• The Journal of Special Children Education
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.243-268
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine parents' perception of barriers and support plans to leisure participation for middle and high school students with disabilities. Method: The subjects of this study were 172 parents who had middle and high school students attending special schools. The study surveyed subjects' perceived barriers and support plans to leisure participation for their children. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS to produce descriptive statistics independent t-test, and one way ANOVA. Results: As the results, first, there were no significant differences in barrier factors between gender, but 'lack of facilities and places', 'negative awareness of neighborhood', 'lack of programs and equipments' factors had significant differences between school levels. As well there were significant differences among types of disabilities in all barrier factors. Second, there were no differences in support plans between gender but, there were significant differences between school levels in 'support teachers' club activity', 'improve awareness of the community to disabilities' and, 'financial support' factors. As well, all factors under support plans appeared significant differences among types of disability groups. Conclusion: Therefore this study strongly suggests that remove barriers and support strategies suit in disability types rather than gender for effective leisure participation in youth with disabilities.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.12-21
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• 2020

This study aims to implement the Sustainability Evaluation Framework of Korea Natural Parks to county parks in Gyeongsangnam-do, and to review the performance status of management effectiveness evaluation (MEE) and identify factors that influence the improvement of management effectiveness in protected areas. County park officers evaluated current management using this framework that was developed based on the MEE framework designed by the Korean Ministry of Environment. Among the principal values of county parks, 'natural and ecological' is indicated as the most important, followed by 'cultural and historic value' and 'leisure and recreation'. Natural disasters and climate change, visitor impact-inappropriate visitor behavior are indicated as current threats, and three county parks administrators viewed that there was no particular threat to their park. According to MEE results, the most effective management fields were 'State of cultural and historic value', 'State of leisure and recreational value', 'Current state of principal value'. The comparatively weaker fields were 'Threatened species management', 'Invasive species management', 'Management monitoring and evaluation'. The effects of sustainable management on county parks were analyzed through a regression analysis, and the influence of management factors reveal 'Annual budget', will impact attaining higher management scores. This study presents the current management information about county parks and provides support for the basis for the planning of county parks in Korea, suggesting the influencing factor.

• 한국노년학
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.1665-1683
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to examine what the formation of a community incorporating two generations of people can give the elderly and the problems which are associated with establishing related programs of this kind. For this, the researcher enacted ethnographic method like as observant participation and in-depth interview on 24 participants. From this study, I found that the elderly and the children who took part in several programs to form the intergenerational linkages made the system meaningful in the following ways: first, the more harmonious the communication across between two age groups is, the more the understanding between them increases. Second, the sense of community has intensified the natural harmony. Third, the more self-satisfaction and confidence increases, the more self-efficacy is enhanced. Fourth, the purposeful and creative activities with peers have enabled the elderly to enjoy their leisure time. Fifth, the elderly have experienced the pleasure of learning and sharing common sense as a life-long learners. However, in the process of this program, several problems occurred such as the rigidly bureaucratic operation of the program and the elderly people's individual differences. In addition, the lack of a precisely-existing program necessary to form the intergenerational linkages and to bring together different generations was a problem. Finally, I have concluded that the effort to form the intergenerational linkages helps increase the understanding and cooperation across age groups and contributes to the successful aging of the elderly.