC)
SPEARHEADED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CULTURE
AND SPORTS (DECS)
IN THE YEAR 2000 ONWARD, THE PEHM PROGRAM HAD BEEN
REVISED INTO MAPEH ( MUSIC, ARTS AND P,E) AT THE
SECONDARY SCHOOL AND MSEP (MUSIKA, SINING AT
EDUKASYONG PANGKATAWAN) IN ELEMENTARY LEVEL.