Leisure Education, Community Development and Population with Special Needs (Cabi Publishing)

217 Pages·2000·0.91 MB·English

by  A. A. Sivan

Leisure Education, Community
Development and Populations with
Special Needs
© CAB International 2000. Leisure Education, Community Development
and Populations with Special Needs (eds A. Sivan and H. Ruskin)
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to
Mordechay (Motti) Bar-Lev
Professor of Education at the Bar Ilan University of Israel.
A man of vision in the area of leisure and education.
A colleague, outstanding teacher and mentor.
His ‘footprints’ and contribution will always leave a lasting
impression in the field of leisure education.
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Leisure Education, Community
Development and Populations with
Special Needs
Edited by
A. Sivan
Department of Education Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong
and
H. Ruskin
Cossell Center for Physical Education, Leisure and Health Promotion
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
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Contents
About the Editors vii
Contributors ix
Preface xv
Introduction 1
A. Sivan and H. Ruskin
1 Educating the Community for Developmental Opportunities in
Leisure 13
J. Shivers
2 Leisure Education, Serious Leisure and Community Development 21
R.A. Stebbins
3 Community Development through Leisure Education: Conceptual
Approaches 31
A. Sivan
4 Leisure Education, Quality of Life and Community Development:
Toward a Systematic and Holistic Coping and Resilient Model for
the Third Millennium 43
J. Levy
5 Mobility for Action: Advocacy and Empowerment for the Right of
Leisure, Play and Recreation 55
A.H. Grossman
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6 Global Edutainment: the New Role of Leisure Education for
Community Development 65
W. Nahrstedt
7 Community Vision and Resources: Commitment, Capacity and
Collective Effort 75
A.H. Grossman
8 Leisure Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities 85
J. Shivers
9 The Role of Leisure Counselling for Special Populations in
Facilitating Successful Adjustment to Life in the Community 93
M.J. Leitner
10 Serious Leisure for People with Disabilities 101
R.A. Stebbins
11 Leisure Education, Quality of Life and Populations with Special
Needs 109
A. Sivan
12 Active Living for People with Disabilities: Toward the Concept of
Equality of Well-being and Human Existentialism (Authenticity) 119
J. Levy
13 Community Empowerment, Poverty and Leisure Education 131
E. Sadan
14 Establishing a Multi-purpose Model for the Rehabilitation of
Children with Special Needs 143
S. Raz
15 Youth at Risk and Leisure Education 153
H. Ruskin
16 Practical Approaches to Leisure Education for the Elderly 169
D. Markus
17 Concluding Remarks and Recommendations 181
A. Sivan and H. Ruskin
Index 191
About the Editors
Atara Sivan, PhD
Atara Sivan is Associate Professor and Course Leader of the Postgraduate
Diploma in Education Course in the Department of Education Studies at the
Hong Kong Baptist University. She is also a Board Member of the World
Leisure and Recreation Association and an Executive Committee member of
its Commission on Education. She completed her BA and MA degrees in
Education and Sociology at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and her PhD in
Education at the University of Hong Kong. She taught at the School of
Education at Bar Ilan and Haifa Universities in Israel and coordinated informal
and social education in the Israeli Ministry of Education. Her main areas of
academic endeavour are leisure education and research, teaching and learn-
ing approaches and methods, and action research in education. She has been
investigating the area of leisure education in Hong Kong for the last few years
and serves as academic adviser and consultant for educational programmes.
She has published widely in the fields of leisure and education and served as
a keynote speaker in numerous international conferences.
Hillel Ruskin, PhD
Hillel Ruskin is Professor, Chairman of the Cosell Center of Physical
Education, Leisure and Health Promotion and Director of the Graduate
Program of Physical Education in Public Health of the Faculty of Medicine,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also the chairperson of the Israel
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Leisure and Recreation Association, Chairman of the Commission on
Education and Board member of the World Leisure and Recreation
Association. Professor Ruskin attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(BA) and New York University (MA, PhD). He has written more than 200 arti-
cles and publications in the fields of leisure, recreation and health promotion.
His favourite area of academic endeavour is industrial recreation and curric-
ula development in leisure education. He is the editor of the book Leisure,
Toward a Theory and Policy, London: Associated University Presses (Fairleigh
Dickenson University Press, 1984) and the writer of a recent guide on the wise
use of leisure time in Israel. Since 1998, he has been the Commissioner of
Leisure Education of the School System in Israel.
The two editors also edited the book Leisure Education Towards the 21st
Century (1995), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Contributors
Arnold H. Grossman, PhD, ACSW, Department of Health Studies, School of
Education, New York University, 35 West 4th Street – Suite 1200, New York,
NY 10012–1172, USA
AHW is a professor in the Department of Health Studies, School of Education,
New York University (in New York City). He currently serves as Project
Director and Co-Investigator of ‘Victimization and Mental Health Among
High-Risk Youths,’ which is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health
(of the United States). For 6 years, he was the project director of the NYU
AIDS/SIDA Mental Hygiene Project, which was funded by the New York City
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services.
His teaching, research and writing focus on people who experience stigmati-
zation, marginalization and social exclusion. Dr Grossman is the Secretary
Treasurer of the World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA), and he is
Chairperson of the WLRA Scholarship Committee. He was Founding
Chairperson of WLRA’s AIDS/SIDA Task Force and was Founding Co-
Chairperson of its Commission on Access and Inclusion. He is an active mem-
ber of WLRA’s Commission on Education.
Michael J. Leitner, PhD, Recreation and Parks Management, California State
University, Chico, CA 95929–0560, USA
MJL is a professor in the Department of Recreation and Parks Management at
California State University, Chico. He received his MA and PhD degrees in
Recreation and Leisure Studies from the University of Maryland. He has
written extensively in the areas of leisure and aging and leisure education,
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