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Direct linkMoorman, Marta K.; English, Kathleen A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
Adventure racing got started in the 1990s. The Eco-Challenge and Primal Quest races were multi-day events that included challenging physical activities and extreme conditions. Today, highly publicized adventure races like the Eco-Challenge and Amazing Race usually feature elite athletes or celebrities completing exotic tasks or globe-hopping to…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Community Recreation Programs, Program Development, Program Design
Balcarczyk, Kelly; McKenney, Kathryn; Smaldone, Dave; Arborgast, Doug – Journal of Extension, 2013
West Virginia University's Extension Service partnered with the Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Resources Program to improve guide performance in West Virginia's tourism industry. The result of this partnership is a West Virginia Interpretive Guide Training program aimed at providing low-cost, widely available training to guides throughout the…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Training, Cooperative Planning, Partnerships in Education
McCormack Brown, Kelli R. – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
In "Building a Larger Tent for Public Health: Implications of the SOPHE-AAHE Partnership," Robert Goodman (2013) poses thoughtful questions for the role that the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) may play with the integration
of former American Association for Health Education (AAHE) members into SOPHE. He further describes a process by…
Descriptors: Public Health, Higher Education, Professional Associations, Group Membership
Edginton, Christopher R.; Hudson, Susan D.; Scholl, Kathleen G.; Lauzon, Lara – Sagamore Publishing LLC, 2011
"Leadership for Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services" presents new perspectives on the importance of leadership in the profession. Integrating theory with practice, the book provides foundational perspectives in the study of leadership at all levels--direct service, supervisory, managerial and community/civic--in recreation, parks and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caring, Experiential Learning, Leadership Effectiveness
Murphy, Andrew F., Jr. – Parks and Recreation, 1980
The Navy's recreation program has improved its financial posture by generating a certain percentage of income from fees and charges within the recreation program. Other nonmilitary recreation programs could benefit from similar marketing techniques. (JN)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Financial Support, Marketing, Military Personnel
Kendrick, Karen A.; Wyatt, Chuck – Parks and Recreation, 1981
Four hundred older adults participated in Virginia's "Golden Olympics" in which 28 sports were offered. Site selection, housing facilities, inexpensive meals, scheduling events, budgetary constraints, and information on how to gain publicity for a more positive image of the senior athlete were among major considerations. (JN)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Athletics, Leisure Time, Older Adults
Peer reviewedBuffa, Frank P.; Shearon, Winston T. – Journal of Leisure Research, 1980
A programing model for allocating labor resources is presented in relation to the annual planning, budgeting, and manpower staffing of a park maintenance program. The advantages resulting from the use of this model are: (1) optimum allocation of resources; (2) resolution between conflicting goals; and (3) reevaluation of goal priorities. (JN)
Descriptors: Budgeting, City Government, Community Recreation Programs, Educational Facilities Planning
Mead, Bernard F., Jr. – Parks and Recreation, 1979
Increasing specialization in recreation services calls for changes in recreation education. (JD)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Program Development, Recreation
Download full textWells, Mary Sara; Ruddell, Edward; Paisley, Karen – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2006
Sportsmanship is a component that is increasingly missing in youth sports. Negative experiences resulting from poor sportsmanship may lead children to limit their participation in sports or drop out all together. Parks, recreation, and tourism professionals may look to systems modeling to help develop programs and policies in the hope of…
Descriptors: Athletics, Sportsmanship, Recreation, Negative Attitudes
Hattlestad, Neil W. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
Physical activities suitable for older adults are described. (JD)
Descriptors: Athletics, Gerontology, Older Adults, Physical Activities
Peer reviewedEllis, Jesse M.; Braff, Evan; Hutchinson, Susan L. – Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 2001
Youth recreation programming increasingly emphasizes developing resilience. Youth programmers could benefit from adopting therapeutic recreation (TR) practices. Theories of TR practice, and specific skills developed in TR professionals, can be integral to effective youth programming. Virginia's Fairfax County Department of Community Recreation…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Program Development, Resilience (Personality)
Hedrick, Brad – Parks and Recreation, 1984
Information is given to help program planners develop strategies for community sports programs for disabled individuals. Suggestions on funding, participant identification, training procedures, transportation, and mainstreaming are discussed. (DF)
Descriptors: Athletics, Community Recreation Programs, Community Services, Disabilities
Crompton, John L.; Younger, Leon E. – Parks and Recreation, 1983
Ways in which community recreation departments have developed programs for industrial employees of the corporate sector of the community are described. (CJ)
Descriptors: Community Recreation Programs, Industrial Personnel, Industry, Program Development
Buettner, Linda; Kennison, Judith – Camping Magazine, 1993
Discusses the benefits of outdoor nature-oriented activities for very old, frail elderly, and institutionalized elderly persons with regard to exercising to increase mobility, spiritual development, sensory stimulation, and social interaction. A study of elderly participants in a "back to nature" experience suggests that modified camping…
Descriptors: Camping, Frail Elderly, Institutionalized Persons, Old Old Adults
Bane, David C., Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1978
The document offers proceedings of the First National Conference on Special Recreation for the handicapped which coincided with the dedication of White Oak Village/Mountwood Park (West Virginia), a recreational facility designed to serve as a national model for meeting the recreational needs of the handicapped. An introductory paper by E. Lehew…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Day Care, Disabilities, Parks
