Course Learning Outcome(s) related to this Module
Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the importance of leisure as a component of human behavior in achieving life balance
Life Balance
The management of time with the many demands in our daily life challenge our ability to balance the things we must do with the things we want to do. In the early years of the new millennium we have witnessed significant advances in technology which have resulted in rapid communication and an overload of accessible knowledge. This has resulted in how we operate our lives, how we work and play, how we spend our time, what we value and how we access the things we need. Because these changes have been so profound, we are challenged to cope with them; we often desire to slow down the pace of life a little bit to “catch up”. It is often heard that an individual has too much to do and not enough time to do it. This perceived imbalance results in unneeded stress and anxiety. So, the question is: “How does one achieve Life Balance? What are the coping strategies to reduce the stress and learn better balance?” The coping strategies most often prescribed include finding leisure and recreation opportunities that promote relaxation, time with family and friends, and fulfillment.
The concept of Life Balance is not unique to the 21st Century. The association between living a balanced life and enjoying health and wellbeing in an ancient idea.
Throughout this semester we are going to discuss life balance and the influence of leisure in achieving balance. The learning modules and online articles will provide in-depth knowledge about leisure concepts, strategies and benefits of participation. The outcome will not only be gained knowledge, but the ability for students to measure and impact their own life balance.
Leisure Awareness
The foundation of leisure dates back to the ancient cultures of the world. It is not a new concept by any means however the way people view leisure today is significantly different than that of the ancient cultures.
There are many factors that impacted this definition change from economics, development of “classes” or hierarchy, inventions, technology, etc.
We are going to take a very focused look at the concept of leisure and the many definitions as they have evolved over time.
In the ancient cultures, as you can imagine, the people did not have a lot of choices of things to do. There was obviously very few of the modern conveniences we have today. There was a strong focus on the arts and the development of the person, especially intellectually. Understand that debating with each other was a common method of developing intellect since there was little in the form of structured education. Leisure was viewed as an opportunity to think, develop one’s spirituality and improve one’s physical culture.
In today’s society, especially in the Western civilizations, leisure is viewed quite differently. Few would define leisure as a means to develop themselves (although we will discover later that this does happen in most everyone’s leisure). Today people see leisure primarily as their way to seek relaxation. Secondarily they view leisure as a way for self-improvement, culture, and family stability and interaction; also an escape, or excitement and fantasy. Active and devoted participation in leisure as a means to balance work, schoolwork and other commitments or obligations are the steps needed to achieve an overall life balance.
Leisure is all about one’s perceived freedom. Most individuals, when asked about their leisure, will talk about being free, having free time, being allowed to do what they want to do.
REFLECTION – Think about your own personal leisure and what you do. How would you describe this to a friend?
In general an individual that feels they have a higher degree of control in their personal confidence and shaping their leisure experience, feel they have more freedom from constraints and obligations. Additionally, for this person, the experience has personal meaning to them and is a more satisfying and fulfilling leisure experience.
In many ways people use leisure as a counterbalance for stress. The choices they make, be it relaxation, education, expression, physical fitness, etc., will be dependent on many factors, but in most cases there are significant benefits received through the adequate level of participation by an individual.
There are four primary ways to categorize leisure when defining it. Two of these categories are familiar to most individuals however the other two are not as readily known or understood.
In most cases when asked about leisure an individual will refer to their leisure as either time spent, or activity participated in. (Ex. During my leisure I played a card game. I play golf for my leisure.) In these examples the first reference to leisure speaks directly to time, whereas the second ties leisure to an activity.
The other two categories look more introspectively at the person; their characteristics and choices.
We will look more thoroughly at each one of these leisure categories.
Leisure Defined as Time
Ancient cultures viewed leisure as the time people had available to them once their work and obligations were complete. Any additional time in their day was viewed as leisure.
