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HKIN 115: Principles of Human Movement

This course provides an introduction to human kinetics.  The functional and psychosocial aspects of human movement form the core components of this course.  Topics include: physical activity, physical fitness, healthy eating, stress, heart health, obesity, cancer, and weight management. Three credits and laboratory.    

Student Feedback 2011/12

106 of 140 students provided data. Qualitative comments: Part 1     Part 2   

Quantitative feedback      

Course Outline           Laboratory Outline       What does it take to get a 90?   

Assignments            Marking rubric for Assignment # 3

Sample Rants and Raves 1        

Sample Rants and Raves 2        

Sample Rants and Raves 3        

Sample Rants and Raves 4          

Sample Rants and Raves 5        

Sample Rants and Raves 6            

Sample Rants and Raves 7        

Sample Rants and Raves 8        

Sample Rants and Raves 9       

Sample Rants and Raves 10     

Sample Rants and Raves 11     

Sample Rants and Raves 12     

Sample Rants and Raves 13    

Sample Rants and Raves 14     

Sample Rants and Raves 15     

 

HKIN 425: Child Growth and Development

This course covers the physical growth, maturation, and development in children and adolescents.  The implications of changes in structure and function as they relate to physical education, physical activity, and physical fitness will be discussed. Prerequisites BIOL 251/252, HKIN 365. Three credits and laboratory. Service learning option. 

Student Feedback 2011;

56 of 67 students’ qualitative comments

55 of 67 students’ quantitative feedback

Course Outline        Service Learning Assignment    What does it take to get a 90?

HKIN 425_Lab 1    HKIN 425_Lab 2 

Service Learning Options

 

HKIN 426: Health Education

This course introduces the basic concepts and topics associated with the physical, intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual, and environmental aspects of health.  Emphasis will be placed upon the application of these concepts in the instruction of health in the school system.  Three credits.  Prerequisite: HKIN 115.


Student Feedback 2012;

63 of 79 students’ qualitative comments

62 of 79 students’ quantitative feedback

Course Outline 2013                       Assignments                Service Learning Options

What does it take to get a 90?

Sample R & R (1) 2012          Sample R & R (2) 2012

Sample R & R (3) 2012          Sample R & R (4) 2012

Sample R & R (5) 2012          Sample R & R (6) 2012

Sample R & R (7) 2012          Sample R & R (8) 2012

Sample R & R (9) 2012         

 

Day 1 – Jan 7

Day 2 – Jan 9

Day 3 – Jan 10

Day 4 – Jan 14

Day 5 – Jan 16

Day 6 – Jan 17

Day 7 & 8 – Jan 21 & 23

Day 9 – Jan 24

Day 19 – Feb 18

Day 20 – Feb 20     Day 20 – extra presentation

Day 21 – Feb 21

Day 22 – March 4

Day 23, 24, 25 – March 6, 7, 11

Day 26, March 12

Day 27 & 28 – March 14 & 18

Day 29 – March 20

Day 30 – March 21 – Attend Student Research Day

Day 31 – March 25

Day 32 – March 27

Day 33 – March 28

Day 34 – April 1

Day 35 – April 3

Day 36 – April 4

 

Service Learning in HKIN 425 and 426: Fit 4 Life and Fit 4 Tots

Service Learning – General Guidelines                      Fit 4 Life – General Guidelines

Fit 4 Life – Games Booklet                                        Fit 4 Tots – General Guidelines                              

                                                                             

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 1                        Fit 4 Life: Lifestyles 1

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 2                        Fit 4 Life: Lifestyles 2

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 3                        Fit 4 Life: Lifestyles 3

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 4                        Fit 4 Life: Lifestyles 4

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 5                        Fit 4 Life: Lifestyles 5

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 6                        Fit 4Life: Lifestyles 6

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 7                        Fit 4 Life: Lifestyles 7

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 8                        Fit 4Life:  Lifestyles 8

Fit 4 Life: Nutrition 9                        Fit 4 Life: Lifestyles 9

 

HKIN 493: Honours Thesis

Year

Student Name

Thesis Title

Current Status

2011-2012

Nicholas Taylor

An objective analysis of the children’s physical activity in the Fit 4 Life program

 

2010-2011

 

Brianna Hunter

University students’ recollections of negative physical education experiences

Optometry – US or Scotland

2010-2011

 

Bradley Lewis

Fat, lazy and diseased: an examination of forty years of Canadian national physical activity initiatives

Medical SchoolDalhousie University

2009-2010

Holly van Gestel

“Thin to Win” the relationship between sport type and female athlete’s susceptibility to developing an eating disorder

MSc, Dalhousie University

2009-2010

Phillip Sheppard

Acute effects of proprioreceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on strength performance in the knee flexors

MSc, MScPT University of Western

Ontario

2009-2010

Kathryn Olsheski

The development of a questionnaire to assess children’s knowledge and attitudes associates with healthy active living

