| Physical education has a history of several hundred years as a course in the school. Since the 21 stcentury, the demand for talent quality from society has increased the urgency of school physical education reform, which requires meeting the law of social development and reality and following the guiding ideology of future needs. School physical education ideology is the understanding and view on school physical education directly or indirectly formed by people in school physical education practice in a certain historical period, as well as the cognition of the nature and law of school physical education.It is a product of social politics, economy, culture and education under certain historical conditions. Originating from the school physical education practice, it in turn guides school physical education practice, and constantly gets enriched and improved in school sports practice. The ideological trend of school physical education, an ideology formed in a certain historical period, receives general recognition and gains wide spread. The ideological trend of school physical and health education is a product in the development of school physical education under specific historical conditions. It can be traced back to an ideological source, and represents the class interests or desires in a certain period.This thesis takes the ideological trend of school physicaleducation in China as the research object, and the documentation and historical approach as the main research methods. By reviewing the ideological trend of school physical and health education, this thesis aims to clarify the development path of ideological trend, conducts an in-depth analysis of the characteristics, the background, realistic functions, and historical limitations of the ideological trend at different historical stages. In this way, this thesis tries to probe into the law of development for the ideological trend of school physical and health education and its future development direction so as to provide instructive enlightenment on school physical education reform.(1) The ideological trend of school physical and health education is the fundamental and most influential trend in contemporary school physical education ideological trends.Under specific historical background, it is the understanding and view on school physical and health education formed directly or indirectly, which has received proactive reaction from school physical education and all walks of life.(2) The ideological trend of school physical and health education in contemporary China is originated from the thoughts of harmonious education, health education, and quality-oriented education, under the backdrop of political reform, rapid economic development, and cultural concept refreshment.(3) The emergence and development of ideological trend finds its root in some theoretical basis. The ideological trendof school physical and health education in contemporary China is an educational thought based on the humanistic theory,all-round development of human, and complexity theory.(4) The ideological trend of school physical and health education in contemporary China is one with "health first" as its mainstream, and happy, lifelong, and sunshine physical education ideological trend as its subordinates. These trends promote the development of school physical education practice in a certain historical period.(5) The ideological trend of school physical and health education in contemporary China is one with "health first" as its priority, and happy, lifelong, and sunshine physical education ideological trends as its components. These trends promote the development of school physical education practice in a certain historical period.(6) The ideological trend of school physical and health education in contemporary China is featured by the educational thought that is integrated, harmonious in diversity, and in pursuit of overall harmony. The essence of this trend is a kind of education to safeguard the health of students, and a reform to overcome the long-standing defects of traditional education in an attempt to realize the innate function of school physical education.(7) The ideological trend of school physical and health education in contemporary China promotes the reform of school physical courses and stimulates the development of the practice for school physical education. It is an introspection of theschool physical and health education, a criticism against "security extremism" of school physical education, a denial of the "absolute subject", and a catabolic scanning over the health education.(8) A review of the school physical and health education from the complexity thinking perspective indicates that the ideological trend of school physical and health education in contemporary China is on a development path that conforms to the basic development direction of the quality-oriented education, advocates holistic education, and symbolizes harmonious education. |