What are the roots of the curriculum? How did it get developed in the way it did?
There was an Expert Advisory panel and a research group who wrote position papers which were the basis for the direction of the curriculum. Background research was commissioned. Dr. Andy Anderson from the University of Toronto wrote “Physical and Health Education – Secondary School Curriculum”. A paper entitled Physical and Health Education, Key Directions in Secondary Curriculum Development was produced in June 1997. The Ministry of Education produced a synthesis paper containing the key recommendations from all of the expert panels. For the elementary curriculum, Ophea’s “Standards” document (Healthy Active Living Standards for Physical and Health Education in Ontario, Grades 1-9) that they had produced in 1997 provided the basis for much of the curriculum.
