The influences of the kickball activities as curriculum for Health-related Physical Fitness of disability students in vocational high school.

• Main Authors: Yang Jian Te, 楊建德
• Other Authors: 劉先翔
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46962113487125684265

碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 體育系體育碩士在職進修專班 === 103 === Research background: Kickball was a kind of sports that needed to use lots of big muscle group and requires much body movements. Therefore in this sport, we had a lot of abilities, such as hand-eye coordination and body coordination required. Purpose: In this research, the researcher was to develop a kickball activities into a high school physical-related curriculum, so that we can see if there are any changes occurs on the body fitness of our objects. These research data was collected from a group of second-year high school students currently study in a special school located in Hsin-Chu. Research methods: There was pre-test of body fitness before the curriculum began. During the curriculum, an observational diary had been kept, several self evaluations had been done and few interviews were hold for this research to find out the possibility of individual progresses. This research included 16 kickball classes in 8 weeks time. After the research courses had finished, both qualitative and quantitative data was collect and analyzed to find out if there are any significant findings. Finding: Firstly, after this kickball curriculum was applied in the class, the cardiopulmonary functions of students had been improved effect. These were result in a better body fitness. Secondly, the attitudes of students in this research toward kickball were not only acceptable but also be positive. Result: The research showed many advantages to apply kickball activities in physical education of special students. Therefore it was strongly recommend including kickball into the activities, games, even curriculums for special students in high school, in order to improve their body strength, fitness, and even to be more confident to their performance and a positive self identification.