As hierarchy or “classes” were developed there began to be a separation of how people used their leisure time. The working classes often engaged in activities more similar to their native culture, however the wealthier classes often engaged in overindulgences including drinking, sexual activity, and activities that were unproductive. It was during this time in history that individual’s ideas of leisure began to change and continued to change to where they are today.
In many cases when an individual speaks of their leisure time they may use the terms of spare time or free time.
Spare time – implies that leisure can only be done when everything else has been completed or if one has time left over. In reference, priority does not fall on leisure. Spare time can be viewed as a time when someone completes all the “essentials” and says, “I have nothing to do, I have spare time.” What they do to fill this time could be viewed as leisure.
Seizure Case “Arizona v. Gant”
I chose the case “Arizona v. Gant”
The purpose of the research paper is to fully describe and analyze a specific Search and Seizure Case. You must then explore the Fourth Amendment: an Overview of Search and Seizure. In other words, you need to describe how Legal Searches and the Exclusionary Rule apply to the particular case that you are examining and describe the case law.
Learning Module #1 ~ Leisure Awareness & Flow Course Learning Outcome(s) related
Learning Module #1 ~ Leisure Awareness & Flow
Course Learning Outcome(s) related to this Module
Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the importance of leisure as a component of human behavior in achieving life balance
Life Balance
The management of time with the many demands in our daily life challenge our ability to balance the things we must do with the things we want to do. In the early years of the new millennium we have witnessed significant advances in technology which have resulted in rapid communication and an overload of accessible knowledge. This has resulted in how we operate our lives, how we work and play, how we spend our time, what we value and how we access the things we need. Because these changes have been so profound, we are challenged to cope with them; we often desire to slow down the pace of life a little bit to “catch up”. It is often heard that an individual has too much to do and not enough time to do it. This perceived imbalance results in unneeded stress and anxiety. So, the question is: “How does one achieve Life Balance? What are the coping strategies to reduce the stress and learn better balance?” The coping strategies most often prescribed include finding leisure and recreation opportunities that promote relaxation, time with family and friends, and fulfillment.
The concept of Life Balance is not unique to the 21st Century. The association between living a balanced life and enjoying health and wellbeing in an ancient idea.
Throughout this semester we are going to discuss life balance and the influence of leisure in achieving balance. The learning modules and online articles will provide in-depth knowledge about leisure concepts, strategies and benefits of participation. The outcome will not only be gained knowledge, but the ability for students to measure and impact their own life balance.
Leisure Awareness
The foundation of leisure dates back to the ancient cultures of the world. It is not a new concept by any means however the way people view leisure today is significantly different than that of the ancient cultures.
There are many factors that impacted this definition change from economics, development of “classes” or hierarchy, inventions, technology, etc.
We are going to take a very focused look at the concept of leisure and the many definitions as they have evolved over time.
In the ancient cultures, as you can imagine, the people did not have a lot of choices of things to do. There was obviously very few of the modern conveniences we have today. There was a strong focus on the arts and the development of the person, especially intellectually. Understand that debating with each other was a common method of developing intellect since there was little in the form of structured education. Leisure was viewed as an opportunity to think, develop one’s spirituality and improve one’s physical culture.
In today’s society, especially in the Western civilizations, leisure is viewed quite differently. Few would define leisure as a means to develop themselves (although we will discover later that this does happen in most everyone’s leisure). Today people see leisure primarily as their way to seek relaxation. Secondarily they view leisure as a way for self-improvement, culture, and family stability and interaction; also an escape, or excitement and fantasy. Active and devoted participation in leisure as a means to balance work, schoolwork and other commitments or obligations are the steps needed to achieve an overall life balance.
Leisure is all about one’s perceived freedom. Most individuals, when asked about their leisure, will talk about being free, having free time, being allowed to do what they want to do.
REFLECTION – Think about your own personal leisure and what you do. How would you describe this to a friend?
