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Commission on Leisure EducationEleventh World Leisure Congress in ChunCheon CityMembers of the World Leisure Commission on Education will be active participants in the Eleventh World Leisure Congress in ChunCheon City, Republic of Korea. The World Leisure Commission on Education will provide a roundtable entitled “Enhancing Quality of Life through Leisure Education” from 2:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Monday, August 30, 2010. This roundtable will build on the foundation of position statements of the World Leisure Organization, the World Leisure Commission on Education, and the American Association for Leisure and Recreation to facilitate discussion of opportunities and strategies to enhance quality of life through leisure education as our global society begins the second decade of the technological millennium. The roundtable will conclude with a brief report on the World Leisure Commission on Education. Detailed information concerning the roundtable is presented below. The roundtable is intended to provide a prelude to three or more leisure education conferences in the following two to four years, including a possible conference on leisure education in the schools tentatively to be held in Jerusalem, a conference on leisure education to promote active lifestyles and leisure tentatively to be held in Hong Kong, and a conference on outdoor leisure education possibly to be held at a site in North America or Europe. These activities will continue the four program elements of (1) Membership Development, (2) Member Services, (3) Building on the Foundation of Past Accomplishments, and (4) Moving from Past Accomplishments to Future Successes that were identified at the Tenth World Leisure Congress in Quebec City and will continue through the Eleventh World Leisure Congress in ChunCheon and the Twelfth World Leisure Congress in Rimini. Enhancing Quality of Life through Leisure EducationOn behalf of the World Leisure Commission on Education, Steven J. Albrechtsen, University of Wisconsin (U.S.A.); Karen L. Barak, University of Wisconsin (U.S.A.); and Atara Sivan, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong) will present a roundtable to discuss opportunities and strategies to enhance quality of life through leisure education as our global society begins the second decade of the technological millennium. The roundtable will begin with the foundation for quality of life through leisure education in the schools, including perspectives on work-life balance, leisure behavior and technology in the context of leisure. The relationship between leisure education and physical education will be explored to improve quality of life through active lifestyles and leisure. Leisure education will be applied to sport from participants through spectators, and the promotion of health, wellness and leisure will be addressed as major components of quality of life in the context of leisure education. The roundtable will consider the role of leisure education in cultural identify, national identity and global identify, and the relationship between leisure education and tourism in a global society. The foundation of leisure education in the schools will be expanded to include outdoor leisure education to enhance quality of life in natural spaces, and the importance of leisure education will be extended to quality of life throughout the lifespan. The roundtable will conclude with a brief report on the World Leisure Commission on Education. The roundtable will build on the foundation of position statements of the World Leisure Organization, including the World Leisure Charter for Leisure (1970, 1979, 2000) and the Sao Paulo Declaration (Brazil, 1998). The roundtable will expand on the position papers of the World Leisure Commission on Education, including the World Leisure International Charter for Leisure Education (Jerusalem, 1993), the Position Statement on Physical Fitness and Activity in the Context of Leisure Education (Hong Kong, 2001), the International Position Paper of the World Leisure Commission on Education Task Force on Outdoor Leisure Education (USA, 2001), and the Position Statement on the Promotion of Health, Wellness and Leisure: Major Components of Quality of Life (Hong Kong, 2003). The roundtable will also consider the position statement of the American Association for Leisure and Recreation on Leisure Education in the Schools (USA, 2003). Professor Steven J. Albrechtsen currently chairs the World Leisure Commission on Education and previously served as Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the World Leisure Organization. Professor Karen L. Barak served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the World Leisure Organization, and currently serves on the Program Committee for the Eleventh World Leisure Congress. Professor Atara Sivan served on the Board of Directors of the World Leisure Organization, and worked closely with the late Professor Hillel Ruskin who chaired the World Leisure Commission on Education for many years. Professors Albrechtsen and Sivan presented at the Hong Kong conferences, and contributed to the position statements and publications that resulted from those conferences. Professor Barak chaired the task force that prepared the International Position Paper on Outdoor Leisure Education, and was an active member of the task force that developed the position statement on Leisure Education in the Schools.Purpose, Goals and ObjectivesThe purpose and goals of the World Leisure Commission on Education, consistent with the general purpose and goals of the World Leisure Organization, are to facilitate and stimulate the training and development of leisure leaders world-wide and to develop leisure education programs and strategies through international exchange and cooperation. Objectives
To develop resource banks of research information, leisure education materials, literature guides and electronic communications MembershipCurrent members of the World Leisure Organization may indicate their interest in the World Leisure Commission on Education by e-mailing the World Leisure Secretariat at secretariat@worldleisure.org. Former members and other non-members may join the World Leisure Organization and indicate their interest in the World Leisure Commission on Education through the World Leisure Organization website. Members of the World Leisure Organization may become active in the World Leisure Commission on Education by contacting Commission Chair Steven J. Albrechtsen at albrechs@uww.edu. Commission Chair
Steven J. Albrechtsen
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