High-stakes testing combined with the notion that indoor and outdoor spontaneous play are a "waste of time" have contributed to the condition known as "play deprivation". This paper defines the term play deprivation and explores its negative effects on children and adults. Negative effects resulting from play deprivation…

This guide contains articles on outdoor recreational activities and official winter sports rules for girls and women. The articles on outdoor activities include the techniques, teaching, and organization of camping, canoeing, competitive cycling, and riflery. Four pages of references on nature and outdoor activities are presented along with two…

Orienteering is cross-country running and map reading. (BD)

Presented is a conceptualization of risk recreation based upon stress-producing outdoor pursuits requiring a participant response to chosen landscape challenges. Emphasis is less upon risk and more upon response to graded stress situations. (MJB)

The handicapped share with others the right to the pursuit of happiness based upon individual choice, rather than prescribed program offerings or staff-determined interest areas, and thus should have the option of participating in high risk recreational activities. (MJB)

Freedom TREC is an outdoor education facility designed for a local high school that now serves as a demonstration center. (DS)

Existing university and college degree programs in recreation, park, and leisure services are in a logical position to support risk recreation programming, by providing necessary training in outdoor recreation leadership. In addition, private educational organizations and community organizations provide opportunities for such training. (Author/MJB)

Presented is a general discussion of outing activities and winter sports. Standards in sports for girls and women are detailed, as is the statement of beliefs of the Division for Girls and Women's Sports (DGWS). Specific articles on camping, hiking, and environmental education are included in the outing section. Articles on skating, skiing, and…

Described is a secondary school, risk recreation program based on adventure, cooperation, direct experience, and personality integration. The three-phase program (physical preparation, group trust, rope courses) offers students the experience of working in groups and of testing themselves against the real world. (MJB)

Reduced work loads, increased technology, and higher economic standards have produced the problems associated with the disposal and use of leisure time. Education must assume a major role in providing future adults with the attitudes and skills necessary to enable them to make wise use of their leisure time. This document contains a review of the…

This book contains descriptions of secondary school physical education programs. The programs described fall into the following categories: (1) career/leadership programs, (2) contract/individualized instruction programs, (3) elective physical education programs, (4) motivational programs, (5) outdoor/environmental programs, (6)…

This bibliography provides an accessible source to social science research in leisure, recreation, and sports. Topical areas covered include: (1) bibliographic sources on leisure and recreation; (2) philosophical issues in leisure; (3) theories of leisure and recreation; (4) methods in leisure and recreation research; (5) evaluation of leisure and…

Presented is a curriculum of play and recreation activity adapted to the needs of parents and teachers of physically, mentally, and emotionally handicapped children. The kit of materials includes a teachers' manual and 12 play guides that outline the teaching of the following physical activities: rhythm, movement and dance; seeing and creating;…

According to participants at Northern Illinois' Spring Colloquium on Adventure Education, adventure programs can spark enthusiasm, inspire vision, and bring to the level of consciousness the underlying questions of life and meaning. Such programs can prepare people to seek adventure safely and without damage to the environment and can be defined…

Intended for pre-camp preparation and in-camp studies, this test presents to the student a description of the daily community life at the Mohican School in the Out-of-Doors at Perrysville, Ohio. Assignments and study topics include (1) history, (2) creative expression with sketches and poetry, (3) botany, (4) birds, (5) soil, and (6) weather.…