Abstract

Summarizing the debate that has been carried out among theoretical circles in China concerning the concept of physical education and sport, this paper mainly deals with the following four issues: Is physical education different from competitive sports? Is there any tendency to confuse physical education with competitive sports? Is there anything unscientific or inaccurate in the concept of physical education as defined in the textbook The Theory of Physical Education co-edited by several institutes of physical culture in China? And is it scientific to divide physical education further into physical education in schools, competitive sports, and mass sports? All these issues are discussed are while new ideas are put forward and their theoretical basis expounded. Verf.-Referat