This paper is to discuss a condition of acceptance of T.Sato’s theory of Physical education(P. E.), and verify the validity of H.Tomozoe’s discussion based on the Sato’s theory, on the subject of Tomozoe’s “Character Building in School Physical Education”. Sato’s theory of P.E. is often referred and adopted for a methodological theory, but that theoretical range or validity were not examined. So, an attempt in this paper is a verification of Tomozoe’s discussion as a case study.
By this work, we reconfirmed that Sato’s theory is used as theoretical method in Tomozoe’s discussion, and clarified that a problem derives from using Sato’s theory. This problem, which is also based on omitting the argument of physical building from his discussion, is against his own purpose which aims to establish the importance of P.E. as a subject. Namely, in his “Character Building in School Physical Education”, reasonableness of listing P.E. in the school curriculum is hardly enlarged in theory. Also, his own discussion puts the meaning of the existence of P.E. to come up against a new problem.
The concrete results of our examination are stated below.
It is possible and important to add ‘the character building’ as the educational purpose to P.E.. But it is not self-evident that that purpose can be compatible with the indigenous works of P.E.. Although Sato argue that the concept of P.E. is universal with human being, this doesn’t mean that P.E. is always arising everywhere the people is acting. ‘Physical building’ is a key concept for connecting logically P.E. and ‘Character building’, that is why, a discussion about ‘physical building’ should not have been omitted for discussing meaningfully ‘character building’ of P.E. based on Sato’ s theory.
Therefore, we cannot say that Sato’s theory of P.E. is used with an adequate effectiveness, and it is necessary in future to be resolved the impropriety as stated above, by discussing ‘physical building’.