TY - JOUR
T1 - The Educational Implications of Changing Job Responsibilities and Staffing Patterns in State Park Planning
AU - Nickerson, Ron
AU - Schneider, Ingrid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1996 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - This paper reports on a nationwide research project aimed at documenting the work responsibilities and staffing patterns of state park planners. Results indicate decreasing staff size and diversifying work responsibilities for state park planners. In addition, a general neglect of documenting planning processes, evaluating plans and updating plans exists within state park planning units. Select educational implications of these findings are explored in this paper. Adopting a stronger outdoor recreation planning emphasis within recreation management curricula is proposed to ensure that students are adequately prepared for entrance into the outdoor recreation planning field In addition, students seeking the emphasis should be exposed to an interdisciplinary education which should include exposure to a variety of planning theories, planning techniques, research skills and communication skills often taught in general planning and social science curricula.
AB - This paper reports on a nationwide research project aimed at documenting the work responsibilities and staffing patterns of state park planners. Results indicate decreasing staff size and diversifying work responsibilities for state park planners. In addition, a general neglect of documenting planning processes, evaluating plans and updating plans exists within state park planning units. Select educational implications of these findings are explored in this paper. Adopting a stronger outdoor recreation planning emphasis within recreation management curricula is proposed to ensure that students are adequately prepared for entrance into the outdoor recreation planning field In addition, students seeking the emphasis should be exposed to an interdisciplinary education which should include exposure to a variety of planning theories, planning techniques, research skills and communication skills often taught in general planning and social science curricula.
KW - outdoor recreation planning
KW - recreation curriculum
KW - State park planning
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U2 - 10.1080/1937156X.1996.11949396
DO - 10.1080/1937156X.1996.11949396
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85142236207
SN - 1937-156X
VL - 11
SP - 99
EP - 114
JO - SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education
JF - SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education
IS - 1
ER -