Looking Back at Kinesiology’s Future: The Need for Both Focused Frogs and Visionary Birds

Q2 Health Professions

Kinesiology Review Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1123/kr.2021-0036

D. Wiggins

引用次数: 16

Abstract

This essay reflects on the status of kinesiology amidst the current pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. Utilizing the metaphor coined by mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson, I contend that the continued success of kinesiology is more plausible if we prepare more visionary birds, those with broader range and a variety of interests, to supplement the more narrowly focused frogs who currently dominate the field. Implicit in the essay is the contention that the field would benefit if it took a more interdisciplinary approach to the study of physical activity, sport, exercise, and other human movement forms as advocated by the American Kinesiology Association and individual scholars in the field. More specifically, I argue that the social sciences and humanities should be provided a more prominent place in kinesiology curriculums and serve as an academic core for all students in the field, irrespective of career aspirations and goals.

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回顾运动机能学的未来:需要专注的青蛙和有远见的鸟

这篇文章反映了运动机能学在当前流行病和黑人生命问题运动中的地位。借用数学家和物理学家弗里曼·戴森(Freeman Dyson)创造的比喻，我认为，如果我们准备更多有远见的鸟类，那些范围更广、兴趣更广泛的鸟类，来补充目前主导该领域的更狭隘的青蛙，运动机能学的持续成功就更有可能。这篇文章中隐含的论点是，如果该领域采取更跨学科的方法来研究身体活动、运动、锻炼和其他人体运动形式，就像美国运动机能学协会和该领域的个别学者所倡导的那样，该领域将受益。更具体地说，我认为社会科学和人文学科应该在人体运动学课程中占据更突出的位置，并作为该领域所有学生的学术核心，而不管他们的职业抱负和目标如何。

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Kinesiology Review Health Professions-Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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2.20

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期刊介绍： Kinesiology Review (KR) is the official journal of the National Academy of Kinesiology and the American Kinesiology Association. KR provides a forum for discussion and analysis of kinesiology research and its applications. Although many journals publish reviews on select topics, KR stands alone in its focus on scholarly reviews from all subdisciplines of kinesiology. This rigorously peer-reviewed journal serves the interests of those in all areas of study related to kinesiology—sport and exercise psychology, motor behavior, exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports medicine, sport history, sport philosophy, sport sociology, physical education pedagogy, and sport management. The insightful review articles in KR address important issues and emerging research in all areas of kinesiology. KR also publishes theoretical papers, critical analyses of significant issues and scientific methods, and position papers pertinent to kinesiology. One issue each year contains papers based on scholarly presentations of the annual meeting of the National Academy of Kinesiology, which provides commentaries on timely issues in the field, and another issue contains papers reflecting the topic of the annual leadership workshop of the American Kinesiology Association. Articles featured in KR have touched on recovering from spinal cord injuries, the role of physical activity in successful aging, diversity in kinesiology, and the history of organized youth sport in the United States. Future articles will continue to explore new research in kinesiology and other topics of importance to the field. KR’s broad coverage makes it a perfect source of information for faculty, researchers, and professionals who want to stay up to date on emerging research across the subdisciplines, as well as students who are starting their exploration of this fascinating field of study.