Concept Of Health Quotient: New Thinking On College Physical Education

Health is the mutual pursuit of physical education (PE) and medical science. The combination of PE and medicine will provide a new study area for the research and development of human beings'health. Health quotient (HQ) is a completely new, comprehensive and scientific concept in 21st century which is based on the newest medical achievement and health knowledge. It reflects a person's health intelligence,embodys a person's health level and the new attitude towards health. As IQ,EQ and FQ,HQ is one of the basic qualities of human beings. However,unlike IQ and EQ,it is not determined by innate elements. It can be improved through education and the effect of strong will and emotion.HQ emphasizes the philosophy of being health both physically and mentally,which is a healthy self-care life style based on the new health knowledge. HQ is a new scientific idea with strong practicability,and the application of HQ in college PE is definitely a new thought of college PE reform.The emergence of HQ brings a new insight towards habitual thinking of physical education-HQ is the expression of health intelligence. Therefore,the development and improvement of students'HQ could become an effective approach to implement the policy of lifetime physical education. College PE is the important component of college education,the last stage to accept systematic physical education,the basis to establish the concept of lifetime PE and the key to develop lifetime PE concept. To improve the HQ of college students provides a new way to accomplish its own mission and promote the students'physical and mental health for college PE which emphasizes health as the most important thing. By methods of looking up literature,consulting specialists,questionnaire investigation,statistics and logical analysis,this paper first defines the concepts of HQ, health,PE,etc; then deduces the relationship between HQ,health and PE and the influence HQ brings to college PE. On the basis of the above research,this paper effectively analyzes the status quo of HQ of college students,points out the health problems confronting the college students,and proves the weakness of college PE. This paper concludes that the guiding principle"Health First"could be better carried out with college PE teacher teaching in the context of HQ,the effectiveness of college could be reinforced,and the effective permeability between PE and health education at college is to be realized,hence the new thought on college PE education: establishing new concept of HQ,enriching PE theorectical and practical education,improving PE curriculum,perfecting the assessment system of PE,implementing personal HQ body-building plan,enforcig college PE teachers'thoughts on HQ,...