KIN-10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Critical Role, Goal Setting
Introduction to Kinesiology
Notes
Joseph Yang
Scientific Method
Founded b/c Objectivity (lack of bias-researchers are detached observers and manipulators of
nature)
○ Method of learning that uses systematic, controlled, empirical and clinical filtering
6 Steps
○ 1. Hypothesis
○ 2. Design investigation
○ 3. Accumulate data
○ 4. Classify data
○ 5. Development of generalizations
○ 6. Verify results (duplicating)
Provides reliable and valid (internal) data that can make generalizable theories
However, this is a slow conservative process that can lack external validity (practicality)
Professional Practice Knowledge
Holistic and Experimental (looking at the big picture)
○ Guided trial and error
○ Innovative and immediately applicable but less reliable and suspect to bias
Professional Practice Knowledge vs. Scientific Method
○ Central and active role of researcher in the process of knowing
■ Within research rather than neutral, outside observer
Pre-eminence of TACIT KNOWLEDGE (intuition)
○ Subsidiary awareness of certain clues
■ “we know more than we can tell”
■ “it just seems logical”
● ex. Walking out of store to your care without thinking
Case studies (one person)
Clinical Reports (take others reports and come up with hypothesis
In-depth interviews (sit down with a team and ask why choked)
Introspective Reports (you reflecting on your own experience and try to set goes and how to
obtain them)
Participant Observations ( looking at a scenario and everyone’s perspectives are different)
Shared Experiences
You must actively integrate scientific knowledge with professional experience and temper this
with your own insights and intuition
○ Come up with realistic plans to enhance your performance
Motivation
○ Latin: “movere”= to move
Document Summary
Founded b/c objectivity (lack of bias-researchers are detached observers and manipulators of nature) Method of learning that uses systematic, controlled, empirical and clinical filtering. Provides reliable and valid (internal) data that can make generalizable theories. However, this is a slow conservative process that can lack external validity (practicality) Holistic and experimental (looking at the big picture) Innovative and immediately applicable but less reliable and suspect to bias. Central and active role of researcher in the process of knowing. Within research rather than neutral, outside observer. We know more than we can tell . Walking out of store to your care without thinking. Clinical reports (take others reports and come up with hypothesis. In-depth interviews (sit down with a team and ask why choked) Introspective reports (you reflecting on your own experience and try to set goes and how to obtain them) Participant observations ( looking at a scenario and everyone"s perspectives are different)
