1933 SYLLABUS

WHY WAS THE MODEL COURSE REPLACED  THERE WERE OTHER SYLLABUSES – 1904, 1909 AND 1919  IMPOSED BY THE WAR OFFICE  COMMAND STYLE OF TEACHING WAS UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN  THERAPEUTIC APPROACH WAS CALLED FOR WHICH ALLOWED PLAY RATHER THAN SOLDIER- LIKE ACTIVITIES  DR GEORGE NEWMAN INTERESTED IN THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF EXERCISE  TEACHERS WANTED TO TRAIN RATHER THAN NCOs

 DR GEORGE NEWMAN APPOINTED AS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER WITHIN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. AS A MEDICAL MAN, HE WAS INTERESTED IN THE HEALTH GIVING/THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF EXERCISE.  THE PURPOSE OF PHYSICAL TRAINING IS NOT TO PRODUCE GYMNASTS, BUT TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BODY.

NEW EMPHASIS AS TIME WENT ON………  AN INCREASE IN THERAPEUTIC ELEMENTS – TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BODY.  A CHANGE IN SOCIAL ATTITUDE – THE BEGAIN TO APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF PLAYING GAMES

BACKGROUND  THE INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION OF THE 1930s MEANT THAT WORKING CLASS WERE UNEMPLOYED.  NEVER WAS THE SOCIAL CLASS SYSTEM MORE CLEARLY DEFINED – MORE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE BEING BUILT FOR WORKING-CLASS CHILDREN.  IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DEPRESSION THAT THE LAST BOARD OF EDUCATION SYLLABUS WAS PRODUCED, BUT IT WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED PUBLICATION AND HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AS THE WATERSHED BETWEEN THE BEST OF THE PAST AND REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTS YET TO COME.

 A BIG SHIFT BETWEEN THE SYLLABUSES OF THE PAST AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF THE FUTURE.  THE SYLLABUS HAD ONE SECTION FOR THE UNDER 11s AND ONE FOR THE OVER 11s  THE HADOW REPORT OF 1926 IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN AGES FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING.

 DR GEORGE NEWMAN – THIS WAS THE LAST SYLLABUS TO BE PUBLISHED UNDER HIS DIRECTION.  THIS WAS A DETAILED, HIGH QUALITY AND HIGHLY RESPECTED SYLLABUS.  STILL SET OUT IN A SERIES OF TABLES FROM WHICH TEACHERS PLANNED THEIR LESSONS.  EMPHASIS ON SKILLS AND POSTURE. HOWEVER, THE RECOGNITION OF GYMNASTICS AND GAMES SKILLS WAS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD.

 THE BIGGEST CHANGE WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF GROUP WORK. PREVIOUS SYLLABUSES EVERYBODY DID THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME! REFER TO P688 FOR TABLE FROM THE 1933 SYLLABUS.  NEWMAN FELT THAT GOOD NOURISHMENT, EFFECTIVE MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT AND HYGIENIC SURROUDINGS WERE ALL NECESSARY FOR GOOD HEALTH AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL TRAINING….

WHAT DID IT CONSIST OF….  OBJECTIVES:  -PHYSICAL FITNESS  THERAPEUTIC RESULTS  GOOD POSTURE  GOOD PHYSIQUE  DEVELOPMENT OF MIND AND BODY  CONTENT:  ATHLETICS, GYMNASTICS AND GAMES SKILLS  GROUP WORK.  METHODOLOGY  STILL DIRECT STYLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE LESSON  SOME DECENTRALISED PARTS TO THE LESSON  GROUP WORK TASKS THROUGHOUT THE LESSON  ENCOURAGEMENT FO SPECIAL KIT  5X20 MIN LESSONS A WEEK RECOMMENDED  USED MANY SCHOOLS NEWLY-BUILT GYMNASIA  OUTDOOR LESSONS RECOMMENDED FOR HEALTH BENEFITS.

WHY WAS THIS SYLLABUS REPLACED?  IT WAS REPLACED IN THE 1950s  PHYLOSOPHY WAS CHANGING – MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH WAS SOUGHT  DESIRE TO USE FEWER PRESCRIPTIVE TABLES AND USE MORE CREATIVITY  MORE WOMEN TEACHERS WHO WANTED DIFFERENT MOVEMENT STYLE APPROACH  POST-WAR INVITED NEW GYMNASIA TO BE BUILT