RURAL YOUTH WHO ARE MOVING TO URBAN AREAS ARE NOT PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN URBAN TYPES OF RECREATION PROGRAMS. THE RECREATION SKILLS OF THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT THE FARM BUT ARE STILL IN RURAL SETTINGS DO NOT MATCH THE URBAN OPPORTUNITIES REACHING OUT TO THEM. THOSE STILL ON THE FARMS ARE GETTING RECREATION IDEAS THROUGH MASS MEDIA WITHOUT FINDING…

THIS IS PART 2 OF A PROJECT WHICH STUDIED LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITY-INTERESTS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. (PART 1 IS ED 002 929.) THE MAIN INTEREST OF THE STUDY WAS TO PRODUCE SCIENTIFIC DATA AND PARTICULARLY SUCH DATA AS MAY BE OF SERVICE TO SCHOOLS, PLANNERS, THOSE INTERESTED IN LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES, AND SOCIAL WORKERS. THESE TABLES REPORT IN…

SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THIS GUIDE TO PLANNERS OF AREAS AND FACILITIES FOR ATHLETICS, RECREATION, OUTDOOR EDUCATION, AND PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION. PART ONE CONCERNS BASIC CONCEPTS PERTINENT TO THE AREA OF CONSIDERATION. THE AIMS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION, AND RECREATION ARE LISTED. PLANNING PRINCIPLES,…

Variations in psychological goals for recreation participation are explored, both between and within activity categories, and related to differences in conflict perception. Support for a "goal interference" model of conflict is found. According to this model, when recreation goals are incompatible, behaviors arising out of one set of…

FARMERS AND OTHER LAND OWNERS CAN UTILIZE WOODLAND FOR PROFIT BY DEVELOPING RECREATION AREAS. CAMPGROUND AND PICNIC AREAS CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INCOME AND CAN FIT IN WITH THE OPERATION OF OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES, SUCH AS A ROADSIDE STORE, A PRODUCE STAND, OR A FILLING STATION. BASIC CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING A RECREATION DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE--(1)…

PLANNING OUTDOOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES FOR THE CENTRAL SCHOOL SERVING PUPILS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF ALL PUPILS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SHOULD PROVIDE FOR RECREATION NEEDS DURING VACATION PERIODS. PROVISION FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR ADULTS SHOULD ALSO BE MADE. THE…

Results are summarized from data gathered from sample institutions of higher education, concerning the policies on alcoholic beverages served in student unions, as well as sleeping, dining and parking facilities. (FS)

Presented is the final report (1971-72) of San Diego's Zoo Project for Handicapped Children, designed to increase the language arts skills of 870 trainable or educable mentally handicapped or educationally handicapped children through the use of animals as motivating devices. The program included a teacher training program enabling teachers to…

This volume examines the background and characteristics of the college union and its buildings, discusses its purposes and the means by which they may be achieved, and considers the impact of these means on the building requirements. General planning principles are developed and applied to the union building and its various areas. The translation…

Guidelines are developed to assist Utah school districts in formulating sets of written policies which would bring about a more extensive and cooperative use of public school facilities by community groups. The study is concerned with--(1) reporting the policies and practices of selected school districts, (2) reporting the success the school…

Text, drawings, and photographs show how tires, no longer usable for transportation, were assembled in a variety of ways to make swings, climbers, tunnels, and walls for a homemade playground. With the support of community representatives and a local high school class, a playground in Brockton, Massachusetts, was built in four days from tires…

Objectives of the official comprehensive outdoor recreation plan for the State of Mississippi are (1) to guide recreational development in Mississippi in an orderly fashion on a statewide level; (2) to survey public, semipublic, commercial, and private outdoor recreational opportunities; (3) to determine recreational needs for meeting present and…

The purpose of this publication is to identify significant considerations in the planning of dressing-locker rooms and related service facilities such as shower rooms, toilet and lavatory rooms, toweling areas, storage and supply rooms, laundries, training and first aid rooms, and custodial facilities. However, only a perfunctory treatment of each…

The New Rural Society project concerns itself with the deterioration of America through urban overcrowding and rural depletion. Coupled with experimentation and pilot testing, the study is designed to demonstrate that imaginative application of telecommunication will enable business and government departments to function effectively though their…

Application of recreation research has become an increasing concern of both managers of wildlands and scientists. (JD)