Attitudes Toward Physical Education and Physical Activities: A Comparison Study of Chinese and American High School Students

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10.2991/assehr.k.191206.023How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Physical Education, attitude, curriculum, high school, education

Abstract

The Chinese structure of physical education as a high school curriculum differs greatly from that of the United States. The purpose of this study is to measure the difference in attitude toward physical education among Chinese and American high school students and to identify possible causes. Furthermore, this study aims to propose methods to improve high school physical education in order to boost student participation in physical activities. In this study, attitude is measured with the Physical Education Activity Attitude Scale (PEAAS) originally developed by Valdez in 1997 [16]. The research group is composed of 403 high school students. Data is collected via online survey platform Wenjuanxing in China and Google Forms in the U.S. and analyzed with SPSS. The result shows that there is a significant difference between the attitudes of Chinese and American high school students towards physical education, with the Chinese students scoring more favorably (Mean = 81.8) than American students (Mean = 77.6).

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yixuan Wang
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/12/12
TI  - Attitudes Toward Physical Education and Physical Activities: A Comparison Study of Chinese and American High School Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Education Reform and Social Sciences (ERSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 110
EP  - 115
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.191206.023
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.191206.023
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