The purpose of the study were to know the elementary school students, and parents, needs toward physical education courses in Hsindum city of Taipei county; and to compare the differences of students, genders, sports club experiences, sports experiences and parents, gender, social economic statuses, and exercise habits to the differences of the needs toward physical education courses. The subjects for this study were 800 students and 800 parents, which makes the total number of the subjects 1600. 1461 subjects had completed the present investigation. “Students, and parents, Needs toward Physical Education Courses Questionnaire ” which was made by Chang-Shu Ching (2002) was used. And an in-depth interview was also processed.
