Abstrakt
Remedial Physical Education (RPE) in the context of education is a school subject focused on promoting health and developing physical literacy in children with special educational needs (SEN). The subject RPE has more than seventy-years long tradition in Czech Republic and support in legislation and the Framework Educational Program.
However, despite the emphasis on the importance of supporting children with SEN, the number of schools that offer this subject is declining. For systemic change, it is extremely important to carefully analyze factors leading to this situation.
These include, e.g. possibility to exempt pupils from physical education classes, organizational demands and non-enforcement of the provision of SEN, insufficient preparation of future teachers, the outdated paradigm of the field, and negative attitudes of students and parents to physical education in schools.