A Research On The Present Situation Of The University Students In Macao In Participating Sports Activities

After the handover of Macao to China, tourism industry drives the rapid development of the economy of Macao, gradually, Macao becomes an international tourist city as well。With this rapid development, the living condition of Macao is rising constantly, leading to the high demand for talented people。Obviously, it is the responsibility of the colleges to educate this kind of talents to meet the demand of the society。Moreover, the talents are not only in the sense of acquiring abundant knowledge, but also have strong physique, flexibility and the adaptability to the changes in the society。Therefore, Physical Education should be considered as one of the courses in the curriculum of Higher Education, by doing so the undergraduates can train to develop this habit and eventually they can be prepared to be all-aspect talents to meet the development of Macao。The thesis is a detailed analysis of the undergraduates'habit of doing physical exercise, attitude towards attitude towards the physical exercise and the use of sports facilities。The analysis is based on reading the reference books, doing the surveys and analyzing the statistics。The survey covers 855 students from the three government-subsidized colleges for higher education。The questionnaire is mainly about the frequency, duration, habit, motivation and factors influencing them to do physical exercises。The research shows a large majority of undergraduates like doing physical exercises, however, they do not have a good habit of it, especially for woman。There are various reasons for the undergraduates to do physical exercises, the main reasons are for health, relaxation and entertainment。Currently, the undergraduates pay little attention on physical exercises and training, they have low motivation and initiation for physical exercise, which will definitely affect the health and the body of the undergraduates。Therefore, it is necessary to understand the habit and behaviour of these undergraduates so that suitable policies can be carried out to deal with this problem and to aim at developing the habit of doing exercise in this group of population, which will be promising talents of Macao。This research suggests the following policies to solve this phenomenon : ( 1 ) arouse the awareness of importance on Physical Education of the government and leading group of college institutes ( 2 ) utilize the sport facilities by the cooperation of both government and private organizations ( 3 ) adjust the curriculum of undergraduates and consider Physical Education as part of the curriculum ( 4 ) educate the value of physical exercise to the undergraduates so as to practice sports throughout their life ( 5 ) activate the role of the Organization for the Sports Research of Macao which in turn provides guidance and suggestions to the government and the colleges。...