Leisure Enhancement, Second Edition
Language: English
Published by Routledge, 1996
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- Title
- Leisure Enhancement, Second Edition
- Author
- Leitner, Michael,Leitner, Sara
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1560249595
- ISBN 13
- 9781560249597
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Almost every chapter of the second edition of Leisure Enhancement has been updated with dozens of new references, totaling well over 100 in all. Readers gain timely information on the most recent developments in the areas of health and fitness, stress reduction, socialization, recreational participation patterns of Americans, and leisure trends around the world. In addition, new ideas for improving leisure time management, and utilizing leisure to improve fitness, socialization, and stress management have been added. Leisure Enhancement, Second Edition teaches students how to facilitate maximum leisure well-being by providing a basic understanding of leisure theory, concepts, and philosophy. It illustrates how these ideas can be applied to one's own life to enhance social development, improve fitness and health, and reduce stress. Intended as a text for introduction to leisure for non-majors, Leisure Enhancement, Second Edition is also ideal as a resource book for leisure and recreation majors and in leisure counseling and leisure education courses. A unique combination of theoretical and practical material shows students:
- a comprehensive philosophy of leisure
- theoretical explanations of why people recreate
- how to better understand personal and societal leisure behavior
- effective leisure planning and goal setting
- ways to improve fitness, reduce stress, and promote social development through leisure
- how to facilitate the application of theories, concepts, and data to improve personal leisure and well-being
- how to broaden their perspectives on leisure and adapt to future changesLearning objectives at the beginning of each chapter of Leisure Enhancement guide instructors and students in focusing on the most important facts and concepts in each chapter. Chapters present intellectually challenging information in a format that enables its practical application to the improvement of readers’leisure and their lives in general. A detailed instructor's guide is included which makes the book an excellent text for use by new or experienced instructors and in departments where different faculty teach the applicable courses every semester. The guide contains suggestions for activities and discussion questions to “bring to life” the material in the book. Students and instructors alike will benefit from the book's user-friendliness and its clear links between theory and application.
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