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_™Review Wednesday, August 7, 1991 — A21

“New physical education gets failing grade, says Sport B.C.

by Roy Mcintosh
Chairman, Sport B.C.

Nintendo games and VCR’s are
formidable opponents for today’s
parents. But when the provincial
education system conspires with
electronic entertainment to cheat

‘our children of an active lifestyle,

its time to raise the red flag.

Part of it is the times we live in.
Increased traffic in large cities
probably makes it less safe for
children to ride bikes, than it was
for their parents.

Parental concem over gangs and
sex-offenders, result in children
being driven to and from school
activities. Spontaneous play any-
where but the backyard rarely
occurs before adolescence. The

public is aware of this problem. ~

A 1989 Gallup poll determined
that: 94 per cent of the adult
population think physical educa-
tion in schools is important, 67 per
cent thinking it is very important.
Over half (61.8 per cent) of Cana-
dians feel physical education is as
important or more important than
subjects like math and reading.

Surprisingly, this message has ~

not been received by those leading
our provincial education system. If
implemented, the new curriculum
outlined in the Ministry of Educa-
tion’s “Year 2000” documents will
provide youngsters with only 50
hours of PE. classtime per year.
One hundred hours per year is a

bare minimum. :
Intense academic programs

which need more time, often get
the time at the expense of physical
education. University entrance
requirements are forcing students
to neglect the physical side of their
development in hopes of nudging
their academic marks a notch
higher. French immersion elemen-
tary students have less physical
education than their English-only
counterparts.

During the most stressful times
of the academic year, examination
periods, universities and colleges
routinely use gymnasiums and

—g field houses for writing exams.

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Quality intramural and extra-
mural school sport programs are
the result of passionate, committed
coaches rather than a planned and
reasoned province-wide strategy.
And these programs delivered by
teachers during their volunteer
hours are the first casualties of
labor disputes. Why is it that
physical education, physical activ-
ity, and sport seem to occupy the
lowest position on the academic
totem pole?

The late Barry Sullivan’s rec-
ommendation in his 1988 Royal
Commission Report: Legacy for
Learning, remains unheeded.

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“Physical education constitutes a
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lum.”

Indeed Sullivan added that, “the
Ministry of Education include in
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extracumicular activities.”” Despite
this recommendation the ‘Year
2000? document reduces the status

The authors of the “Year 2000°
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tem from any major responsibility

for teaching our children how to
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