论体育的本原和发展

在我国体育是外来品.人类早期,在生产生活中积累了许多运用身体锻炼增进健康的知识和技能,如何把这类知识与技能向后代传授,就是身体教育问题.最初是家庭的自发活动,后来有了简单的社会组织.到18、19世纪,人类找到了一种最基本、最科学也是最有效的方式,即与学校教育紧密结合,成为人的全面发展教育的组成部分.随了教育普及和发展,这种教育成了各国提高民族身体素质的基础,形成了专门知识体系,这就是我们专称的"体育".体育是在西方发展起来的,要探寻其本源和真义,也应当到西方体育中去寻觅.

The Origin of Physical Education and Its Development

Physical education was brought to China from the West.It originated from mankind's need to pass on his knowledge and skills of improving health through physical exercise to his descendents.In this article,the author studied the development history of physical education,holding that the source and internal meanings of physical education should be traced back to original western sports.