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Course Description

PE and health primarily teaches sports skills, health fitness theories, and emphasizes developing students’ generic skills such as creative, communication, team collaboration, and so on.  In the 2nd term, the course of fitness and health aims: (i) to improve students’ interest in sports; (ii) to promote students’ sports skills and exercise abilities; (iii) to cultivate students’ exercise habits and to enhance awareness of active lifestyle in lifespan; (iv) to grasp physical fitness prescriptions.

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