Field Of Leisure Research Articles

Content of professional training of teacher-choreographers in China

The article is devoted to the analysis of the state of modern professional training of teachers-choreographers in China. The article presents the authors’ vision of modeling the content of modern professional training of choreographers. The analysis of the existing literature on the topic of the research made it possible to determine the tendencies and patterns of modern professional training of teachers- choreographers. Considering in the study the problems of training teachers of the artistic and creative direction, namely, teachers-choreographers, to solve professional problems, we proceed from the fact that their professional training should be aimed at mastering the teacher’s professional competencies, as well as deep knowledge and skills in the field of choreographic art The rationale for this is the demand for teachers- choreographers in the modern labor market in the field of education - in its various segments (preschool, school, professional, general and additional, as well as in the field of educational leisure). The analysis presented in the study confirms that the content of professional training of teachers - choreographers remains largely at the same level and does not meet modern requirements. The study is devoted to the peculiarities of the organization of the educational process, the content of professional training. Professional training is carried out in the direction of “Pedagogical education” with an appropriate profile, however, in this case, the actual choreographic training of students is significantly limited. We consider it important to note that the art of dancing, which is the subject of professional training for teachers-choreographers, should be considered as an artifact of modern culture, bearing all its inherent features, is the main tool for their professional training. The vector of building an educational cluster is its social demand, which sets the attractors of the development of the content of modern professional training of choreographers and pedagogues. Modern professional training of teachers-choreographers is, first of all, a system of preserving cultural traditions of which students-choreographers master the basis in the learning process, bringing their own understanding and understanding creating their own, new, modern choreographic culture.

Педагогический потенциал социокультурного обслуживания населения в условиях пандемии

the study of socio-cultural services of the population from a social point of view is due, on the one hand, to the increase in its social significance, on the other – to social changes, as well as events related to the pandemic. Of particular importance in the field of leisure in the process of meeting the needs of a person are not only individual requests, but also the processes of managing his social actions. Therefore, the objectives of the study are to analyze the socio-cultural services of the population, which have the characteristics of social and cultural activities, under the influence of changes in Russian society, including in the context of the pandemic, as well as to identify the possibilities of socio-cultural services in the future as a pedagogical potential for each person and society as a whole. The research methods were content analysis of domestic authors, general scientific methods, comparative (comparative) method, as well as the analysis of data from sociological studies of domestic authors and the author’s team. Results: the analysis of socio-cultural services characterizes the correlation of socio-cultural transformations in Russian society with the availability and structure of consumption of socio-cultural services. The analysis of cause-and-effect relationships allows us to identify trends, patterns and problems. The formation of a management system using the principles and methods of human service in its various aspects and taking into account the Russian specifics can change the conditions and standard of living of citizens of our country.

КУЛЬТУРНО-ДОЗВІЛЛЄВИЙ ЦЕНТР ЯК ІННОВАЦІЙНИЙ ЗАКЛАД ОСОБИСТІСНОГО РОЗВИТКУ

The purpose of the article is to identify the peculiarities of the activities of cultural and leisure centres as innovative institutions in the system of a globalised society. The structures that determine the dynamics of social and cultural space advancement in the organisation of leisure are cultural and leisure centres. The physical, social, and intellectual growth and development of the individual depend on leisure activities, so we consider it relevant to determine and predict the cultural needs of the public, which, in turn, raises the rates of the leisure industry development. The research methodology applies empirical research methods, with the help of which we have described and analysed leisure activities within Ukrainian society. Scientific novelty. For the first time, there is a study of the organisation of cultural and leisure institutions for personal development. Conclusions. Leisure activities stimulate the growth of creative manner; lay the groundwork for identifying and satisfying the freedom to choose leisure needs and interests. It is proved that to preserve cultural identity, it is necessary to expand the list of services in the cultural and leisure field because it provides folk customs, holidays, folklore, traditions, and rituals above all things. And if you take into account the wishes of visitors, you can achieve a high intellectual level; improve the psychological, moral fibre, and physical condition of a person. It is noted that the effective use of leisure time promotes all-round, community-minded and proactive individuals, and is also a way to bring the interests of various social groups and peoples together. The article indicates the methods and means that help to involve the audience in the process of activity in leisure conditions (game, theatre, competitions, the method of equal spiritual contact, criticism, imitation); the need for motivation and diversity. The latter depends on the ethic level and cultural intelligence of the person, and can have social value, be neutral or antisocial.

