Russia and Korea: Comparative Analysis of the Student’s Physical Education Systems

In the modern world, more and more attention is paid to physical activity, and the popularity of sports is growing every year. The study of physical culture as an integral part of life, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the modern culture of doing sports, become the object of the research in various fields. However, attitude to physical education is formed in the childhood, and the school plays an important role in this process. This article is devoted to the analyses of Korean and Russian education systems in the field of physical culture. The general characteristics of the curricular of elementary, middle, and high school are given. The main aims of physical culture of schools in Russia and Korea are considered, and distinctive features in the methodology of physical education are highlighted. The paper describes the timetables of some primary, secondary, and high schools; the ratio of the number of hours of physical culture to other subjects in Russia and Korea is presented in the table; the pros and cons of education systems in the field of physical culture are identified.