主办单位:成都体育学院
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Journal of Chengdu Sport University ›› 2023, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 119-128.doi: 10.15942/j.jcsu.2023.03.016

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Investigating the Connotation of "Ticao" and "Tiyu" Before and After Renxu Educational System

HE Lei   

  1. School of Journalism and Communication in Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, 200438
  • Received:2022-06-18 Revised:2022-12-11 Published:2023-07-04

Abstract: This article examines people's perception and usage of these two concepts during the period from the appearance of "Ticao" and "Tiyu" in China to approximately the time of the promulgation of the "Renxu Educational System." After "Tiyu" and "Ticao" were introduced to China, they were not used interchangeably but were used separately. Therefore, this article argues that the cancellation of the "Ticao" course and its replacement by "Tiyu" course in the "Renxu Educational System" is not simply a renaming of the course or a choice between two mixed concepts. By replacing the "Ticao" course with the "Tiyu" course, the "Renxu Educational System" not only followed the popular sentiment of reforming the outdated "Ticao" curriculum but also abolished the Japanese-style "Ticao" curriculum system guided by the military national education, and established a new "Tiyu" curriculum system guided by practical education ideas originating from the United States. This marked a turning point for physical education in modern Chinese schools. By canceling the "Ticao" course and replacing it with the "Tiyu" course, the "Renxu Educational System" not only reestablished the physical education curriculum system in modern Chinese schools, but also changed the practice of physical education in schools after the "Renxu Educational System." In this sense, the decision to discontinue the "Ticao" course and replace it with the "Tiyu" course through "Renxu Educational System" was a form of discourse practice. However, by defining "Tiyu" as a "course" through the educational system, the pragmatic discourse related to "Tiyu" transformed after the "Renxu Educational System", which laid the groundwork for later controversies over the concept of "Tiyu."

Key words: Ticao (gymnastics), Tiyu (physical education), Renxu Educational System, discourse practice, sprot history

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