Is Leisure Education Important For Student ?

In the world of education, we know some terms such as formal education, namely education conducted in a classroom with a good scheme. and follow the curriculum another is informal education which means that the learning process is done outside the school environment here, the teaching is allowed anyone who has experience and knowledge.

Informal education can include several activities such as private tutoring, courses, or go on an excursion to a place that has great potential for education and student knowledge [ source ]. Then the third one is a non-formal education, this type is an educational process that is not guided by the curriculum, and the rules are not tight or loose. Non-formal education is almost the same as the informal [ source ].

In this article, I want to discuss the educational process outside the school environment, namely informal education or including also into non-formal education by giving focus on how its implementation and is it important to do leisure education in school.?

• Definition of leisure/recreational education.

In Latin re-creare or recreation means re-create, means to re-create our physical and spiritual side become fresher. While recreational education is a learning and teaching activity conducted outside the school environment and at holiday time. in order to develop students' skills in various ways. in particular is the physical, spiritual, artistic, and attitudes in society [ source ].

Leisure education is done because there are some needs that should be obtained by each student. Among the goals for implementing leisure education is The first: to make the students feel refreshed physically and spiritually, the second: can gain knowledge from the social environment and to be able to apply the knowledge they get in school into the community, and the third: to make students feel satisfied and happy [ source ].

• Is leisure education important?

When we read the meaning or definition and purpose of recreational education which I wrote in the previous paragraph, then we already know that recreational education is one of the most important activities. Why.? Because students can get a variety of positive benefits when it is done.

Regard @maulida

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