Education; Student Development IDENTIFIERS *Educational Role

PhySical education is an academic discipline influencing the cognitive, affePtive, and psychomotor domains, promoting the development of the total individual by means of selected movement experiences and physical activities. As a structured portion of education, it has been in existence on)y about 100-years when a department of Physical Education and Hygiene was established at Amherst College in 1861. As an integral part of the educational system, it affects studentn at all levels, from the basic activities class in which all students are required to participate, through the intra- and extra-mural levels to the interscholastic level, in which only the most proficient participate. Preparation of educational leaders for the field has been a problem; in that the physical educator was also expected (and in most cases required) to be involved in the coaching of extramural sports. With th