In the scientific theory of sport science four major questions can be considered: (1) What is the function of science? (2) What is the body of knowledge of a scientific field? (3) What is the appropriate research methodology? (4) How are research results applied to the practical field? This publication structures the body of knowledge of German sportscience and focuses on the second question. Answers to the other questions are given implicitly within the articles relating to the specific subdisciplines of sport science.
In the scientific theory of sport science four major questions can be considered: (1) What is the function of science? (2) What is the body of knowled...
Should scientific congresses take place in connection with Olympic Games, and should science be represented not only in the form of applied science engaged in the care of athletes, but also as an informing, reflecting and critical authority? The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad answered this question in the affirmative, and the results have justified this decision. The invitation sent out by the Organizing Committee was accepted by numerous eminent scholars and many participants from all over the world; it was their merit that the general topic of the congress could be...
Should scientific congresses take place in connection with Olympic Games, and should science be represented not only in the form of applied science en...
Soll ein wissenschaftlicher Kongress in Verbindung mit den Olympischen Spielen stattfinden und Wissenschaft nicht nur als angewandte Wissenschaft in der Betreuung von Athleten vertreten sein, sondern auch als informierende, reflektierende und kritische Instanz? Das Organisationskomitee fur die Spiele der XX. Olympiade hat sich dafur entschieden, und das Ergebnis hat ihm recht gegeben. Der Einladung des Organisationskomitees sind viele hervorragende Wissen schaftler und viele Teilnehmer aus der ganzen Welt nachgekommen; sie machten es moglich, das Thema des Kongresses in vielfaltiger Weise...
Soll ein wissenschaftlicher Kongress in Verbindung mit den Olympischen Spielen stattfinden und Wissenschaft nicht nur als angewandte Wissenschaft in d...