Play Around the World
Play Around the World (PAW) is a service learning course offered by the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation.
The program selects and prepares U of A students for a 3 month placement in either South America (Peru), Asia (Cambodia or Thailand) or Canada (Fort Providence, Northwest Territories). Students from diverse educational backgrounds from learning communities which are structured to provide a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to learning, leadership, and programming. PAW offers students an opportunity to develop a sense of global awareness and citizenry, through collaboration with various schools, orphanages, community based organizations and government agencies to deliver, play, recreation, physical activity and sport to children and youth of all abilities. Play is viewed as a vehicle to enliven the human spirit and to promote optimal development. Students broaden their world view as they live, learn, and work in a culture different from their own.
The program selects and prepares U of A students for a 3 month placement in either South America (Peru), Asia (Cambodia or Thailand) or Canada (Fort Providence, Northwest Territories). Students from diverse educational backgrounds from learning communities which are structured to provide a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to learning, leadership, and programming. PAW offers students an opportunity to develop a sense of global awareness and citizenry, through collaboration with various schools, orphanages, community based organizations and government agencies to deliver, play, recreation, physical activity and sport to children and youth of all abilities. Play is viewed as a vehicle to enliven the human spirit and to promote optimal development. Students broaden their world view as they live, learn, and work in a culture different from their own.