民国教会大学的体育实践:以圣约翰大学和燕京大学为中心的考察

The sports practice of church universities in the republic of China:An investigation centers around St.John's University and Yanjing University

选取圣约翰大学和燕京大学这两所代表性的教会大学为考察对象,梳理民国时期教会大学的体育实践历程,阐述教会大学对我国高校体育的影响与历史贡献。教会大学在新式体育进校园、校际体育交流、区域体育竞赛、体育教学实践等方面进行积极探索,对我国体育事业和高等教育产生深远影响。教会大学的体育实践经历了非正式向正式、非结构化向结构化、自主活动向课程教学的转变,划分为“鼓励体育运动”“普及体育运动”和“课程教学”3个发展阶段。

This study selects two representative church universities,namely St.John's University and Yanjing University,as the research objectives to sort out the physical education practice process of church university during the republic of China,and to elaborate on the influence and historical contribution of church university to the physical education work of Chinese universities.The study finds that church university has actively explored new forms of sports on campus,inter school sports exchanges,regional sports competitions,and sports teaching practices,which have had a profound impact on China's sports industry and the higher education.The physical education practice of church university has undergone a transformation from informal to formal,from unstructured to structured,and from autonomous activity to curriculum teaching,and also divides into three development stages:"encouraging physical education,""popularizing physical education,"and"curriculum teaching".