...Recreation and Leisure | AHSC 242 Assignment | | The understanding and recognition of the value that recreation and leisure has to offer. | | Francis Pellegrino | 3/5/2009 | | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Timeline Diary Entries 3 Part I 6 Part II 9 Part III 12 Conclusion 15 Bibliography 16 Introduction The premise of this assignment is to explore the aspects behind recreational and leisure activities through the eyes of students. By demonstrating certain events based on the students life, it will give a certain understanding as to what they’ve learned throughout the course thus far, and what there capable of demonstrating through the different stages of the following three sections The first section is to enable the students to recognize and understand how free time is spent by conducting entries in a timeline diary and explaining the different questions provided by the lecturer. The second section is to help students understand the roles that leisure plays in their lives by selecting certain personal events and discussing the, in their own terms. Finally, the third section is to help students understand more about leisure in their community by exploring the different commercial locations available along with the possible constraints to leisure participation. Timeline Diary Entries Diary of Time Spent (Friday) | Time (min) | How Time Was Spent | Mood | Leisure Consideration | 12:00am-12:30 | Driving to local bistro...
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...Perception and leisure time CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION This chapter concludes definitions of each research construct are finally described. Literature review is a documentation of a comprehensive review of the published and unpublished work from secondary sources of data in the area of specific interest to the researcher. This chapter explains the literature review, which will address the research question. In order to complete this chapter, sources are taken from journal, books, the internet and some certified prime media. The literature review should bring together all relevant information in a cogent and logical manner instead of presenting all the studies in chronalogical order with the bits and pieces of uncoordinated information. BODY Leisure time is time available spent away from business, work, and domestic chores for ease and relaxation. It also excludes time spent on necessary activities such as sleeping and, where it is compulsory, education. Everyone needs a little bit of relaxation in their life because leisure time is important. A person need relieve stress, have time to themselves, and recharge their body and mind because life should not be all work, no play. Among this, it show leisure time is very important for one's mental health in their life. If the mind and body to get the revival it needs after a long week's hard work, can get a fresh idea to their life and work because a person need to have some enjoyment in life. A person can perform activities well in...
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...Leisure in coping with depression Model Study Reference Nimrod, G., Kleiber, D., & Berdychevsky, L. (2012). Leisure in coping with depression. (Fall 2012 ed., Vol. Journal of Leisure Research, p. p419). Abstract This recreational research document is based on the human psychology during the times of depression. The main purpose of the study is to analyse the importance of leisure and related activities in the time of depression that normally helps a person in coping with the tense times of depression. Although the results of this study are different from our general understanding that leisure activities help in the times of depression because during those times it is highly difficult for a person to take part in such activities which would help him to relax during these depressed moments. There are other strategies that will be discussed in detail in the research study which will help to get better from the frustrating times. Introduction This research will look into the general causes of depression that is faced by the individuals during their routine life. It seems to be normal with most of the people around the world to be depressed due to their personal or professional life, but they are unaware of the fact that depression can lead to severe disability if it is not curtailed at early stage (WHO, 2012). It is a fact that in today’s world where competition among various people in different walks of life has increased, it has also given rise to additional...
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...UNIT 33: THE SPORT AND LEISURE SECTOR Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the growth and influence of the sport and leisure sector Sport and leisure sector: facilities and activities; outdoor and indoor; minority sports; professional clubs; entertainment; hospitality and exhibitions; fashionable sports and leisure activities and trends in sport and leisure; commercial and private providers; professional sport; cinemas and theatres; exhibitions; health clubs and spas; sports merchandise; voluntary eg local sports clubs, drama groups; public eg local authority leisure centres, national stadia, venues, parks and events; schools and specialist sports/drama colleges, further education centres of excellence, government organisations; other agencies and providers Growth and expansion: related to age, gender, socio-economic group, lifestyle, geographical location, disability/health status, governmental imperatives; improved choice; health clubs, specialist activities, purpose-built facilities; educational eg new sports/drama colleges and centres of excellence; events management; recreation, arts and entertainment; outdoor activities; adventure tourism; special interest tourism; sports development policy and planning; consumption; lifestyle; national governing bodies; sector skills councils; sports councils to reflect national government policy on sport and associated areas eg fitness; elite training facilities and services eg growth of youth...
