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Completing Your Story: Explaining Your 'Colorful' Career History To Potential Employers, Keri Schwab
Completing Your Story: Explaining Your 'Colorful' Career History To Potential Employers, Keri Schwab
Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration
KATIE, A 26 year-old volunteer coordinator for an educational nonprofit, was on her fifth "job" since graduating from college and in the process of applying for a sixth. Her resume read like a magazine article for 20-somethings: Six jobs to try before 30! She had served as an AmeriCorps volunteer, an international volunteer, worked a seasonal job with a film institute, completed a contract for an environmental group, and finally settled into a volunteer coordinator position. Next up, she was applying for an outreach position with an environmental non-profit. Well qualified and with excellent references, her biggest challenge was explaining …
Assessing The Park Visitor Behavior At Los Osos Skate Park, Kristen Mcclay
Assessing The Park Visitor Behavior At Los Osos Skate Park, Kristen Mcclay
Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration
Skateboarding began in California over 50 years ago and has grown internationally. The purpose of this study was to assess the behavior of park visitors at Los Osos Skate Park. This park was fully supervised and this study can serve as a tool for park management. The researcher observed the skate park during operating hours throughout April 2011. The subjects of this study were park visitors actively skateboarding, or passively watching. The dominant demographic for skateboarders were adolescent males. This study found peak times were weekdays afterschool, adult park visitors display the most positive behavior, and middle school park visitors …
An Assessment Of The Changes In Ymca Basketball Coaches’ Behaviors And Attitudes Towards Youth Development Principles Associated With Youth Sports, Stephany L. Ganeles
An Assessment Of The Changes In Ymca Basketball Coaches’ Behaviors And Attitudes Towards Youth Development Principles Associated With Youth Sports, Stephany L. Ganeles
Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration
Youth sport administrators and coaches strive to create a positive atmosphere to help young athletes develop as individuals. Yet, many youth sport organizations are challenged with few resources or expertise in developing training models for coaches. The YMCA of San Luis Obispo is a progressive organization committed to developing an effective training model for coaches. The purpose of this study was to assess the changes in YMCA basketball coaches’ behaviors and attitudes towards youth development principles associated with youth sports. This study was conducted through follow-up surveys with YMCA youth basketball coaches. Through the follow-up surveys it was found that …
An Examination Of Social Media Technology And Its Impact On The Pursuit And Allocation Of Personal Leisure Time, Kelsey A. O'Lea
An Examination Of Social Media Technology And Its Impact On The Pursuit And Allocation Of Personal Leisure Time, Kelsey A. O'Lea
Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration
The emergence of Internet has created a seemingly endless portal for leisure activity and participation; since the establishment of social media technology, leisure time spent online has been on the rise. The purpose of this study was to examine how social media technology has impacted the way people allocate and pursue their personal leisure time. This researcher of this study distributed an online questionnaire to current undergraduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo through convenience sampling methods. The questionnaire was comprised of three sections: SNS usage, smart phone usage, and the impact of that usage on specific areas of …
Expanding The Flow Model In Adventure Activities: A Reversal Theory Perspective, Susan Houge Mackenzie, Ken Hodge, Mike Boyes
Expanding The Flow Model In Adventure Activities: A Reversal Theory Perspective, Susan Houge Mackenzie, Ken Hodge, Mike Boyes
Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration
This study integrated flow theory and reversal theory perspectives to investigate a potential range of flow states amongst adventure participants in a sequence of two studies. Study one was conducted with expert (n = 6) adventure participants via retrospective interviews, while study two collected prospective data from novice whitewater riversurfers (n = 10) via waterproof-surveys and head-mounted video cameras. These methods were used to evaluate previous conjectures that distinct 'serious' (telic) and 'playful' (paratelic) flow states may occur in adventure activities and to identify key characteristics which may underpin distinct flow states. Results highlighted qualitative differences amongst flow states, as …