Abstract
Education and leisure are significant domains in people’s lives. At first glance, they may be seen as contradictory; whereas leisure is associated with freedom and relaxation, education is associated with learning and may not be perceived as related to freedom. This is especially due to the tendency to associate education with a formal way of studying in school as illustrated in the following definition: ‘[education is] social process in which one achieves social competence and individual growth, carried in a selected controlled setting which can be institutionalised as a school or college’ (Page and Thomas, 1977: 113).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | A Handbook of Leisure Studies |
| Editors | Chris Rojek, Susan M. Shaw, A. J. Veal |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Chapter | 26 |
| Pages | 433-447 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780230625181 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781403902788, 9781403902795 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Jun 2006 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- General Social Sciences
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- General Business,Management and Accounting
User-Defined Keywords
- Leisure Participation
- Lifelong Process
- Leisure Experience
- Adolescent Life Satisfaction
- Leisure Study