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Evolving Societal Contributions of Leisure Education

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Leisure education approaches have historically been used to reach small, targeted populations in clinical settings. There is a growing movement toward community-based leisure education programs but these too present challenges. The current chapter provides a brief review of leisure education followed by case studies illustrating how community-based leisure education programs support a positive sociology of leisure.

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  1. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA

    Julie Son

  2. Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

    Elizabeth Weybright

  3. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

    Megan Janke

  4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA

    Laura Payne

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  2. Government Meera Girls College, Rajasthan, India

    Anju Beniwal

  3. Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India

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  4. Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK

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Son, J., Weybright, E., Janke, M., Payne, L. (2020). Evolving Societal Contributions of Leisure Education. In: Kono, S., Beniwal, A., Baweja, P., Spracklen, K. (eds) Positive Sociology of Leisure. Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41812-0_14

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