University of Wisconsin Madison Personal Philosophy of Leisure Discussion

This assignment has a twofold purpose. The assignment is intended to increase the student’s personal awareness of their leisure attitude and choices. Additionally, this written assignment is intended to help the student to apply the concepts of leisure, recreation and play in society through a thoughtful reflection and development of their personal leisure philosophy. This written assignment should synthesize a student’s own personal beliefs and values with knowledge gained through learning modules and article readings, in order to develop their own personal leisure philosophy. The writing should include introspective comments, leisure concepts from the course, leisure pursuits and current trends based on course content. The learning module – Philosophy of Leisure will provide additional guidance for the development of students’ personal leisure philosophy.

The Leisure Philosophy will be submitted in the Assignment section in Canvas. The Leisure Philosophy should be about ½ to 1 page in length. Values should be clearly identified using value statements, not just listing values. The narrative should be reflective of one’s leisure philosophy not just a philosophy that has no relationship to leisure.