Title: DEVELOPING LEISURE COMPETENCE: A GOAL FOR LATE ADULTHOOD
Abstract: Abstract Leisure is a term that can be defined in many ways—from job substitution, to entertainment, to a sense of freedom to do nothing. The authors, looking at this term in a broad sense, review different facets of leisure and suggest that learning leisure competence is of concern to individuals of all age groups, particularly for those in the pre‐ and post‐retirement years. They advocate a policy or policies that foster the creative use of leisure time throughout the life span and an increased awareness of individual power, resourcefulness, and responsibility. Some pragmatic emphases to be considered in the development of leisure competence include also the role of the professional in educating the public to accept and recognize leisure as something other than entertainment, societal and individual responsibility in furthering leisure competence in the later years, and the understanding that there is no “them” and “us;” these considerations affect us all. Leisure competence may, for many of us, have to be learned. It is both a challenge and an opportunity.
Publication Year: 1985
Publication Date: 1985-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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