Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Kinesiology

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David I. Anderson
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2021-0029
Keywords:
exercise; movement; physical activity; physical education; sport
First Published Online:
01 Jul 2021
In Print:
Volume 10: Issue 3
Page Range:
225–227
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This special issue of Kinesiology Review celebrates the 40th anniversary of the publication of George Brooks’s Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education: A Tribute to G. Lawrence Rarick (1981). Written by many of the luminaries within kinesiology, the papers in this special issue highlight the tremendous growth of knowledge that has occurred in the subdisciplines of kinesiology over the last 40 years and the breadth of contexts in which new knowledge is now being applied. Kinesiology has rapidly become an influential discipline, and its breadth, depth, and influence continue to grow. Though not without challenges, there is much to be optimistic about concerning kinesiology’s future.

Anderson is with the Marian Wright Edelman Inst. for the Study of Children, Youth and Families, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA. van Emmerik is with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.

Anderson (danders@sfsu.edu) is corresponding author.
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