Establishment and Evaluation of Instructional Strategy in Physical Education Classes Intended for Engineering Design Education

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of the university physical education classes where the instructional strategy was based on systematic analysis upon undergraduate student's self−efficacy in terms of the communicative action with a view to providing a new aspect to engineering design education.

Seventy−two university students were divided into three groups randomly and participated in volleyball classes. As a result，it was suggested that the instructional strategy of giving students options of learning−contents to discuss and decide by themselves was most beneficial for one's self−efficacy and satisfaction in terms of the communicative action after the three classes. This study indicated that by applying an appropriate instructional strategy，university physical education classes as part of the liberal art subjects would bear a burden on forming part of engineering design education.