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...Ludsby Leisure Project Ludsby Leisure Project Introduction I have been asked to write a report in order to advice The Leisure and Recreation Committee of the advantages and disadvantages of all of the possible projects that have been drawn up. Also, I have been asked to recommend which two projects would be most suitable for Ludsby New Town to be provided out of their budget. The information in this report was taken from course notes and statistics from their Planning Officer. This report has to be completed by 18 September 2013. Findings 1. Background A new town, Ludsby, is to be built to absorb the overspill population from existing major cities. The new town development corporaton has been set up a Leisure and Recreation Committee, which has been given a budget, and is prepared to pay for only two new leisure facilities in the new town. Therefore, a short-list of five possible choices has been drawn up. They include a swimming pool, a disco, a bingo hall, a cinema and a bowling alley. 2. Population 3.1. Present Population Information forLudsby Development Corporation shows that the new town will consist of maily young couples, some of them with small children. In addition to this, there will also be a significant number of middle-aged people with teenage children. The only elderly residents will be those who are living with their grown-up children. 3. Slugsby Statistics 4.2. Pool Statistics supplied by Slugsby New Town show...
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...Gender Analysis and Leisure Constraints: An Uneasy Alliance In their article, “Gender Analysis and Leisure Constraints: An Uneasy Alliance”, Susan M. Shaw and Karla Henderson described the relationship between gender scholarship and constraints scholarship as an uneasy alliance as opposed to one of integration or consolidation. Based on the viewpoint of literature in both areas, gender research and constraints research could mutually benefit from integration by promoting respective new insights into each area. The authors examined the reasons behind gender researchers’ unwillingness to apply constraints approach and explored solutions to deal with this disparity. I strongly agree with the authors’ assertion that “bring(ing) together information on individual behaviors, negotiation strategies, attitudes, and experiences, along with an understanding of the influence of social structures and sociocultural contexts, should lead to a stronger basis for understanding leisure constraints, an enhanced understanding of this important aspect of people’s lives, and new and innovative directions for future research”(p. 31). However, I would argue that not all of the strategies suggested by them of how to strengthen the alliance between these two areas of investigation would lead to their original expectation. Two broad categories of alliance are created when associating one area of investigation with another. The first category creates broader “container”, which contains both theoretical...
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...Creativity vs Activity: Transforming Leisure as We Know It In “Doing Nothing is Something”, by Anna Quindlen, she expresses her concern about the extent of scheduling parents do for their children. She argues that children have lost the sense of what it’s like to have nothing to do, because their parents have enabled them to perpetually be busy. By scheduling every minute of a child’s day, there is no chance for downtime. In order for children to find creativity and explore it they must be allowed time to do nothing. Downtime allows imagination, ingenuity and inventiveness of children to become better thinkers. The current society has become so fast paced, and filled with activity we have lost the importance of what leisure brings, balance. Creativity best presents itself when there is downtime, it allows one to expand and form ideas within their own minds, which are unlimited. As children, once schoolwork and chores are done, there should be play time, when they can just be kids. Children need time to create moments like fighting giants, and watching dragons attack castles. The reality is, they are fighting an old tree, long past dead with a stick and watching clouds pass in the sky. These are just a couple examples of how creativity and imagination can happen, and should continue. Quindlen writes, “I don’t believe you can write poetry, or compose music, or become and actor without downtime, and plenty of it, a hiatus that passes for boredom but is really the quiet moving...
