A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

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3. A syllabus of health instruction for the primary and intermediate
grades to include.
(a) The range and type of topics to be used, providing for progression and avoiding the dangers that lie in meaningless repetition. The
child should grow in knowledge of and skill in health as definitely as
he does in industrial or academic subjects.
(b) Methods in the use of charts, diagrams, projects, posters, and
notebooks for teaching health.
(c) Instruction for the use of the health materials growing out of the
health examinations. These vital situations should be dealt with in
the oral language periods of all grades.
4. A syllabus of general science to include the hygiene and sanitary
applications in relation to the needs of the Filipino people. This syllabus would be used in Grade VII. The instruction should be daily,
40-minute periods. The content in hygiene and sanitation may be
suggested here:
(a) Correlations of hygiene and sanitation in relation to the general
science topics.
(b) Essential hygienic and sanitary facts that Filipino children need
to know in order to live intelligently in the Philippines. There would
be no attempt to develop the subject of physiology as such. Necessary
anatomy and physiology should be taught as needed to explain principles and render practice intelligent. Illustration of this may be indicated here: Children should know about the blood and its circulation
but not for academic purposes. What factors strengthen the heart,
what weakens the heart, use of patent medicines and alcohol, the cause
and effect of anemia. The anatomy and physiology needed to make
these and similar facts understandable should be taught. This can be
organized and presented in a syllabus.
The present text for the seventh grade should be used as a reference
in which assignments should be made by the teacher.
5. The fifth, sixth, and seventh grades should receive vital health
instruction in the home-making courses for girls especially in foods,
clothing, and housekeeping, and in the agricultural and industrial
courses for boys.
6. Dental clinics for each province, established either by the school
or through the Red Cross with supervision through the council of health
and physical education.
7. Regular teachers trained in the normal school to carry on a rational program of physical education, to conduct health examinations,
and to give health instruction.