Research on the Development of the Department of Music and Physical Education of Hebei Women's Normal School during the Period of the Republic of China
During the period of the Republic of China,the Department of Music and Physical Educa-tion of Hebei Women's Normal School devoted itself to the cultivation of women's sports talents and made great contributions to the cause of women's physical education in China.Using the method of literature and multiple mutual proofs,the development of the institution is studied from the aspects of school history,enrollment and curriculum setting.It shows that the institution was founded in 1931,and it has been renamed many times after the Department of Music and Physical Education,the De-partment of Physical Education and the Specialized Subject of Physical Education.In 1949,it was merged with the Central State Physical Education College into the Department of Physical Education of Hebei Normal University and closed down.Zhang Huilan,Du Longyuan and Luo Aihua were the heads of the agency.Its training objectives have evolved from comprehensive talents with music skills and sports literacy to sports guidance and social sports cadres,and then to sports guidance talents in primary and secondary schools.The length of study is mainly 4 years,or 3 years to 5 years;the com-bination of unified school examination and exemption was adopted to recruit students,and about 110 new students were enrolled successively.In different periods,the combination of credit system and academic year system is adopted for teaching management;the curriculum is classified according to department,nature and content.The number of courses decreases first and then stabilizes.The pro-portion of courses shows the characteristics of"emphasizing subjects and neglecting technical sub-jects."
Hebei Women's Normal SchoolDepartment of Music and Physical EducationDepart-ment of Physical Educationtraining objectivesenrollmentteaching managementcourses