midterm 1 Flashcards
What does Kinesiology mean?
combination of the Greek for “to move” and “logos”
When & where was the first kinesiology program offered?
Uni of Waterloo, Simon Fraser Uni (1967)
Health is
the capacity to lead a satisfying life, fulfill ambitions, and accommodate to change
Dimensions of health: (6)
Physical, Social, Mental, Environmental, Spiritual, Emotional (are all interdependent)
Reactive or curative approach to health and wellness
Worrying about you health only when sick. Not asserting control over your health in the absence of disease.
Proactive approach to health and wellness
Adopting lifestyle habits that in the long run will enable you to lead a more healthy life
Wellness is influenced by: (4)
Family, Media, Culture, Peers
Wellness is:
the combination of health and happiness
Positive family influences through: (3)
Education, Values, Support
How to study health and wellness (Academic disciplines): (6)
Kinesiology (life sciences), Psychology (behavioural sciences), Pedagogy (physical education), Social sciences, Humanities, Religious studies/peace and conflict studies
interdisciplinary approaches to sport, physical activity, and health: (3)
Socio-cultural, behavioural, bio-physical
what is ‘sport’?
unchanging, transhistorical, and universal cultural form preformed and understood essentially the same way by all people in all societies.
modern sports:
the codification of rules, acceptance of the rules, making a particular way of playing into THE WAY of playing. (baseball: new york rules. hockey: monteal rules)
folk games:
folk football (kirkball) - canadian football
tewaarathon - lacrosse
townball - baseball
ricket - ice hockey
First modern games (the olympic games)
Athens 1896
Graceful athleticisism
began in 1880’s, light exercise concentrated on making women both strong & graceful. Goal: protecting women
Bicycle craze
1890’s, invention of the pneumatic tire and the safety bike. Aided by the introduction of the ‘bloomer’
When was the ‘Golden Age’
1920’s-30’s
first wave feminism- political changes:
Suffrage movement; winning the vote, Prohibition, Persons case (1929), Connection to sport and physical activity
Fanny “Bobby” Rosenfeld
- gold & silver medals in track&field, 1928 Olympics
- Hockey and softball star
- Journalist at the Globe and mail
named candies female athlete of the half century in 1950
Preston Rivulettes
- originally a softball team, then hockey
- 348 wins - 2 losses
- 8 consecutive Ontario championships
- 6 consecutive national titles
The Edmonton Grads
- woman basketball team
- Most successful team in Canadian sports history; 502 wins- 20 losses (1915-1940)
- Undefeated at FSFI tournaments at time of IOC Olympic Games
- 18 consecutive Canadian titles
- 17 consecutive North American titles
- Winning streaks of 147 and 78 games
The Women’s Olympics
- 1922 Paris
- 1926 Gottenberg
Women’s World Games
- 1930 Prague
- 1934 London
When were women added to the olympics
Amsterdam 1928
Matchless six
- women track and field olympians
- Won gold in high jump
- Gold in 4x100m relay
- Silver and bronze in the 100m
- unofficial team point championships
- outperformed Canadian men in Lake Placid and LA (1932)
Women’s challenges in sport:
- Marginal in media
- play by different, often ‘second class’ rules
- face exclusions e.g.. women ski jumping
- bodies are ‘policed’ e.g.. sex testing
Philosophy
- TO THINK MORE INTENTIONALLY, SERIOUSLY, RIGOROUSLY, AND THOROUGHLY
= Philos + Sophia - The art of wondering (love & wisdom)
- helps expose assumptions and allows self- conscious criticism
Purposes of Philosophic research
- EXAMINE REALITY THROUGH REFLECTIVE TECHNIQUES
- reflective examination; ideas, ideals, meanings, lived experiences, values, logical relationships, and arguments
- filling in the gaps of empirical methods and make connections
acknowledging and embracing the complexity of ideas
Religion
Belief, faith
Science
experiment, observe, describe
Philosophy
reasoning, logic
Major disciplines of Philosophy
Metaphysics (study of what is real), Epistemology (study of theory of knowledge), Aesthetics (study of beauty), Ethics (study of how we ought to live), Logic (study of argument analysis)
Philosophy of Sport
Philosophy= to think more intentionally, seriously, rigorously, and thoroughly about physical activity and leisure
Types of Ethics: (3)
Research ethics (responsible conduct of research), Meta-ethics (Concerned with figuring out the meaning of moral terms: good, right, value, virtue, ought), Applied ethics (application of moral philosophy to actual problems)
Applied ethics researchers concerned with:
- Inquiry and rational reflection
- Conceptual clarification
- Establishing positions based on evidence available