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A History of Physical Education and Athletics at Oberlin College: Trillium Books

Autor Lee C. Drickamer, Frederick D. Shults
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 sep 2022
Since the late nineteenth century, Oberlin College has been a leader in training physical education teachers. The skill and mentoring of founders like Delphine Hanna produced a generation of men and women who were among the most important individuals in the structuring of physical education and in the formation of professional societies in the areas of recreation, athletics, and physical education. Lee C. Drickamer and Frederick D. Shults document the full scope of Oberlin’s physical education and athletics programs, beginning with learning and labor in the mid-nineteenth century and chronicling the evolution of virtually every team, facility, curriculum, societal change, and philosophic stance thereafter. Touching on the mind-body duality, New Physical Education, and the ever-increasing emphasis on winning athletic contests, Drickamer and Shults remind readers of Oberlin’s long history of supporting societal changes and innovation. This process is brought full circle with the current emphasis on health and wellness, again focusing on the mind-body connection.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780814258439
ISBN-10: 0814258433
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 98 b&w images, 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Ohio State University Press
Colecția Trillium
Seria Trillium Books


Notă biografică

Lee C. Drickamer received his AB from Oberlin college in 1967 and is currently Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of A History of the Department of Biology at Oberlin College and has published widely in the fields of animal behavior and mammalogy.
Fredrick D. Shults (1932–2020) received his AB from Oberlin College in 1954 and served as a faculty member in Oberlin’s Department of Physical Education from 1960 to 1994. His articles have appeared in Athletic Journal; Oberlin Alumni Magazine; and Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.

Extras

This narrative presents Oberlin College as an excellent example of an institution founded in the nineteenth century that survived through decades of change into the twenty-first century. This is accomplished in the context of historical shifts in philosophy, differential growth and expansion for some larger schools relative to smaller colleges, and transformations in American higher education. The book is the story of a small college with a mission to integrate physical activity as a vital element of the overall educational experience. The college logo, impressed on its seal—“Learning and Labor”—signifies a firm belief in mind–body harmony. The founders fully appreciated the need for development of both mind and body if both were to function effectively within each student. The “Labor” portion of the motto was part of the daily routine of students, who devoted a half day to studies in the academic classroom, and a half day to constructing buildings, general maintenance of the campus, and tilling the farmland surrounding the campus to provide food for both humans and livestock. Other chores included a variety of domestic activities. Together, these daily routines provided a living pattern that embodied the mind–body connection. The resulting exchange benefitted the college through the student labor, while students earned money or credit toward tuition, room, and board. As occurred at other institutions of higher education, there was a sequence of changes in terms of the predominant nature of physical activities at the college. The chronology that began with manual labor progressed in stages, through intensive programs of gymnastics, to games and sports, and eventually to modern physical education and intercollegiate athletics. As with similar schools, Oberlin College recognized that a liberal arts education is foremost an individual effort, while physical education, when applied in games and sports, is more often a team experience. Today, students at Oberlin, upon completing an academic exercise, sign the Honor Pledge: “I have neither given nor received aid in this examination.” Though there is no extant pledge for a member of an athletic team, orchestra, theater troupe, or dance group, the pledge might read: “I have both given and received aid in this performance.”

A key emphasis in this story is the many ways in which Oberlin was a leader in the development of physical education. To form a more complete picture, events and innovations in physical education and athletics from other institutions are integrated into the narrative. Accomplishments at Oberlin help set the stage for some chapters and give insight into the prominent role played by a liberal arts college in Ohio regarding a major feature of American culture: the pursuit of exercise and physical activity.

Cuprins

Introduction
Chapter 1        Learning and Labor: 1830s–1870
Chapter 2        Gymnastics: 1871–1895
Chapter 3        New Physical Education: 1896–1925
Chapter 4        Sports as a Cultural Phenomenon: 1926–1950
Chapter 5        Athletics as Competition: 1951–1974
Chapter 6        Title IX, Inclusion of Women, and Sports as Entertainment: 1972–1990
Chapter 7        Worldwide Sports and Winning Dominates: 1991–2010
Chapter 8        The Present and Future Directions: 2011–2021 and Beyond
Appendices
            Appendix A.1: Timeline for Pertinent National and International Events
            Appendix A.2: Timeline for Physical Education and Athletics at Oberlin College
            Appendix B: Administrators for Physical Education and Athletics

Descriere

Examines the development and history of the first program for physical educators and athletics at Oberlin College, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.