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Vandewalle, Raymond – Parks and Recreation, 1976
A new nationwide program called Sail '76 has been launched to give more people the opportunity to try the sport of sailing and to teach people the proper sailing techniques before they invest in a sailboat. (SK)
Descriptors: Boat Operators, Recreational Activities, Recreational Facilities, Recreational Programs
Gallivan, Patricia S. – Parks and Recreation, 1971
Descriptors: Films, Mobile Educational Services, Playgrounds, Program Development
Peer reviewedHenderson, Karla A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1982
Jane Addams, founder of Hull House and proponent of cultural and physical recreation programs, contributed greatly to current recreation and leisure time programs. Her contributions include: (1) a view that recreation programs could organize and structure social life; (2) a recreation philosophy that proposed to unite urbanites and to express…
Descriptors: Athletics, Community Involvement, Leisure Time, Play
Gold, Seymour M. – Parks and Recreation, 1980
Challenging the assumptions, concepts, and standards used to plan urban recreational programs is the key to their survival. They must, in the future, cater to a variety of personal interests and age groups and be designed in such a way as to provide maximum access to all citizens. (CJ)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Leisure Time, Program Development, Recreational Facilities
Oberlander, Susan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
The National Youth Sports Program, administered by the NCAA and funded by a federal grant, introduces lacrosse to low-income children in Philadelphia. The camp, held at Temple University, offers instruction in 13 activities, and almost all of the children are seeing the inside of a college campus for the first time. (MLW)
Descriptors: Athletics, Children, Elitism, Federal Aid
Download full textBoll, Jay – 1989
This case study documents the experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer who worked as a Youth Development volunteer with disadvantaged institutionalized youth in Honduras. Youth Development volunteers provide direct services in the areas of vocational education, recreational programming, informal education, and counseling. Many are assigned to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1975
This report is the eighth in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and underachieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The document provides a summary section which focuses on program purposes,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1974
This report is the seventh in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and underachieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The document has an introductory section including such topics as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1973
This report is the sixth in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and under achieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The sixth year brought the completion of the discovery and development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
