KIN 2501 Chapter : Intro To Kinesiology
15 Mar 2019
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Kinesiology is concerned with the many aspects of human movement. Holistic nature of kinesiology: a characteristic of humanity that underscores the interdependence and interrelatedness of mind, emotions, body and spirit. Kines as an academic discipline: body of knowledge, a conceptual framework, scholarly procedures and methods of inquiry, process of discovery and end results. History is the study of change, over time. Sport history is the study of how sport has changed (or not changed) over time. Why study history: if we look at where we came from and where we are today, we can learn. Detailed account of what happened in the past. Provides the who, what, when and where of the past more about ourselves. History repeats itself so can we learn from our past: yes and no. the history doesn"t change, the perspective changes over time. Attempts to explain the how and the why of events of what happened. Ideas that have withstood the test of time.