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...An investigation on how the mode of transport affect study, leisure, social activities, and academic performance of undergraduate students Abstract This study seeks to investigate how mode of transport influences the activities of undergraduate students, and whether it impacts their academic performance. The activity patterns of 50 KPTM students are analysed. The respondent profile indicates that slightly more than half are females; between 21-24 years old; and currently pursuing their bachleor degree. In terms of lifestyle, large majority are average and above average financially; with 2 to 4 siblings; using private transport; and exercise irregularly. In terms of study-related activities, their academic performances are self-reported as average and above average; fair and good class attendance; only sometimes or never late for class; and considered to be more focused and attentive by their preferences to seat between the front-middle and the middle-back rows. In terms of time spent (hours per week) on the core activities, on average the students reported to study 20.6 h/week; to have leisure time for 24.6 h/week; social activities for 40.4 h/week; and working 3.4 h/week. The major findings of this study reveal that mode of transport does play an important role in student’s study, leisure, and social activities. The findings indicate that those students with private transport tend to spend slightly less time on self-study (20.4-20.8 h/week) and miss slightly more classes...
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...The theory of X and Y of Mc Gregor, an expert in Management, as cited by Sison (2003), is associated with the performance of an individual. Theory X assumes that food servers dislike work. So managers should force them to attain goals of enterprise. The managers make all the decisions while food servers just take orders. In the case of Theory Y, it assumes that work is an important part of the lives of the people; that people are responsible and therefore committed to the goals of the enterprise. We can relate this to food servers. In Theory X, this concerns the food servers who do not like to work efficiently and effectively, thus their work attitude affects the goal of the establishments, they will naturally force the food server to work even the food server does not. In Theory Y, the work attitudes of the food servers and the management of the establishments are generally important. They will work hand on hand for the benefit of the customers and goals of company. The manager motivates the food servers to work effectively and efficiently by giving them some form of reward, recognition or achievement. Another theory is the Expectancy Theory of Vroom (1964). According to Vroom (retrieved on February 12, 2011 from http:// www.sayeoconomy.com/ expectancy-theory-by-victor-vroom/ ), this theory proposes that persons will decide behave or act in certain way because they are motivated to select a specific behavior due to what they expect the result of that selected behavior will...
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...Monique Lee Student ID: 110199493 Leisure Concepts – Personal Critique Leisure Concepts – Personal Critique Reflective Study (Personal Critique) Week 11 – The Dark Side of Leisure Gambling: When defining the term leisure, it is able to be distinguished by the three components of; intrinsically motivating, enjoyment, and freedom of choice. Therefore, any activity that is able to demonstrate these three components must be seen as a leisure activity. However, in society some of the reflection of these activities that people are merely participating in are seen as been on the verge, in terms of being outside acceptable norms of behaviour and having a negative impact on the wellbeing of the individual if overused. These leisure activities are commonly derived as being seen as the ‘dark side of leisure’ or ‘leisure deviant’. Leisure can be a time for self-expression, even if it is outside the self-normality of society, however who can define it as being either a good or bad activity to participate in. If it’s giving the individual an overall sense of pleasure and positive experiences from participating, shouldn’t it be considered as an acceptable leisure activity to take part in? Based on the three components of leisure, I will evaluate whether gambling provides any overall benefits to the individual overall in relation to their wellbeing, specifically focusing on the question, ‘Does gambling have any beneficial leisure qualities?’ Wolfgang (1988, p.72)...
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...Comparative analysis of “Cynddylan on a Tractor” versus “Leisure” Penelope Wee 37/09 |Cynddylan on a Tractor versus Leisure | |Big ideas? | |Industrialisation, effects thereof. | |Threads of comparison / what poets |Cynddylan: ideas + devices + significance |Leisure: ideas + devices + significance | |seem to be saying about | | | |industrialisation | | | |Industrialisation brings with it its |“Clutch curses” – cacophonic alliteration |The desirability of the ideas that Davies | |fair share of difficulties. / |suggests some initial difficulty in getting |lists and portrays suggests that Man needs | |Disapproving attitude. |the tractor to cooperate |time off to himself, but that it is difficult| | | |to obtain with the advent of | | | ...
