Kinesiology in the names of higher education institutions in Europe and the United States of America/Kineziologija u nazivima visokoskolskih institucija u Europi i Sjedinjenim Americkim Drzavama

• Published in: Kinesiology (Zagreb, Croatia) Croatia), 2009-07, Vol.41 (2), p.136
• Main Authors: Custonja, Zrinko, Milanovic, Dragan, Sporis, Goran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Human mechanics; Kinesiology; Sports sciences
• ISSN: 1331-1441

The purpose of this research was to analyse the differences between and within the European and the USA departments, faculties or universities (N=980) which offer a degree in human movement science studies, according to their names. Eight hundred and fifty-eight (n=858) different university departments in the field of human movement study programmes from the United States of America and one hundred and twenty-two (n=122) departments from Europe were included. Using the Chi-square test, the following statistically significant differences between and within America and Europe were found. The terms used most frequently for human movement study programmes in the USA were health (n=261), physical education (n=172) and kinesiology (n=145). In Europe the most frequently used terms in the names of departments and faculties were sport (n=54) and physical education (n=29). The differences between the USA and Europe regarding the number and names of human movement study programmes are based on social, economic and historical differences between North America and Europe. The term kinesiology is rare in Europe but it is often in use in the USA. The authors consider the term kinesiology to be the most adequate name to identify the broad area of the human movement studies in the academic and scientific community. Key words: terminology, physical education, sport, sport sciences, health, human movement study, exercise science, physical culture, human performance, recreation, leisure studies Cilj je ovog rada bio ustanoviti razlike izmedu i unutar Europe i Sjedinjenih Americkih Drzava, u terminima koji se javljaju u sluzbenim nazivima fakulteta ili sveucilisnih odjela koji organiziraju studijske programe na podrucju znanosti o ljudskom kretanju (N=980). Istrazivanje obuhvaca nazive 858 sveucilisnih odjela iz SAD-a i nazive 122 fakulteta ili sveucilisna odjela iz Europe. Uporabom hi-kvadrat testa utvrdene su statisticki znacajne razlike u frekvencijama pojavljivanja razlicitih termina izmedu i unutar Europe i SAD-a. Najcesce koristeni termini u nazivima sveucilisnih programa o ljudskom kretanju u Americi jesu zdravlje (n=261), tjelesno obrazovanje/odgoj (n=172) i kineziologija (n=145). Najcesci termini u Europi jesu sport (n=54) i tjelesno obrazovanje/odgoj (n=29). Razlike izmedu Europe i Amerike u terminima koji se koriste u nazivima sveucilisnih programa na podrucju znanosti o ljudskom kretanju proizlaze iz drustvenih, ekonomskih i povijesnih specificnosti razvoja tog pod