英文摘要 |
The purpose of this study was to discuss university students participation in Outdoor High Adventure Education Programs (OHAEP) and the perceived course benefits and the degree of change. A nonequivalent control group pre-test-post-test design was used in this quasi-experimental research. Students at National Ilan University enrolled in elective physical education courses were selected as subjects. The students were divided into the experimental group (20 students in OHAEP) and the control group (20 students not in OHAEP). Students in the experimental group took a total of 18 weeks in one semester of OHAEP. Results reveal that the experimental group scored significantly higher in the posttest with respect to the overall Adventure Education courses benefits scale as well as four of its subscales (i.e., life effectiveness, social leadership, physical fitness, and activity skills). Also, low to medium levels of positive change was found in the effect size of the experimental group. These results indicate that OHAEP can promote university students' life effectiveness, social leadership, physical fitness, and activity skills and that OHAEP not only has the same educational purpose as traditional physical education, but also can improve university students' personal intrinsic efficacy, suitable for college physical education courses. |