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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

2008

Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

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Engaging Today's Net Generation Of Students With New Technologies: A Study Of Student Use And Perceptions Of New Online Course Delivery Methods, Michael A. Kanters, P. Brian Greenwood Jul 2008

Engaging Today's Net Generation Of Students With New Technologies: A Study Of Student Use And Perceptions Of New Online Course Delivery Methods, Michael A. Kanters, P. Brian Greenwood

Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

Technology is evolving at a rapid pace and the traditional modes of course delivery in higher education are increasingly being examined and supplemented or replaced by online or e-learning strategies, platforms, and methods. Research has indicated that today’s multi-tasking college student desires flexibility both in scheduling and the delivery of course material. Based on these suppositions, online courses with enhanced technological components would be ideal for the “net” generation of students. The researchers augmented an existing online course for upper-level undergraduates with ipod Touches and a Facebook group page. The purpose of the study was to examine student use of …


An Integrative Review Of Youth Development Research In Selected United States Recreation Journals, Jason Bocarro, P. Brian Greenwood, Karla A. Henderson Jul 2008

An Integrative Review Of Youth Development Research In Selected United States Recreation Journals, Jason Bocarro, P. Brian Greenwood, Karla A. Henderson

Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

Youth have been a focus of recreation and leisure programmers for over a century. During that time, assumptions have been made about the value of recreation for young people. More recently, a resurgence of interest has occurred related to positive youth development. The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of an integrative review done to examine research conducted with youth as a focal point in four prominent U.S. based recreation journals over the past 21 years (1985-2005). We sought to discern thematic patterns in topical areas and to review the approaches and methods used. Systematic content and …


Pay It Forward: Mentoring Doctoral Students (By Former Doctoral Students) On Their Journey From Student To Faculty Member, Jessica Braunstein, Windy Dees, P. Brian Greenwood, Eric Macintosh, Haylee Uecker Mercado, Joshua Newman May 2008

Pay It Forward: Mentoring Doctoral Students (By Former Doctoral Students) On Their Journey From Student To Faculty Member, Jessica Braunstein, Windy Dees, P. Brian Greenwood, Eric Macintosh, Haylee Uecker Mercado, Joshua Newman

Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

Many questions plague graduate students as they begin the transition from doctoral student to faculty member. While current mentors (e.g., advisors and faculty members) and future colleagues are integral to the process, it is also the responsibility of the preceding wave of recent graduates to act as informal guides, assisting students through the transition in an unbiased manner. Areas of particular interest to the soon-to-be professorate include: (a) preparing for the job search and faculty interview, (b) navigating the final stages of the dissertation process, and (c) the transition from student to professor. In addition to these key factors, the …


Hybrid Learning In Sport Management: Engaging The Next Generation, P. Brian Greenwood, Michael A. Kanters May 2008

Hybrid Learning In Sport Management: Engaging The Next Generation, P. Brian Greenwood, Michael A. Kanters

Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

"I am a member of the Net Generation.And as my peers and I continue to flood the gates of the nation's colleges and universities, we remain a puzzle to many of the faculty and administrators who try to teach us. They either try too hard to transform education into the virtual language we understand or try too little to accommodate for the differences between the generations" (Windham, 2007, p. 44).


A Means-End Study Of Outcome Differences Of Females And Males Associated With Outward Bound And National Outdoor Leadership School, Marni Goldenberg, Jason Cummings, Dan Pronsolino Jan 2008

A Means-End Study Of Outcome Differences Of Females And Males Associated With Outward Bound And National Outdoor Leadership School, Marni Goldenberg, Jason Cummings, Dan Pronsolino

Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

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Why Individuals Hike The Appalachian Trail: A Qualitative Approach To Benefits, Marni Goldenberg, Eddie Hill, Barbara Freidt Jan 2008

Why Individuals Hike The Appalachian Trail: A Qualitative Approach To Benefits, Marni Goldenberg, Eddie Hill, Barbara Freidt

Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

The Appalachian Trail (AT) is a 2,175 mile–long National Scenic Trail extending from Maine to Georgia. Since its inception in the early 1920s, individuals, families, schools, and other organizations, just to name a few, have used the AT. Approximately 3 to 4 million visitors hike a portion of the AT each year (ATC, 2006). Throughout its 80year history and millions of hikers, much of the empirical research on the AT has focused on place attachment (Kyle, Graefe, & Manning, 2004; Kyle, Graefe, Manning, & Bacon, 2003). While Nisbett and Hinton (2005) explored motivations for AT hikers with disabilities, only limited …


Reflections On Lnter-Species Parasitism: A Rejoinder To Gibson, Howard, Mcdonald, Wellman, And Rea, Daniel L. Dustin, Keri A. Schwab Jan 2008

Reflections On Lnter-Species Parasitism: A Rejoinder To Gibson, Howard, Mcdonald, Wellman, And Rea, Daniel L. Dustin, Keri A. Schwab

Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

We read the reactions to our "Kirrland's Warbl r" article with great interest, and we thank professors Gibson, Howard, McDonald, Wellman, and Rea for their thoughtful responses to it. We will continue employing the Kirtland's warbler analogy in this rejoinder and organize our comments under four sub-headings: I) Birds of a Feather? 2) Feathering our own Nests? 3) Species Invasion and Succession? and 4) Bluebird of Happiness? Our intent is not so much to insist that the respondents are wrong about this matter, burro encourage the reader to ponder the implications if it turns out they are.


Consider The Kirtland 'S Warbler, Daniel L. Dustin, Keri Schwab Jan 2008

Consider The Kirtland 'S Warbler, Daniel L. Dustin, Keri Schwab

Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration

This paper challenges the conventional wisdom of departments of parks and recreation raking sport management under their "wing." Based on a review of the sport management literature and a polling of s port management and park and recreation educators, we argue that departments of parks and recreation are bur temporary refuges for migrarory sport management programs that eventually will want to build their ow n "nests." Efforts to accommodate sport management only serve co undermine the mission of academic programs in parks and recreation by sapping resources, compromising the education of park and recreation majors, and eroding park and recreation …