This study is designed to find and compare the leisure activities, need, and satisfaction of Korean elementary students with that of Japanese ones.
For subject of the study, focusing on Korea(Cheonan: 284 students of second, fourth, sixth year element...
This study is designed to find and compare the leisure activities, need, and satisfaction of Korean elementary students with that of Japanese ones.
For subject of the study, focusing on Korea(Cheonan: 284 students of second, fourth, sixth year elementary school) and Japan(Matshdosi: 256 students of second, fourth, sixth year elementary school). Each school was visited to collect data with a group survey from October 14 to October 26, 2002. A SPSS 10.0 statistic program was used for data analysis.
The results are as follows;
First, for leisure activities of the week, it is found in Korean elementary students as follows; of students goes to study-related, following responded to have game/chatting/searching on computer. In Japanese elementary students, responded to playing with peers and exercising, following by watching television/videos, and playing electric game.
For the weekend leisure activities, of Korean elementary students, responded to have game/chatting/searching on computer, following by playing with friends/exercising, and watching TV/videos. Japanese elementary students, responded playing with friends/exercising, to be first, following by eating-out with family/visiting, and watching TV/videos.
In leisure activities during vacation, most Korean students responded that they supplement work far behind with school work or do vacation homework. Next, responded that they have game/chatting/searching on computer. For Japanese students, said that they play with friends/exercise, as are the case in the week and weekend, responded to have watching TV/videos, and playing electric game.
Second, in leisure need, it is found that Korean students want to do most computer game/chatting/searching, following by playing with peers/exercising, and going to amusement parks. In terms of what it likes to do most, responded traveling with family to be first. It implies that since Korean students spent many time in studying or learning something useful for school work in the week, they are more likely to travel or play computer game in the weekend or during vacation in order to relieve from the pressure of real world. For Japanese students, said that they most like to play with friends/exercise, following by eating-out with family/visiting. What they most want to do during vacation is found to be playing with friends/exercising, indicating that Japanese students like keeping company most and that they often get together with peer group. However, visiting/eating-out with family, and traveling are found to be similar proportion for both Korean and Japanese students, suggesting that children tend to want to be with family doing leisure activities or shopping in the weekend or during vacation, a typical of a nuclear family of modern society.
Third, in satisfaction at leisure activities, it is interpreted that both Korean and Japanese students are mostly satisfied at their leisure activities. But of Korean students said it is not satisfied, higher than that of Japanese students. It indicates that Korean students have less leisure than Japanese ones do.