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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Henderson, Karla A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1985
Volunteers can help extend and expand all types of programs. Issues and trends of volunteerism in the society and its agencies and organizations are explored. (DF)
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Sociocultural Patterns
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Henderson, Karla A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1982
Jane Addams, founder of Hull House and proponent of cultural and physical recreation programs, contributed greatly to current recreation and leisure time programs. Her contributions include: (1) a view that recreation programs could organize and structure social life; (2) a recreation philosophy that proposed to unite urbanites and to express…
Descriptors: Athletics, Community Involvement, Leisure Time, Play
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Henderson, Karla A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1995
Explores how marketing recreation and physical activity programs for females might be undertaken based on the growing body of research about female involvement in recreation, sport, and leisure. The paper addresses product, place, price, and promotion, discussing females as people who represent a growing market segment with unique characteristics.…
Descriptors: Adults, Females, Marketing, Physical Activities
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Henderson, Karla A.; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1990
This article introduces a feature which uses feminism as a framework for examining the psycho-social-cultural issues embodied in women's participation (or lack of participation) in physical activities. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adults, Cultural Context, Females, Feminism
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Henderson, Karla A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1990
This article defines deep ecology and contrasts this philosophy for thinking and living with the views of traditional and liberal environmentalists. The article also explores areas of compatibility and incompatibility between deep ecology and outdoor recreation/education. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adults, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences