Relationship beween theory of physical education and sport pedagogy in West Germany

Abstract

Scince the beginning in 197o's, we can early find out many opinions, which intend to make up new directions in physical education. We can show the opinions of sport education as one of such. But what should be done to obtain good results under these opinios? Maybe, one way to solve this question is to establish the science of physical education. And the history of sport pedagogy (Sportpädagogik) in West Germany gives us full of helpful suggestions to construct the science of physical education.
In modern understanding in West Germany, sport pedagogy is considered as such science, which developed on the base of theory of physical education. So, in this study, I try to make clear mainly the next problems;
1. When changed the technical term from theory of physical education (Theorie der Leibeserziehung) to sport pedagogy (Sportpädagogik) in West Germany?
2. What means this change of technical term from theory of physical education to sport pedagogy? Why changed technical term in West Germany?
3. What are the problems in sport pedagogy of the period? In this study I get the conclusions as such;
1. Instead of the technical term “theory of physical education”, the term “sport pedagogy” began to be used in this field from 1969 to 1973.
2. We can recognize a difference between theory of physical education and sport pedagogy from two aspects; one is the change of interest in this field, and another is the change of methods. Interest and methods are to be much more various after adopting the term sport pedagogy.
3. Sport pedagogy of the period has many problems. These are, for example, as follows; Methodology problems. Relationship to its neighbour sciences. Systematizing problem of sport pedagogy as science. Construction problem of sport pedagogy as action science. Understanding problem of reationship between theory and praxis.