Leisure or Recreation

Abstract

The following activity should only take 20–25 minutes of class time and is specifically targeted for leisure and recreation introductory courses. By using an unstructured debate, this activity should foster classroom discussion beyond the clear-cut definitions of leisure to its nuances, similarities, and the student's own preconceived notions. This activity should help students to verbalize, question, and discuss definitional challenges of leisure, recreation, and play. In a short period of time, students should be able to utilize course definitions and content and apply their knowledge to specific activities as well as become familiar with non-traditional leisure activities.

KEYWORDS:

• Recreation definition
• leisure definition
• play definition