The Involvement Of Male College Teachers In Sports In Mid-Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chen, Shuhua, 陳淑華
• Other Authors: Lee, Pingchao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24145789598525518185

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 體育學系碩士班 === 100 === This study aims to investigate the impact of Confucianism on the involvement of male college teachers in sports in mid-Taiwan, and further learn about the factors of Confucianism inhibiting and enhancing these teachers’ involvement in sports. The researcher adopts Confucian theoretical perspectives as an analytic approach, and dissects how Confucianism influences the involvement of male college teachers in sports in mid-Taiwan. Moreover, research data is analyzed and supported through qualitative research methods, including content analysis and in-depth interview. The results are as follows: (1) Confucianism does influence the involvement of male college teachers in sports in mid-Taiwan; (2) the factors inhibiting the involvement of male college teachers in sports include the concept of scholar-bureaucrat, studying and entering a higher school, the emphasis on the practice of filial piety in family ethics, the self-fulfillment in the concept of “jun-zi”(a man of noble character), and the concept of fulfilling one's responsibility in ethics; (3) the factors enhancing the involvement of male college teachers in sports include the power of the family, ethical relationship, entering a higher school through sports, the impact of exam-oriented education, the self-fulfilling spirit of “jun-zi”, and the notion that sports belong to everyone. Overall, Confucianism, deeply rooted in Taiwan’s society, influences people’s behavior and attitude in their daily life. According to the study, the involvement of male college teachers in sports in mid-Taiwan is also influenced by Confucianism, and the results are shown as the impact of positive and negative factors which enhance and inhibit the teachers’ involvement.