What is Kinesiology - Part 1 Flashcards
What is epistomology?
How do you know what you know.
What is Power and Power Relations?
Power is the ability to influence others and power relations is the power groups have over others.
How did fitness evolve through the Industrial Revolution?
A legislation was passed which protected children from work and promoted schooling. They played when they had free time.
The Roots of Physical Education
Fitness was offered to English private boy’s School and taught good virtues.
Why weren’t females allowed to participate in sport in the late 19th century?
It was believed that women could not reproduce well if they played sports.
How did P.E. become more frequented in Canada?
Egerton Ryerson studied the European education and advocated for boys in Canada to learn sports. This was to help them prepare for militaristic threat.
Why did they realize that sport should not be used for militaristic drills?
Sport was seen as something that should be enjoyed and not taught just to use in war. It helped with child development, learning anatomy and much more useful things.
How was Dr. Arthur Lamb instrumental in fighting for sport to not be used for military purposes
Dr. Arthur Lamb was a director of PE at McGill and he would fight with the Trust System any chance he would get.
What was the National Physical Fitness Act?
1943, federal gov. promoted teacher training in phys ed in university.
What were the 3 tipping points for Kine’s Early Political Project
1) Increasing knowledge and specializing of scholars that study movement.
2) Legitimizing studying human movement worthy of higher education.
3) Shift the emphasis from the federal government
How did the government respond to the rise of Kine?
They believed and started investing money into scientific experts to get athletes onto the podium
