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Research Article

Community connections: Leisure education through afterschool programming

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Pages 421-439 | Received 05 Jul 2019, Accepted 05 May 2020, Published online: 02 Jul 2020
 

ABSTRACT

Leisure education may help children to explore personal meanings of leisure, identify leisure preferences and better understand the role of leisure in their lives. Leisure scholars have advocated for the right to leisure education for children and research has produced implementation strategies, pedagogical approaches, and general principles to develop leisure education programmes for children. However, leisure education in schools has been slow to evolve. Schools face enormous challenges and significant educational reforms when tasked with providing leisure education. A unique solution may be to focus on the development of leisure education in before and after school programmes designed for children. These programmesmay provide an ideal context to create leisure education programmes for a significant number of Canadian children. This paper describes an inspiring initiative aimed at developing leisure education in a before and after school programme.

RÉSUMÉ

L’éducation au loisir peut aider les enfants à explorer les significations personnelles du loisir, à identifier leurs préférences et à mieux comprendre le rôle de celui-ci dans leur vie. Les spécialistes en loisirs ont plaidé pour le droit à l’éducation au loisir pour les enfants, et la recherche a produit des stratégies d’implémentation, des approches pédagogiques et des principes généraux pour de développement de programme d’éducation aux loisirs pour les enfants. Toutefois, l’évolution de l’éducation au loisir dans les écoles est lente. Celles-ci sont confrontées à d’énormes défis et à d’importantes réformes éducatives lorsqu’elles sont chargées de fournir l’éducation au loisir. Une solution misant sur le développement d’activités parascolaires conçus pour les enfants pourrait fournir un contexte idéal pour créer des programmes d’éducation au loisir pour un nombre important d’enfants canadiens. Cet article décrit une initiative inspirante visant à développer l’éducation au loisir dans un programme parascolaire.

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Notes on contributors

Shawn Wilkinson

Shawn Wilkinson is an Assistant Professor of Leisure and Therapeutic Recreation at Concordia University. Dr. Wilkinson's research centers around the development of leisure education for persons with and without mental health problems living in the community. 

Krzysztof Kmiecik

Krzysztof Kmiecik is the director of Concordia University Athletics Camps. Krzysztof develops content for all of Concordia's after school, weekend, and summer athletic programmes. He is also responsible for the training and development of staff. 

William Harvey

William Harvey is an Associate Professor of Adapted Physical Activity at McGill University. Dr. Harvey is the director of the Choices in Health, Action, Motivation, Pedagogy and Skills Research Laboratory at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute

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