Research progress in tourism, leisure and hospitality in Europe (1969–2018)

PurposeThis study aims to present a bibliometric overview of articles published in the field of tourism, leisure and hospitality and analyzed by researchers mainly affiliated with European institutions.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a bibliometric study of journals included in the Web of Science related to the field of tourism, leisure and hospitality in 2019. The review incorporates various techniques to determine the field’s structure from a scientific and intellectual perspective.FindingsThe results are valuable for several reasons. First, they will support researchers in identifying those topics with the greatest potential for advancing research in this field. Second, they will constitute an important aid in the design of new policies for journal publishers.Practical implicationsThis study can lead to advances in the tourism, leisure and hospitality field, as it identifies the publication trends of researchers who are mainly affiliated with European institutions. It also offers useful information for practitioners and academics in their endeavor to identify gaps in the extant literature and future trends.Originality/valueNo other studies have analyzed this field for a period of this length.

Formation of Readiness of Future Teachers of Physical Education for Animation Activity in Secondary Schools of Ukraine

The purpose of the study is to determine the content and organizational and pedagogical conditions of professional training of future teachers of physical education for animation activities in secondary schools and involves the development and experimental testing of the relevant conceptual model. For a physical education teacher, animation is a purposeful activity that provides the formation of a spiritually and physically health, socially active personality of a student capable of self-development and self-improvement in the field of leisure. The structural components of the readiness of future physical education teachers for animation activities, which is considered as a systemic quality of personality, are motivational and target, cognitive and content, activity and creative, and reflexive and evaluative. The effectiveness of professional training of future physical education teachers for animation activities in secondary school is ensured by the implementation of a set of organizational and pedagogical conditions, namely: orientation of the content of pedagogical education of future physical education teachers on the formation of readiness for animation activities; directing the practical training of students to the development of skills in the design and organization of animation activities in a secondary school; formation of students' holistic idea of the essence of animation activities by involving them in the developmental animation educational environment.

Assessment of individuals with disabilities in Latin America: a comparative study of the legislation

Objective: The aim of the present study was to analyze the legislation relating to individuals with disabilities in Latin America, focusing on the definition of individuals with disabilities and how they are certified as such. 
 Method: In this investigation, the legal provisions in force in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela were retrieved via the internet. It was then sought to identify the following: the specificity of guarantees of human rights and fundamental freedoms for individuals with disabilities, in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the definition of disability and individuals with disability; what criteria are applied, i.e. whether a specific table, the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used; and whether the disability is assessed in a biomedical or biopsychosocial manner, i.e. whether this is done solely by a doctor or is a multiprofessional assessment, and whether, if done by a doctor, there is any support through psychological or social worker evaluation when necessary.
 Results: With the exception of Cuba, for which no specific legislation was found, the legislation dealing with individuals with disabilities in the other Latin American countries investigated in this study has been constructed in line with the main provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela, disabilities are assessed and certified through tables or the ICD or ICF. Biopsychosocial assessments are made by doctors in Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay and Venezuela. In Brazil, Chile and Ecuador, social assessments are made by other professionals to support evaluations made by doctors. In Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti and Panama, the assessment is biomedical. In relation to the other countries, it was not possible to understand, from the legislation, how disabilities are assessed.
 Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the laws in the countries examined here all have the purpose of guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms for individual with disabilities through public policies. Their aim is to enable equality of opportunity in the fields of healthcare, rehabilitation, education, work, leisure, culture and justice, in accordance with the principles recommended in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Out of all the countries investigated, social assessments by professionals of other specialties to support medical evaluations are only required in three of them; tables or the ICD or ICF are used in assessing and certifying disabilities in eleven of them; the biopsychosocial assessment is made by doctors in six of them; and the assessment is biomedical in another five countries. In the remainder, the assessment criteria were not made clear through the legislation examined. 