In general an individual that feels they have a higher degree of control in their personal confidence and shaping their leisure experience, feel they have more freedom from constraints and obligations. Additionally, for this person, the experience has personal meaning to them and is a more satisfying and fulfilling leisure experience.
In many ways people use leisure as a counterbalance for stress. The choices they make, be it relaxation, education, expression, physical fitness, etc., will be dependent on many factors, but in most cases there are significant benefits received through the adequate level of participation by an individual.
There are four primary ways to categorize leisure when defining it. Two of these categories are familiar to most individuals however the other two are not as readily known or understood.
In most cases when asked about leisure an individual will refer to their leisure as either time spent, or activity participated in. (Ex. During my leisure I played a card game. I play golf for my leisure.) In these examples the first reference to leisure speaks directly to time, whereas the second ties leisure to an activity.
The other two categories look more introspectively at the person; their characteristics and choices.
We will look more thoroughly at each one of these leisure categories.
Leisure Defined as Time
Ancient cultures viewed leisure as the time people had available to them once their work and obligations were complete. Any additional time in their day was viewed as leisure.
As hierarchy or “classes” were developed there began to be a separation of how people used their leisure time. The working classes often engaged in activities more similar to their native culture, however the wealthier classes often engaged in overindulgences including drinking, sexual activity, and activities that were unproductive. It was during this time in history that individual’s ideas of leisure began to change and continued to change to where they are today.
In many cases when an individual speaks of their leisure time they may use the terms of spare time or free time.
Spare time – implies that leisure can only be done when everything else has been completed or if one has time left over. In reference, priority does not fall on leisure. Spare time can be viewed as a time when someone completes all the “essentials” and says, “I have nothing to do, I have spare time.” What they do to fill this time could be viewed as leisure.
Learning Module #1 ~ Leisure Awareness & Flow Course Learning Outcome(s) related
Writing Assignment Help Learning Module #1 ~ Leisure Awareness & Flow
Course Learning Outcome(s) related to this Module
Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the importance of leisure as a component of human behavior in achieving life balance
Life Balance
The management of time with the many demands in our daily life challenge our ability to balance the things we must do with the things we want to do. In the early years of the new millennium we have witnessed significant advances in technology which have resulted in rapid communication and an overload of accessible knowledge. This has resulted in how we operate our lives, how we work and play, how we spend our time, what we value and how we access the things we need. Because these changes have been so profound, we are challenged to cope with them; we often desire to slow down the pace of life a little bit to “catch up”. It is often heard that an individual has too much to do and not enough time to do it. This perceived imbalance results in unneeded stress and anxiety. So, the question is: “How does one achieve Life Balance? What are the coping strategies to reduce the stress and learn better balance?” The coping strategies most often prescribed include finding leisure and recreation opportunities that promote relaxation, time with family and friends, and fulfillment.
The concept of Life Balance is not unique to the 21st Century. The association between living a balanced life and enjoying health and wellbeing in an ancient idea.
Throughout this semester we are going to discuss life balance and the influence of leisure in achieving balance. The learning modules and online articles will provide in-depth knowledge about leisure concepts, strategies and benefits of participation. The outcome will not only be gained knowledge, but the ability for students to measure and impact their own life balance.
Leisure Awareness
The foundation of leisure dates back to the ancient cultures of the world. It is not a new concept by any means however the way people view leisure today is significantly different than that of the ancient cultures.
There are many factors that impacted this definition change from economics, development of “classes” or hierarchy, inventions, technology, etc.
We are going to take a very focused look at the concept of leisure and the many definitions as they have evolved over time.
In the ancient cultures, as you can imagine, the people did not have a lot of choices of things to do. There was obviously very few of the modern conveniences we have today. There was a strong focus on the arts and the development of the person, especially intellectually. Understand that debating with each other was a common method of developing intellect since there was little in the form of structured education. Leisure was viewed as an opportunity to think, develop one’s spirituality and improve one’s physical culture.
