Two Fields, Overlapping Messages: Investigating the Related Concepts of Leisure Studies and Physical Education

Sargent, Julia (2023). Two Fields, Overlapping Messages: Investigating the Related Concepts of Leisure Studies and Physical Education. Quest, 75(4) pp. 295–309.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2023.2185159

Abstract

Inter-disciplinarity and bridging disciplinary boundaries is a practice that scholars often strive for within higher education research. Kinesiology encompasses many aspects such as physical activity, physical education and community. In this article, the two fields of leisure studies and physical education as a means to argue that these fields have overlapping messages that are currently being missed within scholarship. Using the theory of boundary crossing, this paper will argue that as a result of missing these current messages, we are at risk of disconnecting education from the social context of leisure. As a result of such analysis, this paper presents conclusions on ways in which research and practice can seek to strengthen the connection between these contexts and open new lines of enquiry that would be fruitful to explore.