KPER 1400 Leisure Profile Assignment Description During this course we have learned that individuals have different interpretations of leisure, what it is, its value, and its role in their lives. We have learned that there is a decisionmaking process around leisure engagement, and the decision to participate in any type of leisure activity depends on a variety of factors and influences, some internal, some external. The purpose of creating a leisure profile is for you to become more consciously aware of what motivates your leisure pursuits, as well as identify the constraints that may exist. The profile is an opportunity to reflect on your values and understanding of the world and how your recreation activities are shaped by your worldview. The profile invites you to share your philosophical perspective regarding the impact and influence of leisure concepts in your life. Objective: Create a personal leisure profile in order to describe your understandings of the term leisure and how these understandings may have changed since the beginning of term describe your understandings of the term recreation and how these understandings may have changed since the beginning of term explain the activities that you are currently involved in explain what motivates your leisure participation explain what enables your leisure participation explain what constrains your leisure participation explain the various influences on your leisure behaviour such as gender, family, and/or culture explain how your leisure enhances or negatively impacts your personal well-being How to Complete Your Leisure Profile This assignment requires you to write a descriptive essay about your leisure, your understandings of the aforementioned objectives and your overall philosophy of leisure in your life. For tips on what a descriptive essay is, please see the following link https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/essay_writing/descriptive_ essays.html To succeed you will apply the knowledge presented to you in this course draw from your personal experiences apply the knowledge from the academic resources you collect, and contrast that knowledge with your experiences and understandings Leisure Profile Components Your Leisure Profile must include discussions around the following 7 components. Please Note: The questions and points with each component are provided to only help guide your thinking. I. Understandings of Leisure and Recreation What is your understanding of leisure and recreation? 1. How do you personally define leisure? How do you personally define recreation? 2. Do your definitions align with the discussions in the text? 3. Have your personal understandings of recreation and leisure changed from the beginning of the course until now? II. Current Leisure Behaviours The following suggestions may be helpful in conveying your current leisure behaviours. 1. Describe your leisure and/or recreation and the activities that you engage in. 2. Provide as many details you deem to be relevant, for example, the names of the activities, where you participate, how often you participate, who you participate with etc. 3. Discuss how often do you participate in these activities on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis. 4. Choose to focus on one leisure activity or more than one activity to illustrate your points. III. Motivations and Satisfaction 1. Discuss what motivates you to participate in your leisure activities. 2. You have the option to discuss which activities are your favourites and why. 3. What level of satisfaction do you receive from these activities? 4. What is the difference between motivation and satisfaction? Is there a difference? IV. Constraints 1. What are some constraints that prevent you from participating in these and other leisure activities? 2. Are you able to remove the constraints? If so, how? V. Stress and Coping 1. Identify and describe the things in your life that make you feel stressed. 2. Identify and describe the activities that reduce your stress. 3. Are you able to engage in leisure other than to combat negative sensations? VI. Influences on Leisure Behaviours 1. What influence or role does your gender have on your leisure behaviour? 2. How does your family or cultural background influence your leisure behaviour? 3. What enables your leisure engagement? (e.g. finances, time, privilege, social contacts, public institutions, availability/opportunity, accessibility, etc.). VII. Personal Philosophy of Leisure Please Note: Start your essay with your personal philosophy or include it at the end, (or both). It is up to you. 1. How do you personally think about leisure? How does it fit within your life? 2. Does your philosophy align with societal norms? 3. What is your overall opinion of your current leisure philosophy? 4. What academic resource(s) did you reference and how do these ideas relate to your personal philosophy of leisure? What ideas from the text resonated with your understandings of leisure? Format: The essay must be a minimum of 5 pages and up to a maximum of 8 pages in length. It must include separate title and reference pages. In other words, 5-8 pages plus a title page and a reference page. The essay must be written in complete sentences and paragraphs. Point form will not be accepted. It must be double-spaced, utilize 12-point Times New Roman font, and saved in Microsoft Word, Apple Pages or as a PDF. You are required to utilize a minimum of three, (3) academic resources (e.g peer-reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters) from the University of Manitoba Libraries or similar source to support your discussions. Please Note: All your citations cannot come from one source. Use one from a book chapter, one from a journal article, and one from a book, for example. Essays must use the American Psychological Association's (APA) guidelines for in-text citations and references. Please see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) and the resources at the links below for specific details. Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management Library Guide Kinesiology and Recreation Management - Citing U of M Guide for APA Publication Manual APA Style (7th Edition) Handouts & Guides APA Style (7th Edition) - Common Reference Examples Guide Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL) - APA Style Submitting your Assignment: Submit your assignment to UMLearn, in the appropriate assignment folder under the Assessments on the navigation bar. Please Note: Before submitting your assignment, please save it with a filename that starts with your last name followed by your first initial and the name of the assignment. For example - Gay K Leisure Profile. Leisure Profile Assignment Rubric 3 2 1 I. Understandings of Leisure and Recreation Understandings of leisure and recreation are clearly presented. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is clear and concise. Understandings of leisure and recreation are presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Lack of understanding of leisure and recreation. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is not clear and needs improvement. II. Current Leisure Behaviours Description of leisure behaviours/activities is clearly presented. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is clear and concise. Description of leisure behaviours/activities is presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Description of personal leisure and recreation activities is not clear or missing. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is not clear and needs improvement. III. Motivations and Satisfaction Discussion of motivations and satisfactions is clearly presented. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is clear and concise. Discussion of motivations and satisfactions is presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is presented but need more detail and/or clarity. Discussion of motivations and satisfactions is not clear or missing. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is not clear and needs improvement. 3 2 1 IV. Constraints Discussion of constraints and removal of constraints is clearly presented. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is clear and concise. Discussion of constraints and removal of constraints is presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is presented but need more detail and/or clarity. Discussion of constraints and removal of constraints is not clear or missing. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is not clear and needs improvement. V. Stress and Coping Identification of stress factors, stress reducing activities and utilization of leisure as a stress coping mechanism is clearly presented. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is clear and concise. Identification of stress factors, stress reducing activities and utilization of leisure as a stress coping mechanism is presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is presented but need more detail and/or clarity. Identification of stress factors, stress reducing activities and utilization of leisure as a stress coping mechanism is not clear or missing. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is not clear and needs improvement. VI. Influences on Leisure Behaviours Description of the influencing factors of gender, family, culture, and available resources is clearly presented. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is clear and concise. Description of the influencing factors of gender, family, culture, and available resources is presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is presented but need more detail and/or clarity. Description of the influencing factors of gender, family, culture, and available resources is not clear or missing. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is not clear and needs improvement. 3 2 1 7. Personal Philosophy Personal philosophy of leisure is clearly presented. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is clear and concise. Personal philosophy of leisure is presented but needs more detail and/or clarity. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is presented but need more detail and/or clarity. Personal philosophy of leisure is not clear or missing. Discussion connecting to knowledge presented in the course and/or textbook and/or other resources is not clear and needs improvement. Use of academic resources More than three different academic resources are used to support discussion and are clearly presented. Web sites, if utilized, are authoritative. Three different academic resources are used to support discussion but need more clarity in their presentation. Web sites, if utilized are credible. Less than three different academic resources are used to support discussion, and are poorly presented. Web sites, if utilized are credible. Technical Composition Writing style is excellent. Few, if any, spelling and grammar errors. Format is logical and easy to read. Correct APA referencing used. Writing style and grammar could use improvement. Some spelling errors - student needs to proofread more carefully. Format and organization of information needs improvement. APA referencing needs improvement. Inappropriate writing style (e.g. use of point form instead of complete sentences). Many spelling mistakes. Poor formatting and organization of information. APA referencing needs improvement or not utilized.

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