In today’s society, especially in the Western civilizations, leisure is viewed quite differently. Few would define leisure as a means to develop themselves (although we will discover later that this does happen in most everyone’s leisure). Today people see leisure primarily as their way to seek relaxation. Secondarily they view leisure as a way for self-improvement, culture, and family stability and interaction; also an escape, or excitement and fantasy. Active and devoted participation in leisure as a means to balance work, schoolwork and other commitments or obligations are the steps needed to achieve an overall life balance.
Leisure is all about one’s perceived freedom. Most individuals, when asked about their leisure, will talk about being free, having free time, being allowed to do what they want to do.
REFLECTION – Think about your own personal leisure and what you do. How would you describe this to a friend?
In general an individual that feels they have a higher degree of control in their personal confidence and shaping their leisure experience, feel they have more freedom from constraints and obligations. Additionally, for this person, the experience has personal meaning to them and is a more satisfying and fulfilling leisure experience.
In many ways people use leisure as a counterbalance for stress. The choices they make, be it relaxation, education, expression, physical fitness, etc., will be dependent on many factors, but in most cases there are significant benefits received through the adequate level of participation by an individual.
There are four primary ways to categorize leisure when defining it. Two of these categories are familiar to most individuals however the other two are not as readily known or understood.
In most cases when asked about leisure an individual will refer to their leisure as either time spent, or activity participated in. (Ex. During my leisure I played a card game. I play golf for my leisure.) In these examples the first reference to leisure speaks directly to time, whereas the second ties leisure to an activity.
The other two categories look more introspectively at the person; their characteristics and choices.
We will look more thoroughly at each one of these leisure categories.
Leisure Defined as Time
Ancient cultures viewed leisure as the time people had available to them once their work and obligations were complete. Any additional time in their day was viewed as leisure.
As hierarchy or “classes” were developed there began to be a separation of how people used their leisure time. The working classes often engaged in activities more similar to their native culture, however the wealthier classes often engaged in overindulgences including drinking, sexual activity, and activities that were unproductive. It was during this time in history that individual’s ideas of leisure began to change and continued to change to where they are today.
In many cases when an individual speaks of their leisure time they may use the terms of spare time or free time.
Spare time – implies that leisure can only be done when everything else has been completed or if one has time left over. In reference, priority does not fall on leisure. Spare time can be viewed as a time when someone completes all the “essentials” and says, “I have nothing to do, I have spare time.” What they do to fill this time could be viewed as leisure.
Learning Module #1 ~ Leisure Awareness & Flow Course Learning Outcome(s) related
Learning Module #1 ~ Leisure Awareness & Flow
Course Learning Outcome(s) related to this Module
Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the importance of leisure as a component of human behavior in achieving life balance
Life Balance
The management of time with the many demands in our daily life challenge our ability to balance the things we must do with the things we want to do. In the early years of the new millennium we have witnessed significant advances in technology which have resulted in rapid communication and an overload of accessible knowledge. This has resulted in how we operate our lives, how we work and play, how we spend our time, what we value and how we access the things we need. Because these changes have been so profound, we are challenged to cope with them; we often desire to slow down the pace of life a little bit to “catch up”. It is often heard that an individual has too much to do and not enough time to do it. This perceived imbalance results in unneeded stress and anxiety. So, the question is: “How does one achieve Life Balance? What are the coping strategies to reduce the stress and learn better balance?” The coping strategies most often prescribed include finding leisure and recreation opportunities that promote relaxation, time with family and friends, and fulfillment.
The concept of Life Balance is not unique to the 21st Century. The association between living a balanced life and enjoying health and wellbeing in an ancient idea.
Throughout this semester we are going to discuss life balance and the influence of leisure in achieving balance. The learning modules and online articles will provide in-depth knowledge about leisure concepts, strategies and benefits of participation. The outcome will not only be gained knowledge, but the ability for students to measure and impact their own life balance.
