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Leisure studies education: Historical trends and pedagogical futures in the United Kingdom and beyond [PDF]

, 2014
This paper is an attempt to stimulate debate about the decline of leisure studies and the rise of courses and subject fields defined by sport, events, tourism management.
Aitchison, Aitchison, Aitchison, Andrews, Bramham, Karl Spracklen, Parker, Roberts, Rojek, Spracklen, Spraklen   +10 more
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Human rights, leisure and leisure studies [PDF]

World Leisure Journal, 2015
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by the United Nations in 1948, includes the right to leisure time, to cultural participation and to travel. While the idea of human rights permeates many aspects of national and international life, it has not permeated the field of leisure studies to any great extent.
openaire   +2 more sources

Decoding Host-Tourist Interaction and Tourists’ Intention to Revisit: A Mediation Model of Place Attachment [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure
The main aim of the investigation is to explore how the interaction between hosts and tourists influences tourists' intention to revisit a particular destination.
Aijaz Ahmad KHAKI, Romeesa SHABAN, Mudasir Ahmad MIR   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visual responses of patients with generalized anxiety disorder who cycling in the virtual sportscapes with different tree cover densities

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
The tree density of virtual sportscape is the main factor that determines the benefits that generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients can obtain when they exercise with virtual environment.
Tsai-Chiao Wang, Chia-Liang Tsai, Ta-Wei Tang   +2 more
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Analysis of Effects of Green Practices on Sustainability in Urban Hotels in Kenya [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure
Adoption of green practices has been touted as the panacea for sustainability in many economic sectors. With urban hotels constrained in their adoption, this study sought to determine the extent to which urban hotels in Kenya had adopted green practices ...
Elizabeth KAMUNZYU, Richard MAKOPONDO, Josephine OPONDO   +2 more
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Who spends and who does not: Clustering visitors at a national arts festival

South African Journal of Business Management, 2011
The Grahamstown National Arts Festival is the oldest National Arts Festival in South Africa and was founded in 1974. This celebration of the arts takes place over a period of eleven days with the main festival running over eight days, which also makes it
M. Saayman, A. Saayman, E. Slabbert
doaj   +1 more source

The Challenges and Realities of E-Learning during COVID-19: The Case of University Sport and Physical Education

Challenges, 2022
E-learning quickly became a crucial tool for universities and other higher education institutions during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The field of sport and physical education (PE) was no exception.
Louis Moustakas, Denise Robrade
doaj   +1 more source

The leisure society i: Myths and misconceptions, 1960–1979 [PDF]

, 2011
Recent discussion in the World Leisure Journal has raised the issue of the place of the “leisure society thesis” in the development of leisure studies. Some have argued that the thesis was a key, but misconceived, “project” of the early phase of leisure ...
Veal, AJ
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The Effects of a Weighted Football Intervention on Ball Velocity of a Standard Football Place-Kick among Elite Gaelic Football Goalkeepers: A Single-Subject Designed Study

Sports, 2022
Weighted football place-kicking acutely enhances the ball velocity (BV) of subsequent standard football place-kicks. However, there is a dearth of research examining the long-term effects of such interventions, with less evidence in existence among elite
Sam Jermyn, Cian O’Neill, Seán Lacey, Edward K. Coughlan   +3 more
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Participation and satisfaction after spinal cord injury: results of a vocational and leisure outcome study [PDF]

, 2005
Study design: Survey. Objectives: Insight in (1) the changes in participation in vocational and leisure activities and (2) satisfaction with the current participation level of people with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) after reintegration in society. Design:
A Berghammer, A Siösteen, AR Fugl-Meyer, CE Glass, CWJ Wevers, DT Wade, DT Wade, F Andries, G A Mulder, G DeJong, G Murphy, GG Whiteneck, I-B Bränholm, J W Groothoff, JS Krause, KS Clayton, L Conroy, L Noreau, LA Cushman, M C Schönherr, M Taricco, MC Schönherr, MG Eisenberg, MJ DeVivo, MJ Fuhrer, MWM Post, MWM Post, MWM Post, PCD Tomassen, R Levi, T Schoppen, T Tasiemski, W H Eisma, W Pentland   +33 more
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