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The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze the differences between elementary, middle, and high school physical education classes in Korea based on teacher and student behavior and teacher-student interaction patterns. The subjects who participated in this study were fifteen certified full-time physical education teachers at selected schools in Seoul. Teacher and student behavior and teacher-student interaction patterns were coded using Cheffers' Adaptation of Flanders' Interaction Analysis System (CAFIAS). Statistically significant differences in the teacher and student behaviors among the three school levels were analyzed using a Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA. Additional multiple comparisons using the Mann-Whitney "U" test were employed when significant differences resulted from the Kruskal Wallis ANOVA among the three school levels. This study demonstrated that elementary school physical education classes exhibited more humanistic behaviors. In contrast, middle school classes were conducted with a great deal of teacher input and high school classes had a very structured atmosphere. (Contains 3 tables.)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert