Leisure Is A Word Of Leisure

Both Play and Leisure are vital components of a child's life as a range of stimulating play and leisure opportunities will support the physical emotional sensory and spiritual and intellectual growth of the child. It helps them to form and sustain relationships and also improves communication, educational development and achievement.

Almost everyone has some kind of leisure time whether it is a couple hours or a couple days. What varies is the type of recreational activities people choose to do during that time. Although leisure and recreation is chosen based on ones unique individual interests, there are many sociocultural factors that influence the type of recreational activities we do, when we do it and how often we do it. These factors include political,

ways that leisure time is spent by women has indeed benefited them in both the workplace and at home. This position requires a closer

As I make my way on this journey that is my life, I realize that I have always believed in the fundamental worth of all humanity and my responsibility as a fellow human being to respect this premise and also to support individuals, as much as I am able, to help unearth it should this basic truth become hidden to them. This is a guiding principle for me and I believe that many of the constructs of the field of Therapeutic Recreation (TR) are congruent with this philosophy. Making the decision to obtain a Therapeutic Recreation Specialization (TRS) degree offered a theoretical rationale in which to further explore the concept of leisure, define my professional philosophy and an opportunity to reflect critically on the field which I have

Leisure at the turn of the twentieth century was a new found type of freedom and entertainment, not only for the children, but for the entire family. It was a way for numerous families to spend quality time together but in a more modern and convenient way. Entertainment before the twentieth century consisted of household entertainment, such as board games, and “backyard games” like tennis, and football amongst others. When compared to leisure in the twentieth century, many of these activities were seen as “outdated”, as more and more people started to adopt the new ways of entertainment. Some examples were the openings of catalogs, sports, cinemas, amusement parks.

Pieper describes work and leisure from a unique perspective. He believes that work is a necessary part of life, but one that should not consume our every waking moment. Piper challenges our modern definition of work to show us that time away can be beneficial. The leisure that he references is not a period of just not doing anything. He argues that our time not consumed by our work should be devoted to philosophy and theology that enriches our lives. What the modern world uses as leisure, which is not thinking at all, is what Pieper would call being sloth. The time away from work is meant for personal and spiritual growth. Idleness robs our time as much as work, but leisure allows us to expand our horizons. Comparing Huxley's Brave NEw World

For the purpose of this study the researcher will observe the leisure programs and take notes. The first part of this process will be taking note of observations, which includes where the activity takes place, who is running it, how many participants have shown up, and the level of participation. The researcher will note any differences in the environment from previous sessions as well in order to analyze what made participants engage more or less than previous sessions. Badenhorst (2008) suggests that the researcher should also take pictures or drawings of the room so long as the participants and leisure professional have given permission. This is to be better able to reflect on the situation when it comes time to analyze the data (Badenhorst, 2008). During this process the researcher needs to be as detailed as possible, were the participants smiling during the session? Were the participants socializing? What was being said during the socialization? Every participant in the room needs to be written about from the beginning of the session until the end of the session (Badenhorst, 2008). It is important to note if something happened that might impact their participation, for example, did they have a medical procedure that morning that affected their participation that afternoon? When taking notes the researcher needs

In Ian Frazier’s article called “In Praise of Margins,” the author argues that the whole world is “jammed” up, and that people need “Marginal” spaces and activities to gain relief from our hectic lives. People have to work to earn money, as said money, is used to pay for bills, food, and sometimes to earn even more money. It seems like people never have time to have fun or to be care-free. Frazier says that ”Marginal” activities are things that have no reason behind them like taking a stroll in the woods, or stepping on pieces of ice on the ground just to hear the crack beneath your feet. ”Marginal” activities are something that everyone should consider for their own daily lives because Frazier values both the creativity and the relief that come from “Marginal” activities. I must agree with Frazier, especially because “Marginal” activities can help people relax from their hectic lives. In my own experience, “Marginal” activities help me when I was still going to high school, it wasn’t tough, but I was overwhelmed at the large amount of work I had to do.

For this assignment I had the opportunity to interview Darcy Page and Brittney Stobbie on what exactly leisure means to them. Both Brittney and Darcy are juniors here at the University of Florida pursuing a degree in Recreation Tourism Event Management. When it comes to leisure, Darcy defines leisure as the time she spends doing things that help to relieve her stress. One of her biggest stress relievers is the gym because she loves the way she feels after a hard workout. Brittney describes leisure as free time to do the activities she enjoys. Both girls find leisure an important part of their lives and affiliate it with the feeling of happiness and being healthy. When it comes to leisurely activities Darcy enjoys reading, exercising, doing

Research on leisure constraints have shown that recent immigrants and refugees experience a bigger change in leisure patterns compared to their long-standing counterparts (Juniu 2000, Stodolska, 2000). As time in the US increases leisure participation will gradually increase as well, which could be due to improved language skills and cultural knowledge.

Culture, ethnicity and race affects people's leisure choices in a variety of ways. First of all, culture affects people's leisure choices such as people in the India or Afghanistan are famous for playing cricket. Race and ethnicity also affects my personal leisure choices based on my cultural and religious views. Living in a diverse society, with racists and different ethnic backgrounds we have different views of leisure. Education, income, employment, race and beliefs affect everyone’s leisure choices. For example, more wealthier individuals like to play golf. Golf is considered to a sport for rich people and

However, the state regulates leisure, determining what can be seen, and how public spaces can be used. “In relation to both body and state of mind, the state has pushed policies aimed at drawing subordinate social groups into ‘rational recreation’ in order to curb the potential dangers

The concept of leisure contains harmonious relationships between human beings and nature, with humans being considered part of nature. Thus, we should not want only offend nature, but should take the reverence of nature to be natural. In ancient times, the Chinese used the term tiandi (heavens and the earth) to mean nature and

          As we can see from my personal examples and views, workers spend their leisure time more productively that a laborer. Since

At the beginning of this course leisure was a topic I did not give much thought to and I felt like I did not have the time to spare to put much thought into. To me, all leisure meant was having free time to do whatever it is that I wanted to do. But after analyzing my life I noticed that I had surrounded my life with solely work and school and my “free time” was anytime I spent watching television and anytime I slept. However, after taking this course I learned that leisure meant more much than that. Now leisure to me means, as Richard Kraus states, leisure is “time which is not devoted to work or work-connected responsibilities or to other forms of discretionary or unobligated time,” (Olson et al., 2003, 12). The “time” in which Kraus