| （1.School of Physical Education，South China University of Technology，Guangzhou 510641，China；2.School of Physical Education，South China Normal University，Guangzhou 510006，China) Abstract: The evaluation of doctoral programs in kinesiology in the United States provides stipulations and assur-ance for the development of kinesiology doctor cultivation institutions in the United States. The authors expatiated on the evolution and current situation of the evaluation of doctoral programs in kinesiology in the United States, analyzed the index systems and evaluation results of two national evaluations of doctoral programs in kinesiology in the United States. The results showed the followings: the characteristics of the evaluation of doctoral programs in kinesiology in the United States represented by the evaluation system of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) are objective and effective; the trend of development will be diversification and internal professionalization of evaluation. An inspiration therefrom is that institutions of evaluation of doctorial programs in kinesiology in China should be diversified, and realize the transition from summative evaluation to procedural evaluation.
Key words: school physical education；evaluation of doctoral programs；kinesiology；NAK；USA |
