Chapter 2 - A History of Kinesiology Flashcards
what was the field of kinesiology called in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Physical Education
The Embryonic Period
between 1820s and 1900s, modernization and industrilization, increased immigration, concerns about military preparedness
The Profession of Physical Education
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
The Academic Discipline of PE
1960s - 1980s, BIg Ten Body of Knowledge Symposium project,
When was the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education (AAAPE) established?
1885
When did the term “physical education” become the dominant title?
late 1920s/early 1930s
demonstrated that American youths were less fit than their European counterparts for the war:
1953 Kraus-Weber tests
Who initiated and when the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, Sports and Nutrition?
President Eisenhower, 1956
Who pushed the idea that PE should be an academic discipline?
Franklin Henry (prof at U of California)
negative consequences of disciplinization
- devalued importance of PE
- perceiving of PE practitioners was viewed as lesser than
- brought fragmentation
Gathered every subdiscipline into “kinesiology”
Karl Newell, 1989
Kinesiology as a Unifying Title
1990s - present, Karl Newell makes kinesiology the word to describe the field,
interdisciplinary
connections among subareas, kinesiology
who first proposed a PE program for schools and when?
Egerton Ryerson, 1846
when was the Youth Training act implemented
May 19, 1939
when was the National Fitness Act implemented
1943
when did the incorporation of movement education into PE begin?
1946
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
Dr Robert Tait McKenzie
inventor of basketball, first full time athletics instructor at McGill, physician, author, inventor, physical educator
Dr James Naismith
“father of modern physical education in Canada”, physician, administrator, physical educator, organized first ever PE department in university in Canada
Dr Arthur Stanley Lamb
established PE department at McGill and U of Saskatchewan, leader and innovator for women in PE and sport
Ethel Mary Cartwright
first female president of the Canadian PE Association(CPEA), published a book callled Principles of Womens Athletics
Florence Somers
Canadian Physical Education Association (CPEA)
formed in 1933 by A.S. Lamb, incorporated dance in 1947, became Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) in 2008
