A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PRESENT SITUATION OF BASKETBALL DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION CHON BURI CAMPUS OF THAILAND AND QUJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY OF CHINA

Abstract

The purposes of this paper were to study basketball acknowledgement, basketball attitude, basketball situation, basketball course setting, basketball facilities and equipment, basketball teacher, influencing factors of basketball in Institute of Physical Education Chon Buri Campus of Thailand and Qujing Normal University of China, and to compare the basketball development between Institute of Physical Education Chon Buri Campus of Thailand and Qujing Normal University of China. It was helpful to promote the development of basketball in Institute of Physical Education Chon Buri Campus of Thailand and Qujing Normal University of China and the reform of college physical education to improve the overall level of basketball. The total population comprised 1,742 students and and the samples were 533 students from the first year to the fourth year by random sampling, 285 students from the faculty of education of Institute of Physical Education Chon Buri Campus, and 248 students from the faculty of Education of Qujing Normal University of China. The sampling were conducted in accordance with Table for Determining Sample Size of a Known Population (Krejcie & Morgan). The questionnaire was used in this research and 5 physical education professors were invited to test the validity of the questionnaire (5 suitable, accounting for 100%). In order to ensure the reliability of the questionnaire, some randomly selected respondents to perform a try-out (R was found at 0.986 according to Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient) to prove the credibility of the questionnaire. The constructed questionnaire was used to collect data. The findings revealed that difference of the basketball development was found between the Institute of Physical Education Chon Buri Campus of Thailand and Qujing Normal University of China in basketball acknowledgement, basketball attitude, basketball situation, basketball course setting, basketball facilities and equipment, basketball teacher, and influencing factors of basketball.