ERIC Number: ED034619
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1964
Pages: 319
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Recreation and the Schools. Guides to Effective Practices in Leisure Education and Community Recreation Sponsorship.
Kraus, Richard G.
The main feature of this book is an analysis of organized recreational programs including their development and future. The use of leisure time problem, provisions for leisure education in the public schools, and community-school recreation programs are discussed. One chapter of the book is devoted to reviews of some effective school sponsored recreation programs. The author concludes with a discussion regarding the developing patterns of cooperation between schools and recreational departments. Also included are the results of 5 surveys about attitudes and practices in recreation. These surveys were conducted in 1962 and 1963 by the author and are referred to several times in the text. (DB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Services, Educational Objectives, Leisure Time, Local Legislation, Program Development, Recreation Finances, Recreation Legislation, Recreational Facilities, Recreational Programs, School Community Relationship
The MacMillan Company, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10011 ($6.50)
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