Features of urban greening for people with visual impairment in Vladivostok

The creation of an urban environment designed taking into account the needs of people with disabilities is currently one of the priority areas of state, social and urban planning policy, the practical results of which are aimed at ensuring equal opportunities with other citizens in various fields of work, life, and leisure. The objective is to identify the features of greening for blind and visually impaired people in the conditions of the city of Vladivostok. To achieve the goal, it is necessary to solve the following problems: to determine the assortment of ornamental plants and to identify compositional techniques of landscape design that ensure the possible use of non-visual receptors (auditory, olfactory, tactile, etc.) by blind people, and also, enhance the impact on the visual perception of the visually impaired when they orient in the environment. As a result of the study, the assortments of ornamental plants and compositional methods of greening for the conditions of the city of Vladivostok were identified, which facilitate the orientation of blind and visually impaired people in an urban environment and allow the formation of an accessible environment for people with visual impairments.

Leisure meets health: important intersections and alternative discourses

ABSTRACT While it is generally accepted in the leisure field that leisure has a role, and arguably a key one in wellness and wellbeing, this is largely at odds with the operations and funding frameworks of contemporary healthcare systems. Governments spend much less on leisure which involves social aspects of health than they do on healthcare systems which are focussed on biomedical interventions. Yet, many leisure and healthcare practitioners and academics are aware of the intersections between leisure, health and wellbeing and the aim of this edition was to offer a forum for overtly presenting these intersections. Here we set the scene for the papers in this special edition, summarizing the contribution of each paper to progressing discussions regarding the intersections of leisure and health and suggesting future directions for exploration.

Research on the Application of Family Life Cycle Theory in Leisure and Tourism

The family is the most important and basic unit of social formation. In the study of leisure and tourism, studying leisure and tourism behavior from the perspective of the family is a hot issue abroad, and the Family Life Cycle Theory is a very key perspective. However, this issue has not yet attracted attention in the domestic research field. This article explains the theoretical development and connotation of the Family Life Cycle, and extends it to the field of leisure and tourism research to clarify its significance and research value.

Making the connection using Action Research: serious leisure and the Caledonian Railway

ABSTRACT Among the many different types of heritage activities, railways have been drawing interest from researchers over recent years with the focus ranging from volunteering to sustainability. This paper considers the value of Action Research (AR) to the wider field of leisure through the prism of Serious Leisure (Stebbins, R. A. 1992. Amateurs, professionals and serious leisure. McGill-Queen’s University Press) participants in the heritage railway sector. Using AR methodology, it discusses the importance of local community engagement and the dedication of leisure time in providing a range of benefits to local heritage sites. The focus of the research is on the engagement between the Caledonian Railway and the local community in Brechin, Scotland. The railway is a non-profit organisation, with funds being reinvested into restoration and preservation. In this sense the participation and effort of the community is essential for the survival of the heritage site and activity. The use of AR as the methodological approach enabled this project to follow a recurring spiral process of planning, acting, observing (or evaluating), and learning. The AR contributed to re-think the development of the railway’s activities as a transformational Serious Leisure experience to locals and recommended focusing on fostering social cohesiveness with stronger links with schools and other community groups.

CULTURAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITY OF CLUBS` YOUTH CENTERS OF PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Object. The article considers the issue of cultural and leisure activities of club youth centers of pedagogical higher educational institutions. The structure and types of leisure, forms of youth clubs` work are analyzed. Methods. The following methods were used when writing the article and searching for the material: analysis, synthesis, comparison. Results. One of the urgent problems of cultural and leisure activities of club youth centers of pedagogical higher educational institutions is the organization of youth leisure. Unfortunately, due to the socio-economic difficulties of society, the lack of adequate number of cultural institutions and insufficient attention to the organization of youth leisure, the development of non-institutional forms of youth leisure is most widespread. A new type of youth club is a qualitatively different social formation free from political layers, formalism, and strict regulation of internal life. This institution should help meet the growing interest of young people in their history, cultural and artistic origins, household traditions. The use of free time by young people is a kind of indicator of their culture, the range of spiritual needs and interests of a particular individual of young person or social group. As part of free time, leisure attracts young people by its lack of regulation and voluntary choice of its various forms, democracy, emotional color, the ability to combine physical and intellectual activities, creative and contemplative, production and play. Yu. Striltsov, A. Zharkov, V. Chizhikov, V. Kovshar, T. Kiselyova, Yu. Krasilnikov made a significant contribution to the scientific analysis of the theory and practice of cultural and leisure activities. Stylistic and structural features of free time are reflected in research F. Vidanova, V. Dimova, I. Evteeva, L. Kogan, V. Pichi, A. Shchavel. Such scientists as I. Andreeva, N. Golubkova, N. Litovska, L. Shvydka are working on the problems of youth subculture functioning and cultural socialization. Sociological studies of the spiritual young people needs in the field of leisure in the Ukrainian scientists woks I. Bekh, I. Zyazyun, G. Sagach, I. Stepanenko, P. Shcherban, J. Yuzvak are carefully analyzed. The youth club provides an opportunity to provide leisure as a means of entertainment and relaxation of individual and group stress; recreation as a means of replenishing psychophysical forces, restoring creative potential; compensation as a means of involvement in personally significant cultural values; socialization as a means of involvement in informal social processes and structures; self-actualization as a means of embodying individual creative interests, as well as self-development and self-realization of personal growth in culturally significant areas of society. Conclusions. So, today, given the rising spiritual young people`s needs, increasing the level of their education, culture, the most characteristic feature of youth leisure is the growing share of spiritual forms and ways of spending free time, combining entertainment, information, opportunity to create and learn new things. Such «synthetic» forms of leisure organization have become youth interest clubs, amateur associations, family clubs, art and technical clubs, discos, and youth cafe clubs.

РАЗВИТИЕ НОВЫХ ФОРМ И СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ ПОДГОТОВКИ КАДРОВ ИНДУСТРИИ ТУРИЗМА В ТВОРЧЕСКОМ ВУЗЕ

The paper examines the problems of development of professional tourism education.The directions of training tourism industry personnel in accordance with the new educational standards based on professional standards in the creative University of culture are considered and determined. Assessment of types of tourism, ethnographic and local lore allows you to determine the competence of effective tourism activities of future specialists in the field of tourism. Results. The implementation of large-scale projects in the field of recreation and leisure has a significant socio-economic significance and a positive economic effect.To ensure high quality and appropriate training of future industry personnel, it is necessary to develop professional standards of professions, taking into account new approaches.

Педагогічні засади дозвіллєзнавства як інституту соціалізації особистості

The article analyzes the approaches of scientists to the process of socialization of personality and leisure, and clarifies the role and importance of leisure in the process of socialization. Peculiarities of personality socialization in the conditions of pedagogical cultural and leisure activity are determined. Leisure science is described as an institution of socialization of personality. The professional socialization of future social workers in higher education institutions with the help of effective free time distribution and cultural and leisure activities is considered. The types of activity of free time manifestation in the process of professional socialization of future social workers in the conditions of higher education institution are outlined. Attempts are being made to increase the effectiveness of social and educational work in the field of leisure to ensure the continuous impact of leisure on the socialization of the individual. The task of the social worker to help the person to feel successful in fulfilling the chosen social role, to help to acquire the meaningful side of the activity, to acquire skills and skills, is defined. The pedagogical foundations of leisure science are oriented on the social development of the individual, the methods of expedient use of free time are optimized, which optimize the social determination of socialization and formation of the individual. The regularities of complex and multifaceted leisure, leisure process as an institute of socialization of personality are revealed, in which the individual is given an active role, which is defined by scientists as one of the institutes of education and development of personality in his free time. Explained conditions that allow the choice of different social roles, which allow you to move freely from one activity to another, ensuring true activity, independence of the individual, changing his attitude to the outside world, coordinating his position with the positions of others. The essence of personality socialization in the leisure sphere is revealed as the process of entering the personality into the system of social relations, the result of the development of the personality as a universal subject of activity through its multilevel interaction with society on the basis of the formation of social-typical qualities, which are internal regulators of activity and behavior. An attempt was made to achieve the effectiveness of the process of personality socialization in terms of pedagogical leisure by creating pedagogical conditions that would include interrelated components: socio-cultural environment; organization of cultural and leisure process; the readiness of the social worker as a subject of social and pedagogical activity.

