kin week 1

Three spheres of knowledge:

Physical activity experience - direct personal experience of watching or doing a physical activity 

Ex: youth soccer, chores, PE class

Professional experience in physical activity -designing and implementing physical activity programs for clients in ones professional practice 

Ex:student research, internship at PT office

Scholarship of physical activity -researching, reading, studying, and discussing with people about the theoretical and practical aspects of physical activity 

Ex: being in Kin 201, fulfilling degree requirements, reading academic journals 

Physical activity- intentional, voluntary movement directed towards achieving an identifiable goal 

Intentional: done on purpose

Voluntary:  done with free will 

Directed towards achieving a goal

These hold true regardless of energy expenditure 

Movement- any change in the position of ones body parts relative to each other 

not all movement is physical activity, but all physical activity is movement 

Ex: blowing nose, scratching, digestion, brushing hair 

Sport- sport is an institutionalized competitive activity that involves physical skill and specialized facilities or equipment and is conducted according to an accepted set of rules in order to determine a winner

7 purposes of physical activity

1. Self sufficiency: ones ability to be physically independent 

Activities of daily living- going to the bathroom, shower, living by yourself 

 instrumental activities of daily living- cooking or shopping by yourself 

 home maintenance abilities- painting your house or fixing your car

2. Self expression- intentional expression of emotions, feelings, and identity 

Ex: play sports to become an athlete 

3. Work- any type of physical activity that is done at a place of work 

Ex: pizza delivery to construction workers to prof. Athlete

Hypokinetic disease- under movement. Come from sedentary work -ergonomic engineers

4.education- learning how to do physical activity

Ex: learning how to walk or do surgery 

• Teachers and coaches 

5. Leisure- doing physical activity for the pleasure it gives 

Ex: games or working out 

6. Health- physical activity to ensure the health of yourself and others.

Ex: taking out the trash, keeping community clean 

7. Competition- wanting to be the best. Usually creates excitement and strives for personal goals. Organizing principle to activity 

In the 90’s, KIN was PE or physical education. 

Philosophy- queen of the sciences.

Philosophy asks big meaning of life questions and uses research tools that transcend those of other disciplines 

Philosophic thinking in kin is needed to address a few issues that are important for kinesiologists

Metaphysics- to understand the nature of health and physical activity thru reasoning 

The three types of philosophical reasoning:

Inductive reasoning- specific cases into develop broad, general principles

Deductive reasoning- begins with broad factual or hypothetical premises to determine more specific conclusions 

Descriptive reasoning- takes something and tells it how it is 

Epistemology- to understand our level of confidence in our claims in kin (thru claims)

The four types of philosophical claims:

Personal opinion- this is the lowest level of truth bc it depends on subjective experience 

Speculation- forming of a theory without firm evidence, similar to opinion

Probable assertion- considerable amounts of evidence can support these claims and believe to be at least partly true 

Truth assertion- claims that are very difficult to question and are considered very true.

Axiology- to understand the most important values of life but also recognize these values are different for all 

Three philosophical value systems of human life:

Materialism- human being is nothing more than a complex machine. We have bodies no power 

Dualism- the mind and body are separate. Thoughts count and priority is given to the mind 

Holism- mind and body are interdependent and work together 

Ethics- to learn how we ought to behave in sport in our professional lives as kinesiologists 

Three philosophical values systems of social behavior 

Morality- behaviors done based on personal principles or conscience 

Nonmoral values- objects of desire such as happiness, ice cream, and good health as motivating factors of behavior 

Ethics- refers to the societal expectations and understanding of how to act and behave