Thailand Mathayom 6/Grade 12 Curriculum - Health and Physical Education

Health and Physical Education focuses on developing students' understanding of health and well-being, encompassing physical, mental, emotional, social, and intellectual aspects. The curriculum aims to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and making informed decisions about their health. Physical education emphasizes kinesthetic activities, exercise, games, and sports to promote holistic development.

Key Stage Indicators (Grade 10-12)

• Human Growth and Development: Explain processes of strengthening and maintaining efficient functioning of various organ systems. Plan for health care in accord with conditions of their own growth and development and those of their family members.
• Life and Family: Analyze influences of family, friends, society, and culture on sexual behavior and one's lifestyle. Analyze sexual values in accord with Thai and other cultures. Select appropriate skills in preventing and reducing conflicts and solving problems concerning sexual matters and family affairs. Analyze causes and effects of possible conflicts between students or youths in the community and propose guidelines for problem-solving.
• Movement, Physical Exercise, Games, Thai and International Sports: Analyze concepts of various patterns of movements in playing sports. Use their capacities for increasing team potential, bearing in mind the effects on others and on society. Can play Thai sports and international sports in singles/doubles and team sports. Show creative movements. Participate in out-of-school recreational activities and apply the principles and concepts for improving and developing their own quality of life and society. Do physical exercise and play sports suitable to themselves regularly and use their capacities for increasing the potential of the team, decreasing egoism, and bearing in mind the effects on society. Explain and observe the rights, rules, regulations, and various strategies while playing and competing in sports with others, and apply them for concluding practical guidelines and continuously apply them in daily life. Show good manners in watching, playing, and competing in sports with sporting spirit and apply them on all occasions, resulting in development of good personality. Participate in physical activities and play sports happily; appreciate the value and aesthetics of sports.
• Strengthening of Health, Capacities and Disease Prevention: Analyze the roles and responsibilities of individuals for health-strengthening and disease prevention in the community. Analyze influences of advertising media on health for making choices about consumption. Observe consumers' rights. Analyze causes and propose guidelines for protection from illnesses and death among Thai people. Plan and implement health development plans for themselves and their families. Participate in strengthening and developing community health. Devise and follow plans for developing physical and mechanical capacities.
• Safety in Life: Participate in protection from risks of using medicines, addictive substances, and violence for their own health, family, and society. Analyze effects from possession, use, and sale of addictive substances. Analyze factors affecting health and violence of the Thai people and propose guidelines for protection. Plan and set guidelines for decreasing accidents and strengthening safety in the community. Participate in strengthening safety in the community. Apply problem-solving skills in situations of risk to health and violence. Show proper resuscitation methods.

Learning Time Allocation:

The Basic Education Core Curriculum recommends a minimum of 120 hours for Health and Physical Education in Grades 10-12 (3 credits). Schools can increase this time based on their resources and priorities.

Core Curriculum Document: