Chapter 2 - A History of Kinesiology

Question 1

what was the field of kinesiology called in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Answer 1

Physical Education

Question 2

The Embryonic Period

Answer 2

between 1820s and 1900s, modernization and industrilization, increased immigration, concerns about military preparedness

Question 3

The Profession of Physical Education

Answer 3

1900s - 1960s, men and womens programs were seperate, included nutriotion and hygeine, mens PE programs extended training to coaches, women had intramurals and “play days”, men were rejected from military cause of unfitness, PE became mandated in schools

Question 4

The Academic Discipline of PE

Answer 4

1960s - 1980s, BIg Ten Body of Knowledge Symposium project,

Question 5

When was the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education (AAAPE) established?

Answer 5

1885

Question 6

When did the term “physical education” become the dominant title?

Answer 6

late 1920s/early 1930s

Question 7

demonstrated that American youths were less fit than their European counterparts for the war:

Answer 7

1953 Kraus-Weber tests

Question 8

Who initiated and when the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, Sports and Nutrition?

Answer 8

President Eisenhower, 1956

Question 9

Who pushed the idea that PE should be an academic discipline?

Answer 9

Franklin Henry (prof at U of California)

Question 10

negative consequences of disciplinization

Answer 10

1. devalued importance of PE
2. perceiving of PE practitioners was viewed as lesser than
3. brought fragmentation

Question 11

Gathered every subdiscipline into “kinesiology”

Answer 11

Karl Newell, 1989

Question 12

Kinesiology as a Unifying Title

Answer 12

1990s - present, Karl Newell makes kinesiology the word to describe the field,

Question 13

interdisciplinary

Answer 13

connections among subareas, kinesiology

Question 14

who first proposed a PE program for schools and when?

Answer 14

Egerton Ryerson, 1846

Question 15

when was the Youth Training act implemented

Answer 15

May 19, 1939

Question 16

when was the National Fitness Act implemented

Answer 16

1943

Question 17

when did the incorporation of movement education into PE begin?

Answer 17

1946

Question 18

first prof of PE in U of Pennsylvania, philosophy was that exercise keeps people well, physician, physical therapist, author, sculptor, physical educator, believes PE and health activities are beneficial with academics at a higher level

Answer 18

Dr Robert Tait McKenzie

Question 19

inventor of basketball, first full time athletics instructor at McGill, physician, author, inventor, physical educator

Answer 19

Dr James Naismith

Question 20

“father of modern physical education in Canada”, physician, administrator, physical educator, organized first ever PE department in university in Canada

Answer 20

Dr Arthur Stanley Lamb

Question 21

established PE department at McGill and U of Saskatchewan, leader and innovator for women in PE and sport

Answer 21

Ethel Mary Cartwright

Question 22

first female president of the Canadian PE Association(CPEA), published a book callled Principles of Womens Athletics

Answer 22

Florence Somers

Question 23

Canadian Physical Education Association (CPEA)

Answer 23

formed in 1933 by A.S. Lamb, incorporated dance in 1947, became Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) in 2008