Beyond benefits: Towards a recreational ecosystem services interpretive framework

ABSTRACT The challenge of managing protected areas to purvey benefits through visitor experiences has been a major subject of research within the fields of recreation and leisure. Driver and others have advocated for the benefits approach to leisure with relative success. However, this largely-social approach discounts the role of the setting in purveying benefits and the tradeoffs managers must make between ecological and visitor wellbeing. In an emerging body of literature, use-values inherent to recreation are often referred to as recreational ecosystem services. In this approach, recreational outcomes are analysed in the context of the ecological processes through which they are provisioned. It is theorised that a union between the management concepts of recreational ecosystem services and the benefits approach to leisure has the potential to improve the management of protected areas. This manuscript introduces the Recreational Ecosystem Services Interpretive Framework through a review of the existing theory and literature on both approaches to protected area management.

The adaptation of the live PDC darts event during the COVID-19 lockdown

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 outbreak led to the cancellation of sporting events across the world in the spring of 2020 and forced billions of people across the globe to stay home and self-isolate for a number of months. One of the first sports to reposition and adapt their product during the global lockdown in March/April 2020 was professional darts. The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) took an opportunity to promote their version of darts via an elite online home tournament, the PDC Home Tour, in a vast sports market craving live sporting action. This commentary provides an understanding of how professional darts, a sport that has relied on fan interaction within multi-purpose arenas at live events, attempted to move online to a home-based tournament for a temporary period to fill a sporting void. The commentary discusses the reaction to the tournaments held by the PDC and MODUS and issues encountered, before exploring the reasons for the tournaments being held during the primary global lockdown. As a niche sport, it is hoped that this commentary can provide some insight into the contemporary sport of professional darts, a sport rarely discussed in the scholarly field of sport and leisure.

Leisure pedagogy – the key to develop professional competences

The article deals with issues related to the definition of professional and leisure competencies, the need to create a leisure environment in a higher education institution as an important factor in the formation of professional competencies of future educators.
 The content and methods, essence and technologies, functions and role of leisure activities for self-realization of personality research of scientists (I. Biletska, I. Boichev, V. Bochelyuk, N. Huziy, N. Maksimvska, B. Naboka, I. Petrova, I. Sidor, O. Tadeusz, B. Titov) are described in the article.
 The purpose of the study is to analyze the peculiarities of the organization of leisure activities in a higher pedagogical institution, the result of which is the successful socialization of the student's personality and the formation of leisure competence in future teachers.
 Professional leisure competence of the teacher is a specific professional and personal education, which provides productive pedagogical activity in the field of cultural and educational leisure and recreation, promotes the successful realization of educational tasks, allows effective use of artistic and creative forms and specific methods of teaching and upbringing in pedagogically organized leisure and form a certain integrated professional competence system of teacher who organizes cultural and leisure activities and recreation; and also ensure that future professionals are prepared for successful cultural and educational activities.
 Thus, the social state of society, the task of building a democratic state and the civil society creation encourage the educational process to be improved.
 Vocational training for future educators has potential reserves for a more effective formation of readiness to organize leisure activities. Further research may be aimed at identifying the features of the professional leisure competences’ formation in future educators, in accordance with requirements of new generation standards, which take into account the harmonization of specialist training’s content in the context of European integration and current trends in labor market.

