Review article
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v21i0.3724
Kinesiology and Sustainable Future
Ivan Prskalo
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education
Marko Badrić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9545-5013
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education
Draženko Tomić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3447-7838
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education
Abstract
According to a number of definitions (Findak, 1995; Klavora, 2008; Momirović, 1969; Mraković, 1971, 1992, 1997), Kinesiology as a science “studies the effectiveness of human movements, the controlled process of exercise, its principles and consequences for the human body in the broadest sense” (Prskalo & Sporiš, 2016, p. 12), and attempts to fulfil its futuristic role in securing the future of humankind, especially for its most sensitive and vulnerable members. This role is realized through all its applied areas and branches, and especially through kinesiology education, which is the only one that includes the entire population within the compulsory school subject Physical and Health Education. With respect to the already accepted values of physical and health education: biological, economic, health, cultural and pedagogical (Findak, 1999), the importance of changing the name Physical and Health Education to Kinesiology Education is emphasized (Findak, 2014). The value of kinesiology education has been confirmed in achieving many anthropological and educational tasks, and has even become the foundation of different virtues, including religion, which may be defined as a subjective state of mind, a certain lifestyle and consistency in faith (Enciklopedijski teološki rječnik, 2009). Prskalo (2018) points out the issues of sustainable development contained in the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations, with the goals attainable by 2015 and the ones applicable today (Državni zavod za statistiku et al., 2006; Pavić-Rogošić, 2016), and refers to the improvement of living conditions at a global level. All of the above-mentioned issues correlate with the issues dealt with by kinesiology and all its applied fields.
Keywords
kinesiology; Kinesiology Education; sustainable development; students
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Publication date:
13.9.2019.
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