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...Discussion—Cultural Influences on Work and Leisure TimeAmerican society places much emphasis on merit through work. Vacation periods in the U.S. are the shortest among industrialized nations. Many argue that advanced technology has only busied people’s lives further, instead of alleviating the time necessary to complete day-to-day tasks.Using the readings for this module, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, complete the following: * Examine Huizinga’s “Play Theory.” Why is “play” differentiated from other activity? What makes play “play” and not just another activity one does in the day? * Considering this theory, evaluate how culture influences your play and leisure time. Support your statements with examples and scholarly references.By Saturday, December 22, 2012, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, January 2, 2013, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.Discussion Grading Criteria and RubricFor assistance with any problems you may have when completing this assignment—OR—to offer your assistance to classmates, please use the Problems and Solutions Discussion area located through the left side navigation link. | | | | Use the Respond link to post responses and materials that pertain to this assignment. Use the Respond link beneath any existing postings to respond to them. | | Assignment 1: Discussion—Cultural Influences on Work and Leisure Time | Respond | This table lists...
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...Idleness” (1932), Bertrand Russell claims that leisure has a negative impact on our society and is avoidable because of the modern technology we have today. Russell seems to be in conflict with individuals that are at the top of the economic ladder. Modern technology allows for a four hour work day, however, these individuals are taking advantage of their workers because “the morality of work is the morality of slaves (Russell 14).” Long hours for workers are sought after by their employers instead of creating more jobs for those who desperately need them. Long work hours do not allow for leisure or time and often causes people to become overworked. Technology in our society has grown rapidly, yet hours are not decreasing and jobs are not being created. Employed individuals are taking advantage of their employers and have the mindset that working harder allows for better income, which is uniform with their employers. People who are wealthy and have poor idleness have high expectations from those who they are providing the jobs for. This is currently an issue in today’s society. The people in our society will never stop working; they will continue making money to support themselves and their families. Working individuals only want what’s best for themselves and their future. As society grows, so do the hours that men and women are working contradicting Russell’s wish that hours should be decreased as society grows. Society can’t forget that leisure time must be earned and that priorities...
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...Annotated Bibliography: Student Well-Being in Adolescent Years Emmeka Lenson 17422604 McDougall, B. (2013, August 9). Tragedy of Tormented Teenagers – mental illness hits one in four. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au ‘Tragedy of tormented teenagers – mental illness hits one in four’, is an article about the growing number of adolescents being diagnosed with mental health disorders. As many as one in four teenagers are reported to have established psychological problems and research shows that the majority of them are not receiving any treatment. 80% of young adults with mental health issues did not identify their problem at its first signs, and thus missed out on prompt treatment. Numerous adolescents are either too embarrassed to seek help from others or do not know how, so instead they suffer in silence. Mental health is extremely important to adolescent well-being and to normal development and functioning. Out of the thousands of young people diagnosed with mind diseases, 14% are now affected by developmental disorders due to late identification and treatment. It has been discovered that people who have a mental illnesses, have a life expectancy 15-20 years lower than an average healthy person. Statistics also reveal that for every Australian Year 12 class, at least one or more students have attempted to commit suicide and many more have experienced suicidal thoughts. Mental health problems are one of the main causes of adolescent...
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...English Finals Essay: Fahrenheit 451 Within the dystopian world of Fahrenheit 451, books, knowledge, and literature were all banned or destroyed. This lead to the result of happiness of most of the community but, not to all of the people. One of those people that was against the idea of banning and destroying literature was Faber, an old retired english professor. In a discussion with Guy Montag the protagonist, he explains that there are 3 key things that was missing from the community of Fahrenheit of 451. Those 3 things are “quality information”, “leisure to digest it” and, “the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two”.These key “things” are extremely similar in importance toward both our...
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