This Study aimed to understand the current status of health and physical education in Korea through visiting Chung-Ang University in Seoul, and an elementary schook, a junior high school and high school arounf Seoul in March 2007. Some of the findings based on our fieldwork are as follows. ① Differences in lessons based on the structures of the Courses of Study between Japan and Korea All of the schools visited allocated the numbers of lessons based on their own school conditions. This means

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... t the Courses of Study is considered as reference guideline in Korea as seen the Western countries. Looking at differences of educational systems and methodologies, PE lessons were taught in co-education. PE in the primary school was taught by specialized PE teacher in the 4th grade and above. Afternoon club activities were introduced at all of the schools. Looking at teachers in the schools, they were positive to develop quality and abilities of their teaching. Actual teachings were, however, teacher-centered. It is thought that they would need to work on creating opportunities to develop students' abilities of thinking and for students to learn from each other. ② The focal points of the revised Courses of Study in 2015 As seen in some key-words such as 'Key-Concept', 'Generalized Knowledge' and 'Function' in the revised Courses of Study, movement to embody their original approaches for developing quality and abilities of students seems to has accelerated while being influenced by the concept of 'Key-Competencies' by De-Se-Co (2003) . The same change is seen in the revision of the Japanese Course of Study in 2017 and a commonality in national standard was confirmed between Japan and Korea. ③ Implementation status of PE lessons based on the Courses of Study in Korea Through observing PE classes at the schools, it was not possible to confirm concrete changes based on 'Key-Concept', 'Generalized Knowledge' and 'Function' and the paradigm shift from sport skill-based curriculum in the revisions in 2007 and 2011 to life skill based-curriculum. Although life skill-based curriculum seems to have been accepted among the field of education, actual PE lessons were still taught by sport skill based during the visit. Follow-up research based on school fieldwork will be needed to examine effects of the 2015 revised Course of Study in Korea