INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (ICHPER•SD) in collaboration with United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) PURPOSES Assemble and articulate the collective voice of professional organizations in the establishing the Standards. Establish global standards enabling quality physical education curricula in schools, thus, helping insure that every child and adolescent is physically educated?a fundamental human right (UN Charter). USES Provide content standards which form the foundation for developing and assessing all school-based physical education curricula. Communicate globally, the nature of physical education curricula depicting essential content common to all curricula. Establish operational definitions enabling, implicitly, distinctions and relationships between/among physical education and allied fields (e.g., dance, health, recreation, sport). Establish operational definitions enabling global dialogue, research, understanding, and exchanges among professionals and between professionals and leaders of government agencies