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Maria Kosma; Nick Erickson; Ashlynn Gremillion – Quest, 2024
The purpose of this phenomenological, qualitative, temporal study was to examine the effects of a semester-long physical theater class on body schema (body posture, awareness, confidence, expression) among eight college students. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted twice to qualitatively collect the study's data. Two themes…
Descriptors: College Students, Theater Arts, Kinesiology, Nonverbal Communication
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Block, Betty A.; Weatherford, Gwendolyn M. – Quest, 2013
The concept of embodiment and the reintroduction of the body into the disability movement debate is the focus of this investigation. This paper will include arguments from scholars from philosophy, disability studies, adapted physical education, counseling, nursing, and sociology who recognize that a dualistic approach to dealing with embodied…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Self Concept, Human Body, Perception
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Charles, John M. – Quest, 1992
The resurgence of physical education as a cross-disciplinary study of human movement may revitalize the position of kinesiology in the liberal arts college. The paper assesses the nature of liberal arts in higher education and suggests ways a kinesiology curriculum may be honed to the specifications of that model. (SM)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach