After reading this chapter the student should be able to:
- Describe the goals of education in our society.
- Discuss the goals and objectives of physical education, exercise science, and sport.
- Identify the characteristics of a physically educated person.
- Explain what is meant by the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of behavior and how education contributes to development within these domains.
- Articulate the contributions of physical education, exercise science, and sport to education.
- Describe the purposes and the importance of assessment in physical education, exercise science, and sport.