Leisure Awareness
The foundation of leisure dates back to the ancient cultures of the world. It is not a new concept by any means however the way people view leisure today is significantly different than that of the ancient cultures.
There are many factors that impacted this definition change from economics, development of “classes” or hierarchy, inventions, technology, etc.
We are going to take a very focused look at the concept of leisure and the many definitions as they have evolved over time.
In the ancient cultures, as you can imagine, the people did not have a lot of choices of things to do. There was obviously very few of the modern conveniences we have today. There was a strong focus on the arts and the development of the person, especially intellectually. Understand that debating with each other was a common method of developing intellect since there was little in the form of structured education. Leisure was viewed as an opportunity to think, develop one’s spirituality and improve one’s physical culture.
In today’s society, especially in the Western civilizations, leisure is viewed quite differently. Few would define leisure as a means to develop themselves (although we will discover later that this does happen in most everyone’s leisure). Today people see leisure primarily as their way to seek relaxation. Secondarily they view leisure as a way for self-improvement, culture, and family stability and interaction; also an escape, or excitement and fantasy. Active and devoted participation in leisure as a means to balance work, schoolwork and other commitments or obligations are the steps needed to achieve an overall life balance.
Leisure is all about one’s perceived freedom. Most individuals, when asked about their leisure, will talk about being free, having free time, being allowed to do what they want to do.
REFLECTION – Think about your own personal leisure and what you do. How would you describe this to a friend?
In general an individual that feels they have a higher degree of control in their personal confidence and shaping their leisure experience, feel they have more freedom from constraints and obligations. Additionally, for this person, the experience has personal meaning to them and is a more satisfying and fulfilling leisure experience.
In many ways people use leisure as a counterbalance for stress. The choices they make, be it relaxation, education, expression, physical fitness, etc., will be dependent on many factors, but in most cases there are significant benefits received through the adequate level of participation by an individual.
There are four primary ways to categorize leisure when defining it. Two of these categories are familiar to most individuals however the other two are not as readily known or understood.
In most cases when asked about leisure an individual will refer to their leisure as either time spent, or activity participated in. (Ex. During my leisure I played a card game. I play golf for my leisure.) In these examples the first reference to leisure speaks directly to time, whereas the second ties leisure to an activity.
The other two categories look more introspectively at the person; their characteristics and choices.
We will look more thoroughly at each one of these leisure categories.
Leisure Defined as Time
Ancient cultures viewed leisure as the time people had available to them once their work and obligations were complete. Any additional time in their day was viewed as leisure.
As hierarchy or “classes” were developed there began to be a separation of how people used their leisure time. The working classes often engaged in activities more similar to their native culture, however the wealthier classes often engaged in overindulgences including drinking, sexual activity, and activities that were unproductive. It was during this time in history that individual’s ideas of leisure began to change and continued to change to where they are today.
In many cases when an individual speaks of their leisure time they may use the terms of spare time or free time.
Spare time – implies that leisure can only be done when everything else has been completed or if one has time left over. In reference, priority does not fall on leisure. Spare time can be viewed as a time when someone completes all the “essentials” and says, “I have nothing to do, I have spare time.” What they do to fill this time could be viewed as leisure.
Learning Module #1 ~ Leisure Awareness & Flow Course Learning Outcome(s) related
Learning Module #1 ~ Leisure Awareness & Flow
Course Learning Outcome(s) related to this Module
Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the importance of leisure as a component of human behavior in achieving life balance
Life Balance
The management of time with the many demands in our daily life challenge our ability to balance the things we must do with the things we want to do. In the early years of the new millennium we have witnessed significant advances in technology which have resulted in rapid communication and an overload of accessible knowledge. This has resulted in how we operate our lives, how we work and play, how we spend our time, what we value and how we access the things we need. Because these changes have been so profound, we are challenged to cope with them; we often desire to slow down the pace of life a little bit to “catch up”. It is often heard that an individual has too much to do and not enough time to do it. This perceived imbalance results in unneeded stress and anxiety. So, the question is: “How does one achieve Life Balance? What are the coping strategies to reduce the stress and learn better balance?” The coping strategies most often prescribed include finding leisure and recreation opportunities that promote relaxation, time with family and friends, and fulfillment.
