Definitions of Leisure Pedagogy

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Definitions of Leisure Pedagogy

• LEISURE EDUCATION
• LEISURE THERAPY
• LEISURE COUNSELING

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Types

• Logical
• Linguistic
• Musical
• Spatial
• Kinesthetic
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Natural

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Leisure activity ______________Writing Assignment

• Logical
• Linguistic
• Musical
• Spatial
• Kinesthetic
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Natural

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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

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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 ones own life
• Coming to know oneself in relation to leisure
  (Acedia)
• A lifelong process
• Relating ones own values, capabilities of
  leisure experiences
• Increasing an individuals options for satisfying
  quality experiences in leisure

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Education as Leisure Models

• Clients
• 
  Inmates
• Mentees
• Patients
• Kids
• Customers
  Individuals
• Advisees
• Counselees
• 
  Students

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Player Relationships

• Faculty
• Administrators
• Students
• Board
  members