HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION: A NEW GLOBAL CONSENSUS WITH ROMANIA PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The epidemiology of obesity among children and young people has become a source of concern regarding the future adult generation and professionals in physical education, leisure activities and health play a key role in formulating strategies addressed this problem through a holistic thinking and a multidisciplinary approach.

Within the reform of Romanian Higher Education System there are also aimed the standards and curriculum for undergraduate and graduate studies in Physical Education and Sport area, starting from the identification of professional and transversal necessary skills (Barbu et al. 2010).

The complex challenges posed by the adaptation of Physical Education to the modern realities must be viewed from multiple perspectives, and especially, in line with global perspectives that reflects successful methods, strategies and procedures worldwide. Pedagogy of Physical Education Global Forum 2010 (GoFPEP 2010) was established and structured to explore ways of rethinking, reform and restore the health and physical education pedagogy and physical education teacher preparation.