REC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Liberal Arts Education, Motivation

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: REC100
• Professor: Kelley Mc Clinchey

Document Summary

[x]understand the process of leisure socialization and the role played by social agents. [x]differentiate between the terms serious and casual leisure. [x]understand some of the benefits and challenges associated with serious leisure pursuit. Socialization: an active process of learning and social development, which occurs as we interact with one another and become acquainted with the social world in which we live. Leisure socialization: the process through which individual acquires skills, attitudes, and knowledge related to leisure influenced by social learning. Life-long process whereby we develop our leisure lifestyle through imitating, modelling, and identifying with the behaviour of others. Others are referred to as social agents - they are key to the socialization process. Social agents who guide our leisure socialization, each individual determines who they are for themselves. E. g. g entering university, social agents may be more important for you at this point, people such as partners, coachers, teachers, clergy, or friends.