RPTA 110: Research and Evaluation in Recreation, Parks and Tourism

Reflection on Instructional Change

My main motivation for taking the Wellness in the Classroom FLC was to learn personal wellness strategies as well as to employ those strategies to the classroom setting as I believe the instructor with a positive mind set and good health can more successfully deliver the class to students, and it is more important during the Covid-19 pandemic. Recognizing many students have had hard time to embrace new environment (e.g., online learning, social distancing, even losing jobs) and some are experiencing mental illness, I have tried to provide any many as helpful resources that I learned from this Wellness class such as eye exercise, stretching exercise, motivational speech, the university calm room, and encouraging words.

Those practices listed above enabled me to have rapports with students and make them feel genuinely cared. Students showed their sincere thanks to information on Wellness strategies provided which they did not expect in the classroom. So it was their beyond expectation. With those practices, I also feel one step closer to students and easy communication. As a result, my personal wellbeing has been also improved.

Activities that helped me a lot were implementation resources, a group, discussions, and deliverables as I could have more resources, listen to peer’s perspective on Wellness, and summarize my thought on Wellness in the classroom.

eye exercise shared

[Eye Exercise shared with students]

motivational speech shared

{Motivational Speech shared with students]

universtiy calm room shared

[University Calm room shared with students]

Moving Forward

I would definitely incorporate practices and strategies that I learned form the Wellness FLC into the classroom and also for my self. I would put the Wellness related components in the syllabus and give the wellness check opportunity to students as assignments for extra points.

Thank you very much for coordination the Wellness FLC!

Faculty Biography

JungYun Hur photo

Dr. JungYun “Christine” Hur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration at Sac State. Her areas of specialty are Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management. She received her Ph.D in Hospitality &Tourism Management at Purdue University in 2016, MBA at Sookmyung Women's University in South Korea, and MS in international hospitality and tourism management at Griffith University, Australia. She has over ten years of hospitality industry experience in New Zealand, Australia, and South Korea. Most recently, she worked for Hanwha Hotels and Resorts which owns the Plaza Hotel, Marriot Autograph Collection, and resorts with more than 3,200 rooms in South Korea and developed several new hospitality businesses as a business development/strategic manager. Her research areas are consumer behavior, service management and special interest tourism.

This work was supported by the CSU Office of the Chancellor, Sacramento State Division of Academic Affairs, and Sacramento State Student Health and Counseling Services.