Boş Zaman ve Rekreasyon Konulu Tezler Üzerine Bibliyometrik Bir Çalışma

This study was carried out in order to evaluate the framework of the bibliometric characteristics of graduate theses in the field of leisure and recreation prepared in Turkey. Within the context of the research, graduate theses published in Turkey between 1987-2019 were examined. The data were obtained from the National Thesis Center (YOKTEZ) database of the Higher Education Council on 24-25.10.2019. Theses were scanned with the keywords “recreation”, “leisure”, “leisure time” and 536 graduate theses were included in the study. Theses included in the research were evaluated within the framework of parameters of “the year of publication, type of thesis, keywords, department, applied research method, data analysis technique, sub-dimensions and related concepts”. Distributions of percentage and frequency were analyzed in the analysis of the subject data; bibliometric analyses were used. As a result of the analysis, it is determined that the number of graduate theses related to recreation and leisure in physical education and sports sciences, recreation, landscape architecture and tourism departments are higher than other departments. It is observed that graduate theses are concentrated in recreation activities and recreational activities sub-dimension. In addition, it is concluded that recreation and leisure concepts are frequently examined as associated with the concepts of tourism, sports and landscape.

PELC-Bagé

O objetivo desse artigo foi analisar o processo de implementação do Programa Esporte e Lazer da Cidade (PELC) em Bagé (RS), um dos dez municípios brasileiros nos quais foi desenvolvido o projeto-piloto do Programa. Para tanto, analisamos os processos de escolha da cidade e da implantação do PELC, e seus impactos na gestão pública do esporte e do lazer na cidade, considerando seus quatro anos iniciais (2004 a 2008). O texto se fundamenta na perspectiva teórico-metodológica da História Oral, tendo como fontes entrevistas e documentos. A partir das análises feitas, é possível perceber o protagonismo do PELC-Bagé em relação a inovações no campo do esporte e do lazer, obtendo inclusive reconhecimento desse mérito pelo Ministério do Esporte. A efetivação do projeto na cidade fez com o que o lazer tomasse conta da cidade assim como o município gaúcho tomou conta do lazer valorizando-o como ferramenta de inclusão social.

The transformative potential of community-created consent culture

ABSTRACT In the wake of the #metoo movement, ‘consent’ has become a global topic of conversation, yet discussions of consent are missing from research on events in the leisure and tourism field. This is surprising considering that ‘free choice,’ a related but incomplete concept, is one of the defining characteristics of a leisure activity. Using ethnographic participant observation and in-depth interviews, this study explores in what ways participant experiences are impacted by centering a liminal tourism event space, regional Burning Man events (Burns), around a culture of consent. A combination of community-driven educational initiatives and the community’s commitment to enforce a culture of consent have significant positive impacts on participants, particularly female participants who experience self-actualization at an unusually high rate.

Virtual short-term intercultural exchange as an inclusive educational strategy: Lessons from the collaboration of two classes in South Korea and China

ABSTRACT This case study elaborates on the benefits and challenges of lecturer-led, class-level online international collaboration between two colleges in Korea and China, based on the students’ feedback and the lecturers’ reflections. More specifically, this study reports the content of collaboration as group assignments in 2015 and online joint classes in 2018. Students’ reflections on each task were collected and thematically analyzed. The results show that students perceived enhanced understanding of the topics and each other’s regions through the two collaborative activities. Furthermore, informal interactions among the students from the two different cultures appeared to facilitate intercultural understanding and enhance intercultural competence as a result. Students particularly appreciated the inclusive nature of this educational method, which is not bounded by prior educational achievement and financial restrictions. Reflections from the two lecturers further illustrate the challenges with joint class organization, including class scheduling, aligning course content, language issues, and technical problems. This study addresses consideration for international class collaboration among tertiary educational institutions at the class level in the field of tourism and leisure.