英文摘要
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This study was an evaluation by the policy executing officer of Kaohsiung City Government. Purposes: (1) to understand the current status of students' overall swimming capability, (2) to survey the relationship between the existence of swimming pools and the swimming capability, (3) to compare the swimming capabilities among the different local administrative areas, (4) to find correlation of the swimming capabilities with sexualities, (5) to distinguish students' swimming capabilities in different ages. Methods: Based on both the stratified random with questionnaires and the ex-post facto research method with survey data, which were done by SPSS 12.0. Results: (1) Only 10.83% pupil students in Kaohsiung city, the so-called ”Ocean Capital”, are capable of swimming, (2) There are about 70% students incapable of swimming in the elementary schools with swimming pools, which shows a low ROI in using swimming facilities, (3) The pupil students living near the beaches are weaker in swimming capability than those living inland, (4) The boys are superior in swimming to the girls, and (5) Students' overall swimming capability increases with ages. Conclusions: (1) The students' overall swimming capability is obviously low, and the causes could be an inappropriate swimming policy, the parents' overprotection, the lack of trainers, the swimming pool and insufficient facilities. (2) Both the central and local governments should work together to effectively realize the promoting policy of students' swimming.
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