Summary Of Kinesiology

The purpose of this paper was to introduce the papers from the annual meetings of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education of 2006, which had the theme of kinesiology: defining the academic core of our discipline. The author expresses how the finding the academic core of kinesiology being an integral part of the disciplines history. The author notes that the academic core may have changed as the central goal of the discipline has shifted from professional orientation to science-based orientation with professional applications.

The paper also briefly discusses how the National Research Council has added kinesiology is a field of study in their life sciences taxonomy. The author claims that this both increases the visibility,