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Definitions of Leisure Pedagogy

Definitions of Leisure Pedagogy. LEISURE EDUCATION LEISURE THERAPY LEISURE COUNSELING. Leisure Education Writing Assignment. 1. Do you believe your education at HC is leisure or work? Design some steps that you could take in order to improve the quality of your educational experience.

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Definitions of Leisure Pedagogy

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  1. Definitions of Leisure Pedagogy • LEISURE EDUCATION • LEISURE THERAPY • LEISURE COUNSELING

  2. Leisure EducationWriting Assignment • 1. Do you believe your education at HC is leisure or work? Design some steps that you could take in order to improve the quality of your educational experience. • 2. List at least three classes that you have had, other than P.E. or Rec that have dealt with leisure theory or philosophy. Discuss each briefly. • 3. Many people in our society have been conditioned to view learning as work as opposed to leisure. Discuss your academic background and outline what you feel would be the ideal view of learning.

  3. Leisure Education Writing Assignment • Indicate how each of the following can fit in the ideal definition of leisure: • 1. Reading • 2. Language • 3. Math • 4. Art • 5. Music • 6. Fitness • 7. Science • 8. Health • 9. Religion • 10. Economics • 11. History

  4. Multiple Intelligence • Intelligence • The ability to coordinate your thoughts and actions in relation to solve real problems and make good decisions in life • Intelligence is more than: • Your performance in activities • Your accumulation of credits, degrees, diplomas or course work • Your replication of certain techniques or movements • Your performance in competition or tournaments

  5. Multiple Intelligence offers • A panorama of many options • Opportunities for individuals to express their knowledge and abilities in various manners • Various ways to investigate problems and make decisions to perform better • Various ways to demonstrate their comprehension and contents of an activity or technique • Various ways to learn new skills and techniques • OR • Each type of intelligence could be viewed as a window that one view problems, activities and skills

  6. Types • Logical • Linguistic • Musical • Spatial • Kinesthetic • Interpersonal • Intrapersonal • Natural

  7. Leisure activity ______________Writing Assignment • Logical • Linguistic • Musical • Spatial • Kinesthetic • Interpersonal • Intrapersonal • Natural

  8. Leisure Education is NOT • A new name for leisure profession or service • Just using leisure theory or content in class • Recreation and parks professional preparation program • Replace a set of leisure values from one to another • A focus on the value of the leisure profession • Standards of what is “good” or “bad” leisure • A focus on getting people to participate more in rec. activities • Only teaching skills • An effort to undermine to work ethic • Advocating a particular leisure lifestyle for everyone

  9. Leisure Education IS: • Enhance the quality of life of individuals • Enable an individual to identify and clarify her own leisure values and goals • Deciding what place leisure has in one’s own life • Coming to know oneself in relation to leisure (Acedia) • A lifelong process • Relating one’s own values, capabilities of leisure experiences • Increasing an individuals options for satisfying quality experiences in leisure

  10. Education as Leisure Models • Clients • Inmates • Mentees • Patients • Kids • Customers Individuals • Advisees • Counselees • Students

  11. Player Relationships • Faculty • Administrators • Students • Board members

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