Physical Education for Children as Public Policy: the Emergence of Professional Training (Argentina, 1960-1970)

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the public policies promoted by the National Directorate of Physical Education, Sports and Recreation that favoured the expansion, development and legitimisation of professional training in Physical Education for Children during the 1960s and 1970s in Argentina. In the particular context of the 1960s, the field of Physical Education emphasised the importance of training teachers specialised in the education of children's bodies in schools. In this regard, this article explores a set of policies that consolidated Children's Physical Education as an emerging area within the field and, at the same time, positioned its professional training as an element of expansion at the national level.