MSc

University of Western

Ontario

2009-2010

Kelsey Lynch

Whiplash associated disorder pain: comparing intramuscular stimulation and standard physiotherapy treatment to standard physiotherapy treatment

 

2008-2009

Dale Robertson

Sedentary activities, Body Mass Index, and waist circumference in Nova Scotian grade 11 students

Medical School McGill University

2008-2009

Jonathon Harris

Effects of a regular physical activity program on cognition in institutionalized Alzheimer’s and dementia patients

MSc

University of Regina

2008-2009

Laura Crossman

Girls on the run: An after school running program

 

2008-2009

Tyler Kirby

Complexes: A resistance training program to induce fat loss

MSc

United States

2008-2009

Co-Advisor

Terri Fenton

The power to move you: Leg power in competitive dancers, varsity hockey athletes, and sedentary females

MScPT

Dalhousie University

2008-2009

Co-Advisor

Michael FitzGerald

High intensity resistance exercise as a method of inducing post-activation potentiation

 

2008-2009

Co-Advisor

Danyel Degenhardt

Depth jumps: Leap of faith or a leg up on the competition

MScPT

Dalhousie University

2007-2008

Haley MacDonald

SWEAT SLAVES: A qualitative exploration of exercise dependence in males

 

MA

University of Alberta

2007-2008

Co-Advisor

Hayley Russell

Return to play anxiety and adherence to a rehabilitation program in athletes with serious injuries

MSc

PhD

2007-2008

Bryon Campbell

How fun is Phys-Ed?  The relationship between the enjoyment of physical activity and physical education and level of physical activity in junior high students

Education, StFX

2007-2008

Brock Organ

What matters where: The role of perceived of environment barriers to physical activity in university students

Medical School

University of

Ottawa

2007-2008

Katelyn Evans

Losing your athletic identity: The effects of athletic retirement

 

2007-2008

Kara Latter

Perceived, desired, and actual body image: A comparison of Human Kinetics and non Human Kinetics students

MScPT

University of Western

Ontario

2007-2008

Co-Advisor

PJ Rasmussen

A comparison of the effects of cannabinoids and traditional analgesics on fine motor control in Long-Evans rats

Medical School

Dalhousie University

2007-2008

Co-Advisor

Jill Seymour

Do Human Kinetics students practice what they preach?  A comparison of the physical fitness levels between Human Kinetics and non-Human Kinetics students at St. Francis Xavier University

MSc

University of New Brunswick

2007-2008

Co-Advisor

Nicole Proudfoot

Knowledge is power: An exploration of physical activity and its health-related benefits in adults with intellectual disabilities

MSc

McMaster University

2007-2008

Co-Advisor

Kimberly Stockman

Disability, impairment, and handicap: Labels through no fault of my own

 

2007-2008

Co-Advisor

Lisa Belanger 

Physical activity and quality of life in a post treatment pediatric cancer patient (case study

MA, PhD

University of Alberta

2006-2007

Jacquelyn Purdy

Mirror, mirror on the wall: Does body image affect us all?  A study of body image in active male university students

 

2006-2007

(Christine) Terese Chisholm

Barriers to physical activity in grade 7 and 11 males and females in Nova Scotia

Medical School

Dalhousie

University

2006-2007

Krista Chisholm

Physical activity levels of first year university students: Is the drop in physical activity the same across programs?

Dental Hygenist

2006-2007

Co-Advisor

Andrew Cochrane

Maximal exertion and mood states: Aerobic vs. anaerobic

MSc, PhD

MacMaster

University

2006-2007

Co-Advisor

Scott Westberg

Comparison of personality traits and supplement use in physically active undergraduate students

Medical School

University of Northern British Columbia

2006-2007

Co-Advisor

Julia Mitchell

Ankle support devices for the vertical jump and long jump

MScPT

Dalhousie

University

2005-2006

Katherine Fleming

Social physique anxiety and female varsity athletes

Medical School

Dalhousie University

2005-2006

Mark MacKenzie

Team cohesion and success among men’s university basketball teams

 

MScPT

Dalhousie

University

2004-2005

Beverly Moylan

Development, implementation, and evaluation of a physical activity

intervention program for children at risk of overweight or obesity in grades 4 and 5

MA

University of Alberta

Medical School

University of Calgary

2004-2005

Kathryn Faloon

The effects of a ten-week physical activity intervention on the physical fitness of children in grades 4 and 5

MSc

University of Ottawa

2003-2004

Jennifer Lewis

Stress, coping and locus of control of varsity athletes

Public school teacher in Ontario

2002-2003

Co-Advisor

Jillian Sawlor

Motivation and discontinuation factors of male soccer referees in Nova Scotia: A case study

 

2002-2003

Co-Advisor

Heather McArel

Physical activity levels and incidence and duration of upper respiratory infections in undergraduate university students

MSc

York University

 

 

                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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