leisure studies [AS AQA]
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Unit 1 - The Leisure Industry Today
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Overview
Range
The UK and European leisure industry is extremely diverse. You should be aware of the variety of facilities within it, and the range of products and services it offers. As the industry is so diverse, you need to know about the main components that make up the UK and European leisure industry, and how they are inter-related, including:
• arts and entertainment
• sports and physical recreation
• heritage
• catering
• countryside recreation
• home based leisure
• education as a leisure activity
• shopping as a leisure pursuit (that connected with the leisure industry rather than normal household shopping).
Scale
Leisure is now one of the largest industries within the UK and the rest of Europe. You need to know the scale of the industry and its components. You should do this by investigating key industry statistics, such as:
• consumer spending in the UK and Europe on leisure products
and services
• participation trends in the most popular leisure activities.
Importance
You should be aware of the contribution the leisure industry can make in keeping the population healthy, both physically and mentally.
You will need to study the UK and three other European Countries from the following list:
- Portugal
- Spain
- Italy
- France
- Ireland
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Austria
- Denmark
How will I be assessed?
Level 1 - provide a simplistic or limited definition of the leisure industry
Level 2 - provide a clear definition of the leisure industry plus some examples to show range, scale and importance.
Level 3 - give a detailed definition of the leisure industry, supported by a range of examples to show the range, scale and importance of the leisure industry.
Level 4 - give a thorough definition of the leisure industry, supported by a wide range of examples to show range, scale and importance.
Learning Resources
Section 1
What do we mean by the range, scale and importance of the leisure industry in the UK and Europe?
In this lesson you are going to research sources of information to help you complete a report in to the range, scale and importance of the leisure industry. You will each take responsibility for researching a different aspect of this topic (range, scale or importance of the leisure industry in UK and Europe) are going to find sources of information to help other complete a report into this. You will post your sources of information on the class WIKI and will give a brief description of it.
Resources
PowerPoint
Textbooks:
Collins Advanced Vocational Leisure and Recreation
Collins Leisure Studies
Websites:
Range
National Statistics Online
Arts and entertainment:
Sports and physical recreation:
Heritage:
Catering:
Countryside recreation:
Home based leisure:
Education as a leisure activity:
Shopping as a leisure pursuit (that connected with the leisure industry rather than normal household shopping):
Section 2 - Range of the leisure industry
All the sources of information you have found have been collated and put on the range page. This page will support you in completing your portfolio assignment on the range of the leisure industry.
Section 3 - Scale of the leisure industry
There are a range of resources to support you in investigating the scale of the lesiure industry. You can access them on the scale page.
Section 4 - Importances of the leisure industry
You can access resources to support you in investigating the importance of the leisure industry by visiting the importance page.
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