SCHOLARSHIP IN PHYSICAL-EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL-ARTS COLLEGE

The role of scholarship in physical education in the liberal arts coll ege is discussed, placing it within the context of Ernest Boyer's (199 0) landmark publication, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities for the Professoriate. Boyer forces physical educators to consider the problem s and issues that confront the academy and the role of physical educat ion in it. Pondering the specific issue of scholarship in physical edu cation is especially appropriate in light of the debates that have rec ently raged over the place and priority of scholarship in the academy. Particular attention is paid to the role of scholarship in the libera l arts institutions that house physical education.