Recreation and the Natural Environment 3 Units Overall Goal: Students will develop cognitive, physical and affective skills will allow them to become more integrated and well-rounded individuals within various physical, social, cultural, and technological environments and communities. GE SLO 1: GE SLO 2: GE SLO 3: Students will identify and actively Students will identify and apply Students will apply the engage in behaviors conducive to strategies leading to health, knowledge and skills of science individual health, or or development for and technology and evaluate development, and understand the community members of diverse how they impact individuals, value of maintaining these populations; the community, and/or society. behaviors throughout their Course Objectives lifespan; Develop an The beginning of the Class lectures and Students look at their course spends multiple readings identify the own impacts on the understanding of the weeks discussing the role of parks, and natural environment historical roots of our history of nature-based wilderness as the and the intrinsic, cultural attitudes recreation and focuses context for recreation extrinsic, and altruistic towards the natural on the reasons for it that builds healthy believes towards the environment and the including physical, individuals and natural environment in results of these psychological / communities. the past as well as attitudes on the emotional, social, and today. Evidence found American wilderness spiritual. Students also in the Environmental and the American city. look at their own Life-style Audit (pp 19 impacts on the natural & 20). environment and the intrinsic, extrinsic, and altruistic beliefs towards the natural environment in the past as well as today (p. 20). Develop an The class furthermore Historical connections to The latter part of the discusses historical environmental class focuses on the understanding of the attitudes towards the movements are tied to changes in outdoor Conservation, the outdoors, nature, and renewed interest in recreation and the Environmental, and the recreation by looking at environmentalism and natural environment Outdoor Pursuit’s their modern views back sustainability. Research through the discussion movements past and to the transcendentalism demonstrates that people of network providers present. period and those who who engage in active and the changes from were influential such as outdoor recreation single program Emerson, Muir, demonstrate higher providers to multiple Olmstead, Carson, etc. commitments to and the growing and Students look also at environmental changing historical connections of preservation. interface. why people got involved The class also explores
Recreation and the Natural Environment 3 Units Overall Goal: Students will develop cognitive, physical and affective skills will allow them to become more integrated and well-rounded individuals within various physical, social, cultural, and technological environments and communities. Course Objectives GE SLO 1: Students will identify and actively engage in behaviors conducive to individual health, or development, and understand the value of maintaining these behaviors throughout their lifespan; GE SLO 2: Students will identify and apply strategies leading to health, or development for community members of diverse populations; GE SLO 3: Students will apply the knowledge and skills of science and technology and evaluate how they impact individuals, the community, and/or society. Develop an understanding of the historical roots of our cultural attitudes towards the natural environment and the results of these attitudes on the American wilderness and the American city. The beginning of the course spends multiple weeks discussing the history of nature-based recreation and focuses on the reasons for it including physical, psychological / emotional, social, and spiritual. Students also look at their own impacts on the natural environment and the intrinsic, extrinsic, and altruistic beliefs towards the natural environment in the past as well as today (p. 20). Class lectures and readings identify the role of parks, and wilderness as the context for recreation that builds healthy individuals and communities. Students look at their own impacts on the natural environment and the intrinsic, extrinsic, and altruistic believes towards the natural environment in the past as well as today. Evidence found in the Environmental Life-style Audit (pp 19 & 20). Develop an understanding of the Conservation, the Environmental, and the Outdoor Pursuit’s movements past and present. The class furthermore discusses historical attitudes towards the outdoors, nature, and recreation by looking at their modern views back to the transcendentalism period and those who were influential such as Emerson, Muir, Olmstead, Carson, etc. Students look also at historical connections of why people got involved Historical connections to environmental movements are tied to renewed interest in environmentalism and sustainability. Research demonstrates that people who engage in active outdoor recreation demonstrate higher commitments to environmental preservation. The latter part of the class focuses on the changes in outdoor recreation and the natural environment through the discussion of network providers and the changes from single program providers to multiple and the growing and changing interface. The class also explores
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