BALANCED EDUCATION FOR STANDARDIZING CORE

TEACHING CURRICULUMDr. Devinder K. Kansal

Head, Deptt. of Physical Education &

Sports Sciences (D.U.) &Principal,

Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education & Sports

The VisionEach child gets a second birth on getting

proper rearing and education just as a girl gets another birth at marriage by shifting from parents to in-laws home.

Hence a child’s rearing and education to adulthood through education must be based on evidence based ideal curriculum on the pattern of national curriculum framework prepared by NCERT for school children in the year 2000.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROMOTION QUOTATIONS

“No matter whatever amount of work one has, one should always find time for daily exercise as one does for one’s meals”.

- MAHATMA GANDHI

‘Healthy mind resides only in healthy body’.

-MAHATMA BUDHA

IntroductionDelors Commission in 1996 has referred to following four pillars of education for wholistically balanced education :1. To know2. To do3. To be4. To live together

Definition of Balanced Education

Just as NASPE (USA) appointed Council for standardization of P.E.P., has defined who is a physically education person (PEP), so should ,we adopt a standard definition of holistically educated person as Physically fit, mentally sound, socially adjusted intellectually focused, spiritually aligned as explained in next two slides.

Definition of Balanced Education (Contd)(a)Who knows the fact that best personality

development is in one’s own hands through wise daily choices (Cognitively educated).

(b)Who takes right regular moderate physical activity; balanced food, right amounts of sleep & rest daily, and says firm no to SAD i.e. Smoking, excess Alcohol and Drugs (Physically educated).

(c)Keeps positive attitude, evaluates circumstances and stimuli in the right perspective (Intellectually educated).

(d)Keeps cool under all circumstances and controls all passions & emotions deliberately and favourably w.r.t. one’s health (Emotionally educated).

Definition of Balanced Education (Contd)

(e) Shows right kind of behaviour with others as he wishes others to do with him/her (Socially educated).

(f) Remains conscious to be honest, truthful, trustworthy, kind and altruistic (always think about the welfare of others including adversaries) by homeostatic awareness (Spiritually educated).

(g) Learns atleast one professional or vocational skill (Occupationally educated).

(h) Keeps the human surroundings, both-internal & external neat, green and clean and healthy (Environmentally educated).

Missing Core Curriculum-IUnfortunately, we, educationists are struck in a traffic-jam situation and are not able to implement even UNESCO’s Delors Commission report on balanced education of four pillars.

Missing Core Curriculum-IIUniform curriculum and model of core instructions is required to give second birth to the newborn child by proper balanced education. Inspite of the fact that philosophers like Sri Aurobindo, Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi have amply emphasized the importance of balanced education of the body and mind.

Unbalanced Education

Just as we discuss the implications of unbalanced food, we should think seriously about the implications of currently followed unbalanced education. In order to do that, we need to know first the meaning and components of balanced education.

Balanced EducationTo start with we may balance our education by making it a criterion measurement of higher education. In other words first degree courses or Bachelors programmes must include (without the intervention of the Supreme Court of India who had to teach the universities to include a paper on Environmental Studies in each bachelor degree course) at least few credits to each domain of education usually represented as Cognitive Domain, Psychomotor Domain, Spiritual Domain and Affective Domain (CAPS) so as to produce better qualified teachers.

BALANCED FOODV/S

BALANCED EDUCATION

Phys.Edu.- Core of Education

Interestingly, all the four domains of learning(To Know, To Do, To Be, To Live Together) are obligatory only in physical education, where sports training is given with all the above four domains, and where competitions help in getting practical training of all the four .

Concept-1Physical Activity is the foundation (the roots) of all education but the fundamentals of needs, techniques and motivations to adopt active.

Concept-2The higher education (i.e. college & university education) of he learner is marred by self deception of remaining inside the box and hence has remained blind to the real problem. The real problem is that we are imparting ineffective education to our youth without considering personal physical activity requirements.

Concept-3Balanced education or ideal undergraduate core education must be standardized by a single definition based on various domains in the required ratio which should form an international yardstick and benchmark meaning of education without having any alternative definition to be accepted by the so called autonomous universities. The autonomy cannot end up two and two make something else than four.

Concept-4Physical Activity and SPORTS form Human Environment. The Environment paper being introduced on the behest of Supreme Court of India should also include human internal and external environments for wholistic personality development.

Concept-5Oxygen is Internal Environment. The internal human environment is maintained mainly by oxygen provided through physical activity and sports which needs to be thoroughly told to all, for teaching adequate exercises to make O2 available to all cells of the body.

