It was the purpose of this study to determine the
nature of the policies governing community use of school
facilities for recreational purposes in a selected sample of
communities; and further, to identify the problems relating
thereto. The sample was composed off our urban communities
situated in "the lower mainland area of British Columbia".
All were within a twenty-mile radius of the University of
British Columbia campus. The communities themselves were
Coquitlam, North Vancouver, Richmond, and Vancouver as
defined by the irrespective school district boundaries.
The required date, were obtained as a result of
interviews conducted with both education and community
recreation personnel. In addition, copies of the actual
written policy statements of the respective school boards
were acquired.
The relevant data for each community were separately analyzed, classified, and discussed on the basis often
principal topics. These were: philosophies held; obstacles
encountered in implementing or promoting community use;
administrative methods used; use of written policies;
facilities used and restrictions or priorities there in
involved; supervision; liability; financial aspects; and a
summary of progress attained to date as well as proposed
plans for the future.
Interviews were also conducted with the officials
of several provincial organizations having possible interest, or influence, in the problem area. These interviews
indicate a general consensus of agreement with the policies
presently in effect in the sample communities.
The results of the study indicated that a number
of factors were hampering the attainment of an optimal degree
of community use of school facilities for recreational
purposes . These factors were evidenced in various restrictions
and limitations incorporated into the school boards' policies.
One of the most important factors was the lack of
communication evident between educators and recreators. This
was based primarily on the failure of educators to recognize
both the place of recreation in today's society, and its
relationships with education. Additional factors were: (1)
the need for increased provincial financial aid; (2) the need
for more reciprocal sharing of available community educational
and recreational facilities; and (3) a need for a broader
basis than local experience only from which to derive school
board policies in this area.
Progress towards the solution of these problems
was evident in all four communities. There was, nevertheless,
also evidence that plans, for future community use of school
facilities for recreational purposes, would continue to be
relatively limited and narrow in scope. This was particularly true when such plans were viewed with anticipated future
community needs and desires in recreation in mind. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/41717 |
| Date | January 1967 |
| Creators | Lorenzen, William Thomas |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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