Research Article
Getting Started with Taiji: Investigating Students Expectations and Teachers Appraisals of Taiji Beginners Courses
Table 1
Socio-demographic data of study participants.
| | | Beginners () | Teachers () |
| | Age in years (mean ± SD; range) | 35.35 ± 7.49; 22–50 | 50.01 ± 8.46; 29–71 | | Gender | | | | Male (%) | 30 | 49 | | Female (%) | 70 | 51 | | Education level | | | | With high school degree (i.e., Swiss Matura) (%) | 77 | — | | Without high school degree (%) | 23 | — | | Occupation status | | | | Student (%) | 11 | 0 | | Full- or part-time job (%) | 89 | 100 | | Taiji practice in years (mean ± SD; range) | 0 | 18.60 ± 8.26; 3–46 | | Taiji teaching practice in years (mean ± SD; range) | 0 | 11.56 ± 7.75; 1–37 |
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SD: standard deviation.
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