| （Department of Psychology and Education，Capital University of Physical Education and Sports，Beijing 100191，China) Abstract: Based on methods such as literature research, the authors analyzed the course of development of school physical education in elementary and middle schools in the United States: the 19th century was a stage at which school physical education in elementary and middle schools in the United States explored its own way of develop-ment as influenced by the European mode; in the first half of the 20th century, the appearance of new physical edu-cation ideas boosted the constant perfection of policies and regulations on school physical education in elementary and middle schools and the booming of teacher training; from the second half of the 20th century up to this day, en-hancing teenager fitness, ensuring teenagers’ equal right to accept physical education, solving teenager obesity problem, through the comprehensive enhancement of the quality of school physical education in elementary and middle schools, were main topics in this period. In the course of development of school physical education in ele-mentary and middle schools in the United States, constantly innovating on new conceptions, perfecting policy and regulation construction, and strengthening teacher training professionalization, provide feasible reference for the development of school physical education in China.
Key words: school physical education；physical education in elementary and middle schools；physical education policy；USA |
