Essay: Views of Young People Towards Physical Activity

Sample Essay

For the past three years I have been Head of Physical Education (PE) at an Independent Girls Secondary School.  There are three hundred and seventy five students at the school with approximately fifty percent of the students’ weekly boarding at the school. I know from experience that the inclusion of physical activity in the curriculum of young people is essential to their growth and development.

In fact the World Health Organization has said that in order for optimum growth to take place, young people must engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day (World Health Organization). However, recent headlines and statistics such as the one released in a study by the National Health Service in 2006 found that 16% of children aged 2 to 15 years of age and 24% of adults ages 16 were classified as obese (The Information Centre). These statistics and others such as the fact that a reported 86% of school going children take part in physical education classes at least 2 hours a day (The Information Centre), have made me wonder if the PE curriculum we provide actually helps our students become intrinsically motivated to take part in regular physical activity.

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