WREA World Recreation Educational Association

The use of leisure time is very important and when leisure is not made good use of, some countries suffer greatly. One of the reasons for the demise of the once glorious Roman Empire was the decadent, pleasure-seeking, and extravagant use of leisure and their unwise philosophy of leisure. The leisure culture currently distinctively manifested worldwide is the steady rise of leisure time from material abundance, longer lifetime, and the development of medicine from economic improvement. The prolongation of leisure time is increasing the importance of efficiently and satisfactorily spending leisure. But the form of using leisure time is oftentimes not proper and manifesting as social deviation, becoming a social problem.
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To remedy this, research on how to better use leisure time should be carried out and recreation activities should be provided since early age so that leisure would be socially and functionally effective. Healthy recreation values should be established at a relatively early age, so that throughout life during youth, middle age and old age, a satisfactory, healthy and happy life may be enjoyed.

Leisure time is increasing in modern society nowadays and the need for recreation activities to use this time efficiently is steadily rising. Meaningful recreation activities using leisure time help self-development, self-completion and self-accomplishment. In order to establish firm recreation values, the share of leisure education in schools should be increased and healthy recreation activities should continuously be provided. By providing a healthy recreation culture and making it part of life, we can raise the quality of individual life. Recreation’s qualities will contribute to becoming competent experts in all areas by applying them in our studies, field and work.

Recreation education at schools teach students useful and enjoyable recreation that they can usefully use after graduating from school to raise the health and quality of individual life. The college entrance centered education nowadays does not lead a holistic human education harmonious physically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially. Teachers should indispensably learn the proper values and qualities of recreation to use them for meaningful and enjoyable teaching and to raise the effect of studying in the classroom. By establishing proper values of healthy recreation in the students, teachers should lead students to grow bright and active and enjoy a fulfilling life. Also, the personal qualities of recreation foster better speech giving, humor, improving confidence, developing potentials, and improving social adaptability. Applying such qualities in their studies and work can contribute to fostering competent professionals and further to creating a bright social culture and family concord. Further, they would contribute to building friendships between countries and world peace as competent leaders in a global era.