Concept-6Physical Activity and SPORTS as External Environment. The external human environment is greatly affected by social interaction promoted through sports and the physical activity infrastructure creation to reduce inactivity pollution which has become a pandemic phenomenon in modern world.

Concept-7Teaching Modern Food Pyramid. The teaching of food pyramid should also include oxygen as a nutrient obtained through physical activity & outdoor sports of three categories – namely, Cardio-respiratory, Weight (Muscular) and Flexibility (Stretching) exercises.

Concept – 8

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Factual Statement-1Inactivity environment and absence of activity promoting infrastructure is pandemic and highest level of environmental pollution abstracting the normal growth and development of human beings. This is the single largest cause for 23 fatal diseases presented in Figure.

Factual Statement-2There is presently enough evidence that calorie intake is to be based on one’s daily energy output and that energy output is mainly variable due to individual differences in daily physical activities.

Factual Statement-3Physical Activity has been made the component of international food pyramid.

Factual Statement-4Hardly 30% of the universities in India are aware about physical activity education. This statement is based on the evidence that only 30% universities deal with the award of even B.P.Ed. The one year degree essential to produce physical education teachers. What to talk of M.P.Ed. (two year masters course of physical education).

Prevention of 23 diseases by PASCategor

yNames of Diseases

Cardio-Vascular Diseases

1. Atherosclerosis, 2. Hypertension, 3. Hypercholesterolemia, 4. Coronary heart disease, 5. Congestive heart failure & 6. Cardio-myopathy.

Pulmonary Diseases

1. Asthma, 2. Bronchitis & 3. Emphysema.

Muscular Skeletal Diseases

1. Bone fractures and connective tissue tears, 2. Osteoporosis, 3. Low back pain & Osteoarthritis.

Cancer 1. Breast, 2. Prostrate, 3. Lung & 4. Colon.

Metabolic Disease

1. Overweight, 2. Diabetes & 3. Obesity.

Psychological Diseases

1. Mood , 2. Anxiety & 3. Depression.Acronym for Recall : CPM = C (1A, 2H & 3C) P (ABE) & M (BOLO) CPM = C(BPLC), P(O.DO) & M (MAD)

Acronym To Recall 23 Iactivity Diseases = CPM CPM

First CPM No of Diseases 2nd CPM No of Diseases

C =Cardio-vascular Diseases = 6 C = Cancer = 4

P = Pulmonary Diseases = 3 P = Psychological Diseases = 3

M=Musculo-Skeletal Diseases= 4 M = Metabolic Disorders = 3

Total = 13 Total = 10

How to Achieve Goals : Past Mistakes

The fact of sun-centered solar system was discovered by Copernicus in 1540 what he was wise not to publically publish it to avoid punishment on the charges of heresy by the then authorities and Bruino Borden was burned alive in 1600 for following Copernicus discovery of the earth revolving round the Sun.

True Researchers PunishedGaleio Gali was kept under house arrest for many years for discovering and advocating Copernicus’s view point of Heliocentric solar system. It took more than 200 years to realize the benefit of factual knowledge that earth is a planet in the solar system.

EpilogueAs an architect determines the shape and quality of the buildings, a good teacher determines the shape and quality of education being imparted to youth in the colleges. Hence, we must provide physical activity education to all teacher training courses and to all school students for producing competent and better qualified youth.

Health & P.E.T. Only Physical Education Teacher(P.E.T.) can provide preventive health education due to his expertise in physical activity technology education. S/he may properly protect children and adults from 23 fatal inactivity diseases described in earlier slides.

Physical Fitness & P.E.T.

Only Physical Education Teacher(P.E.T.) can provide fitness education including health related physical fitness and skill related fitness. S/he alone can teach physical fitness to children and adults.

Wellness & P.E.T.

Only Physical Education Teacher(P.E.T.) can teach wellness that is self –responsibility to take right daily decisions both about physical activity and foods and thus to maintain one’s health and happiness.

Let Us Implement The Truth

We should learn from past mistakes explained in earlier slides and shoul immediately implement the truth known about the potentials of physical education. We should prove the strengths of P.E.T.s mentioned above in concepts and evidences (Fact State-ments).

All Depends On Proving Our Worth

For saving the society from unbalanced education being imparted to children and undergraduate students, we will have to show the results of our voluntary take up of the challenge of giving balanced education in physical education paper being taught at all levels.

Age Changes in BMI

BMI AGE NORMS - Shortcut (2).lnkBMI AGE NORMS - Shortcut (2).lnk

Adult Height Predictor

The Area of Normal Curve is Defined by the S.D. of the

Distribution

RICH by Leaving (SAD) 2

RICH =

R = Responsible with

I = Internal strength of

C = Commitment with

H = Homeostatic Honesty.

