INTRODUCTION
TO LEISURE
P.M DR MAWARNI MOHAMED
Definition of leisure
• WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS LEISURE ?
• Freedom or spare time provided by the cessation of activities
• Free time as a result of temporary exemption from work or duties;
• a time at one's own command that is free of engagements or
responsibilities;
• LATIN WORD “ LICERE” Freedom (licence to do something)
• RECREATION Original form implied RE-CREATION of a readiness to
return to work
Dimensions of Leisure
1. Time-
2. Activity-activities which people find interesting , EXAMPLES?
3. Experience-Experience has to do with feelings brought about by involvement in
activity
Basically, the progression of economic value and
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs place the greatest
value on the same needs — experiences that make
you a better person rather than just buying things
or enjoying non-enriching experiences. Of course,
this is true only for people in the more developed
world who don’t have to worry about shelter and
food.
PARTICULAR QUALITY OF LEISURE
ASPECTS
• To have fun
• To exercise
• To develop own interest
• Rest and recuperate from work
• Antidote to the stresses and strain from a modern life
You are a leisure person.
• What does it mean?
DEFINITION
• “ Leisure consists of relatively self-determined activity/experience
that falls into one’s free-time roles, that is seen as leisure by
participants, that is psychologically pleasant in anticipation and
recollection , that potentially covers the whole range of commitment
and intensity, that contains characteristic norms and constraints and
that provides opportunities for recreation, personal growth and
service to others” (Kaplan, 1975)
• CONCEPTIONS OF LEISURE:
• As residual time (unobligated, discretionary)
• As activities
• As functional (therapeutic, training)
• As freedom (autonomy personal development)
(Haywood et al.,1995)
• Work Stress – Routine - Obstruction to faculties Rest - Fun - Personal
development Leisure (Dumazedier, 1974)
• According to Cuenca Leisure is not time but an attitude (mental state)
• Leisure is not universal or generic but rather subjective. It depends of
every person
• Example Football: Unbearable or a passion
Leisure trends:
• From a need to a right
• Quality of life indicator to fulfill oneself from passive to active
Different aspects of Leisure:
• Recreational (hobbies, games)
• Creative (educational)
• Environmental (Green sense and sensibility)
• Festive (celebrations, collective leisure)
• Solidarity
WHY STUDY LEISURE ?
• 1. ECONOMIC Huge business (between 25%-38% of all cosumer
spending in UK) Leisure industry remains one of the few economic
sector in which more employment is envisages almost everywhere It
includes tourism
• 2. PSYCHOLOGICAL
• Leisure enables people to relax, refresh and literally recreate
themselves so they can return, suitably restored, to other roles in
their workplaces and families Leisure permits people the express
desires and drives that would otherwise remain hidden and even
suppressed “ Let off steam”
• Educative
• 3. SOCIAL
• Most leisure has a social dimension and it is therefore socially important. It binds people
together (families, friends, countries, cities). What can unite can also divide.
• 4. QUALITY OF LIFE
• Important contributor to the quality of people’s life Paradox Although most people do not
rate leisure activities as highly important (health, job and families)
• Contribution to life’s satisfaction
• 5. POLITICAL
• All governments become interested in leisure if only because of the functions already
described. Promoting the import of tourists Social bonding & national identity.
• QUESTION:
• What are 5 main ways leisure can contribute to happiness and well being?
• 1) Detachment recovery
• 2) Autonomy
• 3) Mastery
• 4) Meaning
• 5) Affiliation
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWqOKof7ng
• Listen to this video n write the meaning 5 main ways leisure plays
role on how effective leisure time is. Write in ufuture in your own
words and examples of your own leisure.
• THANK YOU
