{"id":937,"date":"2017-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kwu.test\/about\/news\/rec2reality-applies-learning-to-doing\/"},"modified":"2017-05-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T00:00:00","slug":"rec2reality-applies-learning-to-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/rec2reality-applies-learning-to-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rec2Reality Applies Learning to Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<p>          <span class=\"field-item even\"><\/p>\n<p>Kansas Wesleyan University Sport and Exercise Science students have closed out another successful year of Rec2Realty. The program, now in its ninth year, takes a service-learning approach. Students start in the Adaptive Physical Education class, learning strategies for adapting activities for those with disabilities and special needs. They then apply that knowledge when facilitating Rec2Realty. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The program brought nine Salina South High School students to campus. First, they tried out an activity \u2014 fishing or bowling, for example \u2014 on a Nintendo Wii. Then, they tried the same activity in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to get students to use recreational and community resources when the program is done,\u201d Bryan Minnich, associate professor of Sport and Exercise Science, said.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen KWU students were involved in the class and had to create lesson plans and Individual Education Programs that fit the South students\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest takeaway was critical thinking skills,\u201d Jacob Lunz, the student coordinator of Rec2Reality, said. \u201cIf something doesn\u2019t go the way you expected, you have to figure out the solution yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lunz explained that he was responsible for coordinating the events, making reservations, communicating with USD 305 and applying for a KWU Alumni Association grant. He is a senior who will pursue his doctorate in Physical Therapy at the University of Nebraska next year. This is his third year helping with Rec2Reality.<\/p>\n<p>Both Minnich and Lunz agree that the most rewarding part of the program is seeing KWU students interact with the students from South.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me the fun part of the program is to see, observe, listen and read evaluations of KWU students,\u201d Minnich said. \u201cStudents learn that these kids aren\u2019t that different, and they are capable of doing a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s different each time. Sometimes you have a Wesleyan student who is shy and not sure how to interact at first,\u201d Lunz said. \u201cThis year we had a really shy student from South who didn\u2019t want to dance, but we were able to draw her out so by the end she was dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rec2Reality program receives funding from the Greater Salina Community Foundation through its Dane G. 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