The concept of Life Balance is not unique to the 21st Century. The association between living a balanced life and enjoying health and wellbeing in an ancient idea.
Throughout this semester we are going to discuss life balance and the influence of leisure in achieving balance. The learning modules and online articles will provide in-depth knowledge about leisure concepts, strategies and benefits of participation. The outcome will not only be gained knowledge, but the ability for students to measure and impact their own life balance.
Leisure Awareness
The foundation of leisure dates back to the ancient cultures of the world. It is not a new concept by any means however the way people view leisure today is significantly different than that of the ancient cultures.
There are many factors that impacted this definition change from economics, development of “classes” or hierarchy, inventions, technology, etc.
We are going to take a very focused look at the concept of leisure and the many definitions as they have evolved over time.
In the ancient cultures, as you can imagine, the people did not have a lot of choices of things to do. There was obviously very few of the modern conveniences we have today. There was a strong focus on the arts and the development of the person, especially intellectually. Understand that debating with each other was a common method of developing intellect since there was little in the form of structured education. Leisure was viewed as an opportunity to think, develop one’s spirituality and improve one’s physical culture.
In today’s society, especially in the Western civilizations, leisure is viewed quite differently. Few would define leisure as a means to develop themselves (although we will discover later that this does happen in most everyone’s leisure). Today people see leisure primarily as their way to seek relaxation. Secondarily they view leisure as a way for self-improvement, culture, and family stability and interaction; also an escape, or excitement and fantasy. Active and devoted participation in leisure as a means to balance work, schoolwork and other commitments or obligations are the steps needed to achieve an overall life balance.
Leisure is all about one’s perceived freedom. Most individuals, when asked about their leisure, will talk about being free, having free time, being allowed to do what they want to do.
REFLECTION – Think about your own personal leisure and what you do. How would you describe this to a friend?
In general an individual that feels they have a higher degree of control in their personal confidence and shaping their leisure experience, feel they have more freedom from constraints and obligations. Additionally, for this person, the experience has personal meaning to them and is a more satisfying and fulfilling leisure experience.
In many ways people use leisure as a counterbalance for stress. The choices they make, be it relaxation, education, expression, physical fitness, etc., will be dependent on many factors, but in most cases there are significant benefits received through the adequate level of participation by an individual.
There are four primary ways to categorize leisure when defining it. Two of these categories are familiar to most individuals however the other two are not as readily known or understood.
In most cases when asked about leisure an individual will refer to their leisure as either time spent, or activity participated in. (Ex. During my leisure I played a card game. I play golf for my leisure.) In these examples the first reference to leisure speaks directly to time, whereas the second ties leisure to an activity.
The other two categories look more introspectively at the person; their characteristics and choices.
We will look more thoroughly at each one of these leisure categories.
Leisure Defined as Time
Ancient cultures viewed leisure as the time people had available to them once their work and obligations were complete. Any additional time in their day was viewed as leisure.
As hierarchy or “classes” were developed there began to be a separation of how people used their leisure time. The working classes often engaged in activities more similar to their native culture, however the wealthier classes often engaged in overindulgences including drinking, sexual activity, and activities that were unproductive. It was during this time in history that individual’s ideas of leisure began to change and continued to change to where they are today.
In many cases when an individual speaks of their leisure time they may use the terms of spare time or free time.
Spare time – implies that leisure can only be done when everything else has been completed or if one has time left over. In reference, priority does not fall on leisure. Spare time can be viewed as a time when someone completes all the “essentials” and says, “I have nothing to do, I have spare time.” What they do to fill this time could be viewed as leisure.