Mapping the Terrain Flashcards
What is a sub-discipline?
-Specialized area of study that exists as a branch within a broader academic.
- Often has specialized journals, conferences, interest groups and academic positions.
-Sub-disciplines in kines draw upon other fields and are often seen as branches of other disciplines (parent disciplines)
what are the 7 main sub-disciplines of Physical activity?
-Philosophy of PA
-History of PA
-Sociology of PA
-Motor behaviour
-Sport and Exercise psychology
-Biomechanics
-Physiology of PA
Other Sub disciplines of PA
-Functional anatomy
-Neuroscience
-Epidemiology
-Ethics
-Phenomenology
-Future studies
What makes one sub discipline different from another? (7)
Focus of study
Conceptual frameworks
Epistemology (theory of knowledge)
Methodology (Gathering knowledge)
Praxis (practical application)
Metaphysics (Nature of Existence & reality)
Ontology (nature of being)
Focus of study
◦ Differs across ALL subdisciplines
◦ Each addresses a different set of questions about human movement
◦ Is what the discipline (or a person within it!) is really interested in learning more about (the questions you ask)
◦ E.g. A biomechanism wants to know how to make athletes run faster using the principles of physics
3 categories based on similarities in Focus of Study?
Natural and Physical senses
Social Sciences
Humanities
What is Natural and Physical sciences?
-Scientific study of the natural world and physical universe.
-Aim’s to explain and predict natural phenomena
What is Social Sciences
-Scientific study of human societies and social relationships
-Aim to understand and explain human behaviour human behaviour and how societies develop and function.
What are the humanities?
-The theoretical, analytical, and artistic study of human culture, thought, and expression.
-To explore and interpret human experiences, values, and expressions.
-Overlaps with social sciences, but uses different tools and has different philosophies
Which 3 subdiciplines go between categories?
-Epidemiology of sport & PA (social science &natural)
-Motor Learning control (social & natural)
-Future Studies related to human movement (all 3)
Conceptual Frameworks
Also differ across all subdisciplines
◦ A sort of theoretical “toolkit” to understand a subdiscipline
◦ Can help you organize your thoughts and make better sense of what you see
Epistemology (Theory of knowledge)
◦ Is about how people in the discipline come to know what they know
◦ Do they offer objective measurements, or do they also listen to what athletes say about their experiences?
Methodology (Approach to gathering Knowledge)
◦ The steps a person takes to find out something new.
◦ Do they use special cameras to capture how people move? Or maybe they use surveys to ask people how they feel when they exercise?
Praxis (Practical application)
◦ This is about what practical actions people in a discipline want to take based on the info they gather
◦ E.g., Do they use the info to help people become better athletes or to help injured people recover?
Metaphysics (Nature of Existence and Reality)
◦ Thinking about the “big picture” of what’s really going on with the world
and reality
◦ Do people in the discipline think there a subjective reality that varies from individual to individual, or an objective reality that can be universally measured and understood?
Ontology (Nature of Being)
◦ A part of metaphysics
◦ Is about what types of things exist, how they relate to each other
and should be classified, as well as what it means to “be” something
◦ E.g. Do people in the subdiscipline believe that numbers exist in the way that people do? Do mental states exist in the way that brains do?
