Is the weekend dead? pedagogical reflections on leisure philosophies, praxis and social change in academic work/life

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-35

  Reichwein, Pearlann ^a   Gow, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pedagogy; Philosophy; Praxis; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878239051     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2013.776746     Document Type: Article

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