The purposes of this paper was to suggest directions for improving the quality of elementary school physical
education for lower grade students by analyzing 'Pleasant Life' of the revised curriculum of 2007 which has
steadily raised controversy about the legitimacy. In order to reach this goal, internal analysis of document of
the revised curriculum of 2007 being implemented was made centered on composing elements suggested by
Tyler. External analysis was also made on what elementary school teachers teaching 'Pleasant Life' are
experiencing through in-depth interviews and participating observations. The results are as follows: First, there
was no reason why physical education should be excluded in an integrated subject investigating 'character',
'objectives', 'contents', 'teaching-learning methods' and 'evaluation' of the curriculum documents. Second,
'alienation of physical education', 'difficulty to teaching physical activities' were result from not considering
physical education environment and enclosed structure on the development of the integrated subject. 'Pleasant
Life' having few physical characteristics and 'the burden of physical education classes' resulted in 'the
avoidance of teaching physical activities'. To solve these problems and improve physical education for lower
graders, physical education should be separated from 'Pleasant Life.'