Course

Recreation Leadership I

Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Department
Therapeutic Recreation
Course code
THRT 1203
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
30
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course is designed to provide the learner with the knowledge, skills and practical applications required to lead leisure and recreation activities across the lifespan. Throughout the course, the learner will be encouraged to develop leadership skills through active participation in physical, creative and expressive arts, providing opportunities to practice and reflect.
Course content

Course content is guided by research, empirical knowledge and best practice.  The following values and principles, consistent with professional standards, inform course content.

  1. The benefits of leisure and recreation are endless.  When we recreate, we experiment, explore and engage with self, community and environment.
  2. Life satisfaction and wellbeing are enhanced through recreation activities that reduce stress and isolation and create opportunities for fun, pleasure, challenge, creativity, accomplishment, and connections.
  3. Recreation is essential to develpment and change throughout the lifespan.
  4. Recreation is central to building and maintaining community and social and cultural connections.
  5. Inclusive recreation program development occurs in the context of understanding the needs and values of individuals, families, communities, cultures, practitioners and agencies.
  6. Recreation planning is a collaborative interplay between participants, leader and the selected activity.  It is a creative and dynamic process.
  7. Program planning is based on participant needs.
  8. Leadership theories and models inform best practice in health care and community settings.
  9. Effective leadership skills facilitate the delivery of recreation programs that are cognitively and physically stimulating, enjoyable, challenging, and inspiring.
Learning activities

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lecture, discussion, group work, case studies, team-based exercises, and community experiences.

Means of assessment

Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.

Typical means of evaluation would include a combination of:

  • Testing
  • Written assignments
  • Group facilitation and leadership

Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of a student’s grade performance.  Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the instructor’s course outline and allowed for in the course curriculum guideline.

This course may have an assignment that has been identified as part of the TR Department Research Framework and therefore the assignment must be passed at a minimum of a C (60%) level in order for a student to achieve a C (60%) final grade in the course. Each course outline will clearly identify these research framework assignments if relevant.

Students in the TR program, both diploma and degree students, are required to attain a minimum of 60% (C letter grade) in all courses utilized for credit towards a diploma and/or degree in Therapeutic Recreation in order to progress in the program.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Apply leisure and recreation perspectives to understanding growth, development and health throughout the lifespan.
2. Describe recreation leadership theories and models.
3. Explore and select appropriate activities based on participant needs.
4. Plan, implement and evaluate leisure and recreation programs.
5. Demonstrate effective recreation leadership skills in physical, creative and expressive arts programs.

 

Textbook materials

Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students.  A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.

 

Requisites

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for THRT 1203
Simon Fraser University (SFU) No credit
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) UBCV KIN_V 1st (3)
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC HHSC 1XX (3)
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC EPHE 2XX (1.5)

Course Offerings

There are no course offerings this semester.