Scenario of Exercise, Fundamental Sports and Mass Sports in Thailand

The research aimed to study the scenario of exercise, fundamental sports and mass sports in Thailand in terms of input, process and output. The technique known as Ethnographic Delphi Future research was used in the study. The target groups were the experts concerned with sports: 18 sports administrators, academics and others involved in local sports. The research instrument was the interview format. Statistics used in data analysis were mean, median and quartile range. The study found that the scenario of exercise, fundamental sports and mass sports in Thailand could be described as follows: Scenario of development of exercise, and fundamental sports in Thailand Input: personnel of physical education should be increased in line with the proportion of children and youths in educational establishments. It was necessary that teaching personnel in physical education in schools of all levels had to complete at least a degree in the physical education major. As regards administration, children and youths were to be encouraged to continually do exercises; there should be standardized criteria for physical faculty for children and youths; sufficient fund should be provided to be spent on the development of exercise and sports. In respect of process in developing the curriculum of physical education, it was necessary that the curriculum be in conformity with local conditions and targets; a body of knowledge and local wisdom should be integrated; an instructional process should be evaluated and followed up the results of educational quality evaluatio