Both theory and practice are important in ethical education; it can even be said that those two elements complement and support each other and can constitute a proper subject of ethical education only if they form an integrated unity. Therefore, education understood in such a way concentrates on both theory and action. Thus ethics can constitute a separate subject but its subject matter can also be transmitted through standard exercises, games and activities commonly used in PE lessons to form students’ attitudes toward their bodily dimension. PE teachers can therefore communicate moral values directed towards the good of an individual: perseverance, dignity, freedom, tolerance, etc. They can also form in their students values directed at the needs of community, such as justice, responsibility, solidarity, loyalty. Ethical knowledge not only is a theoretical basis for PE teachers, justifying their work, but also gives them tools that can be used in solving conflicts among students, supporting their balanced development and building civil society. This knowledge enables them to identify the value systems of individual students, defining their needs and the goals of their existence. It relates to the system of values functioning in communities and in society as a whole. Thus PE lessons, enriched by ethical knowledge, complement ethics taught as a separate subject.

Department Of Philosophy And Sociology Faculty Of Physiotherapy University of Physical Education in Wroclaw

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