RST 100 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I II Types of leisure activities Leisure Service Sponsor Types a Commercial b Private c Public Careers in RST Exam 1 Feb 19th Outline of Current Lecture I II III Core Plus Balance Model Childhood and play Adolescence and their leisure a Physical social intellectual emotional Current Lecture Growing Through Leisure How is leisure related to life span o Leisure affects wellness and development across the life span o Leisure changes across the life span Age Expectations o What s the meaning of the saying Act your age Leisure and the Life Course The relationship between leisure and age is based on continuity and change About 50 of our activities are carried over from childhood into adulthood Core continuity I Clicker Core Plus Balance Model These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute CORE What we do today is based on what we did yesterday and 5 years ago Interests that occupy people most of their lives Things that are easier to do that we don t do without a lot of effort Accessible and low cost activities o Reading books o Cooking o Watching a football game BALANCE Balance change Includes a variety of pastimes May take more time to accomplish Some may be a part of our leisure repertoire for a short period of time bucket of activities that you go to o Leisure repertoire is the list of activities that an individual would go to when they have leisure time It includes what we add to our life when we want to get some variety Some things we know about leisure and aging A person s leisure repertoire reaches a peak during early adulthood and then begins to decline o We stop as we get older because we have less free time don t need new ones Our desire for familiar forms of leisure is greatest in infancy and old age o Mainly try new things in the middle time period of our life Might relate to amounts of free time o Graph more free time is most accessible when we are very young and then older retirement o In the middle college and peak of career families not enough free time more obligations Childhood and Play Serious business and work of childhood o Discover the world through play Play is their educational arena learn life experiences through everything that they do A lot happens on a playground What is learned during child s play Play develops physical and social skills o Motor skills fine and gross o Learn to interact with other kids Context to learn rules it s your turn Learn gendered roles recognize by age 3 o Toys given social norms socially acceptable behaviors Renewed interest in children s play New focus on allowing children to have unstructured play Recognizing its importance for overall development Kids need a balance or organized play but also unstructured play time to discover and enjoy boredom Adolescence Leisure and Physical Well Being Adolescence Latin meaning To Grow up Physical changes to body are rapid Changes can cause social and psychological awkwardness Leisure as a means of coping o Helps people to relax and find a source of confidence Competitive sport participating by teens has demonstrated improved increases o Self confidence o Social Status o Strength and coordination o Social support and friendships Activity interests o Physical capabilities and energy high o Interest in high risk activities develops Social Well Being of Adolescence Leisure as a mean s to develop Autonomy Autonomy independence from others in thoughts and actions ability to selfgovern Youth must not only be physically mature but autonomous in order to continue into adulthood Autonomy develops in through social groups Groups move from neighborhood groups to organized groups with membership Adolescence Leisure and Intellectual Well Being Leisure as a means to develop o Imaginative skills logical thinking and reasoning skills Play as an adolescent results in richer broader and more flexible thought Emotional Well Being Tumultuous emotional stage Who am I o Leisure provides a context to experiment with identity formation Summary Leisure and play have an important role in physical social intellectual and emotional development