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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) ii A. Sivan 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. ii 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 CABI Publishing iii iv A. Sivan CABI Publishing is a division of CAB International CABI Publishing CABI Publishing CAB International 10 E 40th Street Wallingford Suite 3203 Oxon OX10 8DE New York, NY 10016 UK USA Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Tel: +1 212 481 7018 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 Fax: +1 212 686 7993 Email: 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 v vi Contents 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 vii viii About the Editors 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, ix

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