Recreation and Leisure Programming A 21st Century Perspective.

Recreation and Leisure Programming A 21st Century Perspective.

In the 21st century, recreation and leisure programmers will face many social, cultural, economic, and environmental changes that affect the recreation and leisure needs, interests, and attitudes of the people they serve. These changes require recreation and leisure programmers who are highly skille...

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Main Author: Edginton, Christopher
Other Authors: Lankford, Samuel, Dieser, Rodney
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Champaign, IL : Sagamore Publishing, L.L.C., 2019
Subjects:
Recreation leadership.
Recreation > Management.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Credits
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • 1: Recreation & Leisure in the 21st Century
  • CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 21st CENTURY RECREATION AND LEISURE PROGRA
  • SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING PROGRAMMING
  • PROGRAMMING: A PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
  • BASIC CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS OF PLAY, RECREATION, AND LEISURE
  • Understanding Play
  • Defining Recreation
  • Concepts of Leisure
  • CRAFTING THE LEISURE EXPERIENCE
  • Perceived Freedom
  • Perceived Competence
  • Intrinsic Motivation
  • Positive Affect
  • RECREATION AND LEISURE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
  • Governmental Recreation and Leisure Service Agencies
  • Nongovernmental Recreation and Leisure Service Organizations
  • Commercial Recreation and Leisure Service Enterprises
  • SUMMARY
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 2: Historical Perspectives of Recreation & Leisure Programming
  • CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • RISE OF RECREATION AND LEISURE PROGRAMMING
  • EARLY INFLUENCES
  • THE INDUSTRIAL ERA: CHANGING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS
  • Development of Parks and Open Spaces
  • Settlement House Movement
  • Recreation Facilities (Playgrounds, Fields Houses, and Swimming Pools)
  • Youth Service Organizations
  • TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND RECREATION AND LEISURE PROGRAMMING
  • KNOWLEDGE/TECHNOLOGY ERA
  • RISE OF THE CREATIVE CLASS
  • CHANGES IN PHILOSOPHICAL ORIENTATIONS TO SERVICE DELIVERY
  • Social Welfare Orientation
  • Service-for-All Orientation
  • Marketing Orientation
  • SUMMARY
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 3: What Is a Recreation & Leisure Service?
  • CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHAT IS A SERVICE?
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICES AND MONITORING QUALITY
  • BUILDING CUSTOMER LOYALTY AND CHARACTERICS OF CUSTOMER-SERVICE-ORIENTED RECREATION AND LEISURE ORGANIZATIONS
  • Handling Service Complaints
  • SUMMARY
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 4: Organizing Community Resources
  • CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHAT IS A COMMUNITY?
  • RECREATION AND LEISURE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES: A PART OF COMMUNITY LIFE
  • Environmentally Sensitive Practices
  • Community Attractiveness
  • Leisure, Social, and Cultural Programs
  • Programs That Provide Opportunities for Involvement of People
  • Heritage Management
  • COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES
  • Social Planning as a Practice/Strategy
  • Community Development as a Practice/Strategy
  • Social Marketing as a Practice/Strategy
  • Social Action as a Practice/Strategy
  • Social Policy as a Practice/Strategy
  • SUMMARY
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 5: Leader-Participant Interface
  • CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
  • BASIC LEADERSHIP MODELS
  • Lewin, Lippitt, and White (1939) Studies
  • Ohio State Studies (1945)
  • University of Michigan Studies (1947)

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