The purpose of this study was to explore whether a strategic physical activity program can improve cognitive flexibility among children with Internet addiction. Ten school-aged children were recruited by distributing flyers at an elementary school in Taiwan. The participants were screened using the Chinese Internet Addiction Scale. Their executive functions were assessed by a task-switching paradigm and their motor competence was evaluated by the Movement Assessment Battery for Children–Second Edition (MABC-2) before and after a 12-week strategic physical activity intervention (twice per week, 90 min per session). The posttest scores showed significant improvements in accuracy in the pure, mixed, and switch trials and in the manual dexterity and total score of the MABC-2 compared with the pretest scores. Despite the inherited limitations of a single group pretest-posttest design this study employed, the findings shed light on the possibility that a strategic physical activity intervention might be a feasible and effective behavioral approach to enhance cognitive function and motor competence in children with Internet addiction. Further studies including a control group, preferably with a randomized controlled trial design, will be needed to validate the findings.

This study focused on the attitudes of 14 collegiate coaches toward gay and lesbian athletes in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China and the experience these coaches have had with such athletes. Interview results revealed that different levels of progress in the advocacy for gender equity education and/or sexual minority topics had affected the coaches’ attitudes toward gay and lesbian student athletes. However, with increased contact, the coaches became more inclusive and tolerant toward student athletes with different sexual orientations. Moreover, coaches perceived that their primary role involved enhancing athletic performance and meeting the needs of student athletes instead of offering different training sessions and opportunities for competition. Future studies should focus on specific sport communities and include student athletes and coaches with diverse sexual orientations. College administrators should offer relevant educational programs for coaches to create dialogue and nurture a positive environment for athletes with diverse sexual orientations.

In Taiwan, female athletes receive little media attention or are objectified when they win international competitions. However, this objectification does not merely demonstrate sexism toward female athletes, but it also indicates current social views toward national identity and nationalism in Taiwan. This study examined the representation of female athletes from the perspectives of historical background, the narrative structure of documentaries, gendered discourse and gendered nationalism. A textual analysis approach was adopted and documentary theory was employed as a theoretical framework. Four sports documentaries regarding female athletes produced from 2002 to 2009 were analysed. The results showed that in addition to the female athletes telling their stories, the voices of male others were also included to portray the female athletes' experiences. Moreover, the female athletes were depicted as physically masculine but emotionally feminine, and represented as sports heroines and daughters of Taiwan. As presented by the narration strategy, the female body embodies the gendered nationalism and gendered discourse pervading Taiwanese sports culture.

this report primarily responds to the content of the articles 10 and 12 regarding gender equity education in the governmental report made by the taiwanese government in 2014 for cedaW. in order to observe the obstacles and challenges facing gender equity education in our nation today, this report focuses on three aspects: gender diversity education, sex education, and female participation in exercise and sports. in each topic, the current situation and difficulties are discussed first, followed by concrete recommendations.

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