Physical Education (PE) is a subject that involves physical activities and is aimed at improving human performance. It has expanded over the years to include different areas from school to non-school settings and from school-aged children to people of all ages. Physical activities range from simple walking to jogging, running, sprinting, hopping, jumping, climbing, throwing, pushing, pulling, kicking, etc. . Physical education is a socially constructed activity that forms one component of a wider physical culture that includes sport and health/physical activity. It is a student-centered curriculum that challenges each student at his/her personal level and fosters diversity of skill and learning. Physical education provides a unique and varied medium for learning, extending the student physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, aesthetically, and creatively. It promotes the overall development of each student as a whole person and enables students with mild general learning disabilities to acquire and enjoy many physical skills during their school life, and so widen the possibilities for recreation and socialization in their adult lives.

Different definitions of physical education exist. The term "physical education" can be defined in two primary ways. The first definition identifies physical education as a class or series of classes included in K-12 school curricula specifically designed to guide students towards becoming physically educated. The second definition identifies "physical education" not as a class but as a process or an occurrence. It is learning, growth, or development in any of the national standards with no reference to "where" or "how" this learning, growth, or development occurs.

Physical education is important as it teaches the values of ethical behavior in life, provides knowledge of our body from musculo-skeletal, physiological, and biochemical points of view, and teaches various physical activities that can be practiced in the later stages of life. It is recognized as a socially constructed concept that is related to the historical, social, and cultural context in which physical education takes place.

In summary, physical education is a subject that involves physical activities aimed at improving human performance. It is a socially constructed activity that forms one component of a wider physical culture that includes sport and health/physical activity. Physical education provides a unique and varied medium for learning, extending the student physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, aesthetically, and creatively. It is important as it teaches the values of ethical behavior in life, provides knowledge of our body, and teaches various physical activities that can be practiced in the later stages of life.