Potential of physical education as a tool for the formation of meta-subject competencies and holistic personality development

Abstract

Physical education and the corresponding subject in educational programs are traditionally considered as the tools for mastering skills directly related to sport and its certain disciplines. Meanwhile, within the competency-based education approach, physical education can be understood in a much wider context, as a source of development of soft skills and even cognitive abilities. This article considers the preconditions and several country cases of integration of the competency-based approach into the physical education curricula.

Keywords

• competency
• competencies
• curriculum
• personal outcomes
• meta-subject competencies
• soft skills
• 21st century skills
• learning by doing
• basic education
• physical culture
• physical education