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Physical education is a formal educational domain that uses planned movement, exercise, games, and sport to develop learners’ physical competence, movement knowledge, health-related fitness, and personal/social skills [1][2][3]. It is delivered through curriculum-based instruction in schools and other educational settings, with defined learning outcomes, pedagogical progression, and assessment. Physical education is characterized by purposeful teaching of motor skills, tactical understanding, physical activity habits, and safe participation, rather than unstructured recreation alone [1][2]. In policy and practice, the term refers to an instructional subject aimed at lifelong physical literacy and wellbeing, distinct from competitive sport programs that are not curriculum-led.

physical education physical literacy motor competence school health education

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  1. Richard Bailey; Physical Education and Sport in Schools: A Review of Benefits and Outcomes. J. Sch. Health 2006, 76, 397-401. [CrossRef]
  2. Margaret Whitehead. Physical Literacy; Taylor & Francis: London, United Kingdom, 2010; pp. 256. [CrossRef]
  3. SHAPE America. National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K–12 Physical Education; Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL, 2014. https://www.scirp.org/reference/referencespapers?referenceid=1842525.
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