The objectives of this study were to examine junior high school students` dance course enjoyment, the difference of course satisfaction, and the influence of dance course enjoyment factors upon students` satisfaction with the course according to the g...
The objectives of this study were to examine junior high school students` dance course enjoyment, the difference of course satisfaction, and the influence of dance course enjoyment factors upon students` satisfaction with the course according to the genders and school years of students. Total of 525 junior high school students in Gyeonggi area participated in the study using cluster random sampling method. Total of 37 responses were discarded from the analyses due to incompleteness. The data of 488 respondents were used in the statistical analyses. Data were analyzed with the SPSS 15.0 program for descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Study findings are as follows:siFirst, as for the dance course enjoyment and course satisfaction by genders and school years, female students are higher than male students and first graders are higher than second graders. Second, there are positive correlations between all the sub-factors of dance course enjoyment and all the sub-factors of course satisfaction. Third, among dance course enjoyment factors, the physical and mental health maintenance has no significant influence upon the course environment whereas all the other factors have positive influence upon course satisfaction.