對於日治時期的臺灣原住民族兒童來說，進入學校接受體操科教學，是一種全新的體驗。本文目的主要透過蕃童教育所體操科之研究，以觀察原住民兒童個人如何操控自己的身體，在國家教育體制與部落傳統間，個別的學習者如何詮釋體操科的課程與教學。本文經由歷史文獻之閱讀，以瞭解當時教育所體操科教學之狀況，以及體操科對於原住民兒童的影響。體操科是具有現代性意涵之教學科目，而現代性蘊含個體性之特徵，這種學習讓個人有對自身身體詮釋的機會，進而讓身體有了脫離國家與部落範限的可能。

It was a new experience for Taiwan indigenous children who entered primary indigenous educational institution in Japanese colonial period. The main objective of this study is to inquire the gymnastics of primary indigenous educational institution, and to observe one indigenous child how to operate ones body. In the same time, this study is also to understand individual indigenous child how to interpret the course and teaching of gymnastics between national institution of education and tribal tradition. Gymnastics is a teaching subject with modernity implicitly, and modernity contains the characteristic of individuality. This learning of gymnastics is to initiate individuals who have the opportunity to interpret their own bodies from individuality, thereby allowing the individual body out the restriction of the state and tribes possibly.