[[alternative]]A Study of Implementary Status and Impedimentary Factors of Physical-Educational Amusement Camps of Taipei Elementary/Secondary Schools

[[abstract]]The purposes of this study were to understand the implementary status and impedimentary factors of physical-educational amusement camps of Taipei elementary/secondary schools and compare the differences in the factors, which impede the undertakers of physical-educational amusement camps with different background variables. The studying subjects were the undertakers of the physical-educational amusement camps in Taipei’s 275 elementary/secondary schools (including 64 senior high/vocational schools, 61 junior high schools and 150 elementary schools) and the studying tools were “Questionnaire of Implementary Status of Physical-Educational Amusement Camps of Taipei Elementary/Secondary Schools”, and reclaimed 215 valid questionnaires. The data collected from practical investigation were handled by the statistical methods of frequency, percentage and one-way MANOVA, etc. The studying results were as follows: I. The implementary status of 1999’s physical-educational amusement camps of Taipei elementary/secondary schools There were 99 schools that held physical-educational amusement camps and 116 schools hadn’t held. In the 99 schools, there were 70 schools that held review meetings and 29 schools hadn’t held review meetings. The most camps were held by schools and one camp was the first choice. Ball games took the largest proportion in camp sports items, and basketball was the highest. The time of camps was mostly held in summer or winter vacations. For the activity time of camps, continuous and 3~4 hours every day took the largest proportion. Schools were most frequently used for the place of camps. The participants of camps mostly were elementary school students, and the group with maximum camp participants were 21-40 members. The source of camp expense, most were paid by students. For the source of camp teachers and stuffs, most were the teachers in their own schools. For promotion, most were by posting posters and distributing promotion material inside and outside of schools. II. Impedimentary Factors of Holding Physical-Educational Amusement Camps for Taipei Elementary/Secondary Schools 1. The highest impedimentary factor of holding physical-educational amusement camps for Taipei elementary/secondary schools was “personal recognition” and the lowest was “activity resources”. 2. Different-level schools, different undertaker’s personal experience and school’s experience in holding such physical-educational amusement camp were more evident impedimentary factors, while different positions and genders of the undertakers of physical-educational amusement camps were less evident impedimentary factors.