Comparison of Chinese and Korean Students Understanding Their Constraints on Participation of Leisure Activities context of Environmental education

Guang-Hui Qiao

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2017.00811a

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Guang-Hui Qiao ¹ ^*

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the differences of leisure participation activities and leisure constraints between Chinese students and Korean students. A random on-site survey was conducted from April 20th to June 20th 2015 and a systematic sampling approach was used to select 630 respondents (300 Chinese students and 330 Korean students) in Korea Paichai University. This study used factor analysis to select 5 constraint factors on recreational activities participation (Psychological, Time, Accessibility, Partner, and facility & Safety). T-test analysis also revealed the significant differences from Chinese students and Korean students on the constraint of recreational activities participation. In the end the insufficiency of this study is put forward and recommendations on the future study are also given.

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constraint
international students
leisure activities
environmental education

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2017, 4281-4290

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Qiao, G.-H. (2017). Comparison of Chinese and Korean Students Understanding Their Constraints on Participation of Leisure Activities context of Environmental education. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(7), 4281-4290. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00811a

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Qiao GH. Comparison of Chinese and Korean Students Understanding Their Constraints on Participation of Leisure Activities context of Environmental education. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(7):4281-90. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00811a

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Qiao GH. Comparison of Chinese and Korean Students Understanding Their Constraints on Participation of Leisure Activities context of Environmental education. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(7), 4281-4290. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00811a

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Qiao, Guang-Hui. "Comparison of Chinese and Korean Students Understanding Their Constraints on Participation of Leisure Activities context of Environmental education". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 7 (2017): 4281-4290. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00811a

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Qiao, G.-H. (2017). Comparison of Chinese and Korean Students Understanding Their Constraints on Participation of Leisure Activities context of Environmental education. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(7), pp. 4281-4290. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00811a

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Qiao, Guang-Hui "Comparison of Chinese and Korean Students Understanding Their Constraints on Participation of Leisure Activities context of Environmental education". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 7, 2017, pp. 4281-4290. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00811a