A Study on Leisure Attitudes, Leisure Education Needs, and Relationships of Family Factors among Elementary School Students: Using an Elementary School in Tai-Chung County as an Example

• Main Authors: Meng-Chun Chen, 陳孟君
• Other Authors: Cheng-Tsung Hwang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5rku9c

碩士 === 靜宜大學 === 管理碩士在職專班 === 97 === Nowadays ,children have more leisure time because of two-day weekends. However, many children lack the ability of leisure participation and behavior, so they do not know what to do in their free time. Consequently, those children become the source of social problems. Nowadays, what children lack the most is the correct concept and attitude, which should be cultivated through education for leisure. The cognition of leisure in a people’s early stages will influence their leisure preference, attitude and behavior in their entire life. When it comes to children’s education for leisure, most people think that school education system takes the main responsibility. However, not only school education but also home and social education have the responsibility to offer education for leisure. For the above mentioned, elementary school students’ need for leisure attitude and education for leisure should also be understood when families offer their education for leisure. I bring family factors into this research as independent variables to have a further exploration, in hopes of offering parents and education-related organizations a reference. The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of leisure as well as the needs of leisure education, further, to investigate whether these attitudes and needs vary with grade level, socio-economic status, and parental styles of leisure education. 300 elementary school students in Tai-Chung County were served as the subjects of this study. The final sample was 287. Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson product-moment correlation were used for the analysis. Within the scope of the study, the following conclusions were derived: 1. The elementary school students’ leisure attitudes were positive and active. 2. The elementary school students’ leisure education needs tended to be high. 3. The elementary school students’ leisure attitudes were significantly different between/ among gender and parental styles of leisure education, but there was no significant difference among grades, and socio-economic status. 4. The elementary school students’ leisure education needs were significantly different among parental styles of leisure education. Yet gender ,grades and socio-economic status didn’t affect their needs. 5. There was positive linear relationship between leisure attitudes and leisure education needs. Finally, the study offered suggestions for parents, schools, government, and future researchers based on the findings.