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) represents a wonderful opportunity to take stock of where the discipline of kinesiology stands today and how it has transformed over the
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Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Kinesiology
David I. Anderson and Richard E.A. van Emmerik
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy: The Application of the Academic Discipline of Kinesiology
Melinda A. Solmon
In reflecting on the evolution in perspectives on the academic discipline of kinesiology over the past 4 decades, perhaps the most substantive shift across the field has been the transition from the use of “physical education” as an umbrella term encompassing the subdisciplines to the use of the
Top-Ranked Higher Education Institutions: An Investigation of the Sport Management Academic Discipline
Kurt C. Mayer, Alan L. Morse, and Yash Padhye
perform the professional duties for its delivery, the academic discipline of sport management, has also grown ( Pedersen & Thibault, 2022 ). These academic developments have included additional professional societies and growth of not only sport management courses but degree programs being offered at
The Distinctiveness of Sport Management Theory and Research
George B. Cunningham, Janet S. Fink, and James J. Zhang
Four decades have passed since the publication of Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education: A Tribute to G. Lawrence Rarick ( Brooks, 1981 ). The edited volume offered a thorough treatment of physical education at the time. In addition to overviewing the academic discipline
Volume 10 (2021): Issue 3 (Aug 2021): Special Issue: Commemorating George Brooks’s Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education
KRJ Kinesiology Review 2163-0453 2161-6035 1 08 2021 10 3 10.1123/kr.2021.10.issue-3 Special Issue: Commemorating George Brooks’s Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education Guest Editors: David I. Anderson and Richard E.A. van Emmerik INTRODUCTION 10.1123/kr.2021-0029 SCHOLARLY
Boundary Crossing and Bridge Building
Hal A. Lawson
. They announce what something is alongside what it is not. They announce who someone is and who she/he is not. Boundaries are two-dimensional. Their horizontal dimension serves to differentiate categories for the same phenomenon—for example, between specialized academic disciplines. The vertical
The History of Physical Activity in the Past, Present, and Future of Kinesiology’s Big Questions, Hot Topics, and Prospects for Integration
Mark Dyreson and Jaime Schultz
A quick perusal of the 1981 anthology Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education: A Tribute to G. Lawrence Rarick that inspires this special issue reveals a significant “key” development in the history of physical activity over the past 4 decades. In the original version of
Motor Development: A Perspective on the Past, the Present, and the Future
Jane E. Clark and Jill Whitall
departments, particularly at University of California, Los Angeles and Berkeley, to justify their field as an academic discipline. In 1981, George Brooks in his edited book, Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education, takes on the challenge to show the scholarly aspects of physical
Adapted Physical Activity Scholarship: Evolving From Corrective to Inclusion and Anti-Ableist
Karen P. DePauw
intersectionality approach to individuals with disabilities as well as gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation/gender identity (LGBTQ+), and more (e.g., Fine, 2019 ; Fine & Asch, 1988 ; Shogan, 1998 ; Snyder & Mitchell, 2010 ). Academic Discipline In much the same way that kinesiology was shifting from
Challenges, Achievements, and Uncertainties: The Philosophy of Sport Since the 1980s
R. Scott Kretchmar and Cesar R. Torres
, philosophy may be overlooked. A case in point is George Brooks’s ( 1981 ) anthology Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education: A Tribute to G. Lawrence Rarick , whose 40th anniversary is celebrated in this special issue. Philosophy was not represented among the subdisciplines included in