By leaving (SAD)2 where

S2 = Smoking & Stress,

A2 = Alcohol & Anxiety and

D2 = Drinking & Depression

Through pro-active participation in physical activities.

Learn Simple Measurements

Measurement of Height, Weight, B.P., Skinfolds (Body Composition) is very simple and may be learned easily by every graduate students.

BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) CALCULATOR

HEIGHT BODY WEIGHT (kg) (Ft&In) (cm)

5’00” 152 44 46 49 51 54 56 58 6063 65 67 70 72 74 76 79 8184 86 88 90

5’01” 155 45 48 50 53 55 58 60 62 6667 70 72 75 77 79 82 84 8689 91 94

5’02” 157 47 50 52 55 57 60 62 6567 70 72 75 77 80 82 85 8789 92 94 97

5’03” 160 49 51 54 56 59 61 64 6669 72 74 77 80 82 85 87 9092 95 97 100

5’04” 163 50 53 55 58 61 64 66 6971 74 77 79 82 85 87 90 9395 98 100 103

5’05” 165 52 55 57 60 62 65 68 7174 76 79 82 85 87 90 93 9598 101 104 106

5’06” 168 54 56 59 62 65 67 70 7376 79 81 85 87 90 93 95 98101 104 107 110

5’07” 170 55 58 61 64 66 70 72 7578 81 84 87 90 93 96 99 101105 107 110 113

5’08” 173 57 60 63 65 69 72 75 7880 84 86 90 92 95 98 101 105107 110 113 116

5’09” 175 58 61 65 68 70 74 77 8083 86 89 92 95 98 101 105 107110 114 117 120

5’10” 178 60 63 66 70 73 76 79 8285 89 92 95 98 101 104 107 110114 117 120 123

5’11” 180 62 65 68 71 75 78 81 8588 91 95 98 101 104 107 110 114117 120 124 127

6’00” 183 64 67 70 74 77 80 84 8790 94 97 100 104 107 110 114 117120 124 127 130

6’01” 185 65 69 72 75 79 83 86 9093 96 100 103 107 110 114 117 120124 127 131 134

6’02” 188 67 70 74 78 81 85 88 9295 99 102 106 110 113 116 120 124127 130 134 138

6’03” 190 69 73 76 80 84 87 91 9598 102 105 109 113 116 120 124 127130 134 138 141

BMI = 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 3637 38 39

NORMAL OVER-WEIGHT OBESE

Weight (kg) BMI = ---------------- (Height, m)2

Mean Body Mass Index for Persons 20-80+ years

Age (years)

Male Female

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1011121314

16.315.915.815.616.016.016.616.818.018.718.819.620.2

16.115.615.515.615.716.116.417.517.818.919.420.121.1

Age (years)

Male Female

1516171819

20-2930-3940-4950-5960-6970-79> 80

20.822.121.722.723.024.926.127.327.227.126.125.0

20.621.822.322.322.524.126.426.727.226.625.925.0

ConclusionsThis would mean that each Physical Education Teacher must practice some of the following easy and objective evaluation procedures of physical health status of children in schools:-

1.Age related growing of child’s BMI.2.Age changes in absolute height. Age linked

velocity of height.3.Prediction of adult height of boys at 8 -11

years and of girls at 7-10 year in girls.4.One week’s Records of PA and Food taken

by children.

5.Teaching PA technology(HELP WEST Re FES2T FITT & GO SIR)

Let Us Take The Challenge On OathLet us take this challenge by taking an oath that

we will prove our worth by learning and teaching the balanced physical education to children who are currently being taught by unbalanced education that is education ,not including physical activity technology of HELP WEST R.FEST; FITT & GO SIR: (i.e.Health for Everyone Lifelong Personalized Warm -up, Exercise Session & Termination sessions for Resilience, Flexibility, Edurance, Strength Training ; monitoring Frequency,Intensity, Time duration & Type of exercise; with Gradual Overloading, Specificity, Individual training, Regularity & rest).

Every school/teacher must procure following books for ready reference:-

1.Textbook of Measurement, Evaluation & Sports Selection.,2008.

2.Wholistic Personality Development: Peak Performance &Longevity .,2012.

3.A Practical Approach to Test Measurement and Evaluation(2012).

Source:Sports & ss Publications. Ph.09910167652

Keeping updated -new books

Every school/teacher must procure following books for ready reference:-1.Textbook of Measurement, Evaluation & Sports Selection.2.Wholistic Personality Development: 3.Natural Health, Peak Performance &Longevity Lifestyle.

THANK YOU

FOR YOUR PATIENT HEARING

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