Abstract
This contribution analyses the new educational area "Human and Health" in the Czech Republic (2 branches: Physical Education and Education for Health). The objective of the research was to analyse the current situation (after the educational reform) in the teaching of Education for Health and Physical Education.
We were interested in the content, material conditions, specific needs of today's teachers and the position of P.E. at school in comparison with other subjects. We used the questionnaire for teachers (58 questions).
The results show that school headmasters still stick to the minimum prescribed by the Ministry of Education - 2 P.E. lessons a week. Education for Health was introduced in each year of study by less than 1/3 of schools.
As compared to the other subjects, the importance of P.E. is still underestimated by school management, parents, and teachers; nearly 1/4 of P.E. teachers are even persuaded that it is a less important subject. It seems that the liberalization of the curricula might lead to some reduction in the offered content in P.E. lessons, and for some teachers, also to a lowered didactic level of teaching.