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| OCR Specifications 2000. Module 2. Contemporary Studies in Physical education. |
| AS Level PE - Contemporary Studies |
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| Section A: The conceptual basis of Physical Education and Sport |
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| Contains course notes, worksheets, revision questions and answers and relevant links to useful web sites. |
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| 2001 - S J Bettinson at www.physed.co.uk All comments to [email protected] |
| Week 2. Leisure and Recreation: |
| Interpretations of leisure activities and associated characteristics. Leisure as an activity and as an experience. |
| Leisure in a cultural setting: a critical analysis of leisure as a spare time activity; leisure as it reflects a class-orientated society / an economic condition; purposeful leisure as a social process; and leisure as creative fulfilment / self realisation. |
| Recreation as a positive aspect of leisure: active leisure; associations with privilege and purposefulness. |
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| WHAT IS LEISURE? Ordinary citizens have to work for a living. He/she then has certain obligatory activities that has to be performed, such as sleeping and eating. What is left is leisure time. All the activities in our field of study either take place in leisure time, are themselves leisure activities or prepare us for active leisure. However: not all leisure involves physical performance ? physical performance is not always a leisure time experience So what is meant by the term leisure? A list of leisure activities (Figure . Why these? Why exclude other activities? Separating work from leisure. What we have to do from what we choose to do. But what if I earn a living from what I choose to do? You can�t play at work. Some people can have a life of leisure. Not so much the activities but an attitude of mind. LEISURE depends on the attitude(s) we have when experiencing it. Characteristics: intellectual, physical, creative, social, self-realising, healthy, emotional. An ACTIVITY is only the vehicle which allows a person to EXPERIENCE leisure. The concept of leisure seems to be very straight forward until it is realised that leisure is an attitude of mind and is not easily classified into activities. List of definitions: Key words assembled into Figure 14.8 (page 441) ? How can we recognise leisure? ? What is its function? ? What is its humanistic potential? (Why do these experiences have value?) Conclusion: Leisure is more than an activity. It is a valuable life experience. A difficult A Level question might be: Explain the progression from an activity to an experience definition of leisure, giving an example. Activity: Experience LESIURE IN A CULTURAL SETTING It is necessary to recognise that a concept of leisure exists in all societies and cultures, but varies from one to another. LESIURE IN A CULTURAL SETTING: ? Leisure in spare time ? Leisure as an economic condition ? Leisure as a form of social control ? Leisure as a basis of self-realisation. |