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Molly Hayes Sauder; Jaime R. Deluca – Sport Management Education Journal, 2024
Diversity and inclusion are identified as necessary for enhancing the sport industry. Undergraduate sport management programs play an important role in educating aspiring sport professionals with respect to these topics. However, the literature indicates that sport management education can improve with respect to this work. Therefore, the purpose…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Diversity
Lieberman, Lauren; Brian, Ali; Grenier, Michelle – European Physical Education Review, 2019
Children with disabilities have mixed feelings about their inclusion experiences. The purpose of this study was to explore the validity and reliability of results from the Lieberman-Brian Inclusion Rating Scale for Physical Education. Experts in adapted physical education (n = 10) established content and face validity (mean = 4.68 ± 0.56) on a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Physical Education, Adapted Physical Education
Lieberman, Lauren J.; Cavanaugh, Lauren; Haegele, Justin A.; Aiello, Rocco; Wilson, Wesley J. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2017
Public Law 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (now The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), requires all children with disabilities to be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE). The LRE requirement means that students with disabilities, to the maximum extent possible, should be educated in the general…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adapted Physical Education, Inclusion, Course Content
Goodwin, Donna; Howe, P. David – Quest, 2016
Academics and practitioners are often at a loss when it comes to understanding the ethical socio-political and cultural contexts that invade the world of adapted physical activity. Ethical practice is situated in the local and the specific. In this article we highlight the reality that both academics and practitioners need to be ever mindful that…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Cultural Pluralism, Ethics, Cultural Context
Overton, Hannah; Wrench, Alison; Garrett, Robyne – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2017
Background: Laws and legislation have prompted movement from special education towards inclusive education, whereby students with disabilities are included in mainstream physical education (PE) classes. It is widely acknowledged that including students with disabilities in PE presents significant challenges in relation to meeting the diverse needs…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Physical Education
Shapiro, Deborah R.; Gurvitch, Rachel; Yao, Wei-Ru – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2016
For most physical education teacher education (PETE) programs, the constraints surrounding the undergraduate curriculum (e.g., number of credit hours, dual content certificates such as health and physical education, content knowledge) limit PETE programs to offering only one course in adapted physical education (APE) with the expectation that this…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Preservice Teachers, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
Sandt, Dawn D.; Flynn, Erin; Turner, Tiffany A. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2014
Golf is one of the most accessible and versatile physical activities and is a viable choice for young adults with disabilities to engage in the recommended levels of physical activity. Teaching golf to youth with disabilities requires more than making accommodations regarding equipment, technique, and rules in the physical education setting. For…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Physical Activities, Disabilities, Adapted Physical Education
Presse, Cindy; Block, Martin E.; Horton, Mel; Harvey, William J. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2011
The sport education model (SEM) has been widely used as a curriculum and instructional model to provide children with authentic and active sport experiences in physical education. In this model, students are assigned various roles to gain a deeper understanding of the sport or activity. This article provides a brief overview of the SEM and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adapted Physical Education, Student Needs, Athletics
Wang, Lijuan; Wang, Min; Wen, Hongwei – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2015
This study examines the teaching behavior of physical education (PE) teachers in teaching students with special needs and the factors that determine their teaching behaviour. An extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was utilised as the theoretical framework. Three secondary and two high school PE teachers participated in the study. Data…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Adapted Physical Education
Woodruff, Elizabeth A.; Sinelnikov, Oleg A. – European Physical Education Review, 2015
While many scholars agree that service learning is beneficial to both the student and the community, the research on service learning in the physical education setting is limited. However, there are courses that can be aligned with the professional preparation needs of students and the broader needs of the community. Drawing on theory which has…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Disabilities, Undergraduate Students
An, Jihoun; Meaney, Karen S. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2015
This study explored inclusion practices in general physical education (GPE) from the experiences and perspectives of elementary physical education teachers. The stories of four teachers (two females, two males) between 27 and 57 years of age were gathered using the phenomenological methods of semi-structured interviews, photographs, school…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Social Cognition, Physical Education, Teaching Methods
Everhart, Brett; Everhart, Kim; McHugh, Heather; Newman, Chelsea Dimon; Hershey, Kacie; Lorenzi, David – Education, 2013
This study was intended to provide a description of teaching and learning patterns seen in the lessons taught by experts and novices in Adapted Physical Education. Two experts who had won previous state teaching awards and served in leadership positions in state associations were filmed and their lessons were analyzed first to develop a systematic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physical Education Teachers, Adapted Physical Education, Video Technology
Leo, Jennifer; Goodwin, Donna L. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Disability simulations have been used to provide postsecondary students with experiential learning opportunities in many disciplines including physical education. Critics (French, 1992) suggest that it is not possible to simulate disability experience and therefore question their efficacy. The purpose of this study was to interpret the meanings…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Simulation, Disabilities, Adapted Physical Education
Block, Martin E.; Taliaferro, Andrea; Campbell, Amanda Love; Harris, Natasha; Tipton, Jeremy – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2011
The purpose of this article is to provide information to general physical education teachers on how to conduct a self-contained adapted physical education (APE) class. The article begins with an example of a traditional model for a self-contained APE class, where all students work on the same goals using basically the same equipment and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Physical Education Teachers
Martin, Matthew R.; Speer, Laura – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2011
This article summarizes the highlights of a one-day adapted physical education workshop, delivered to an audience of physical educators and undergraduate physical education students. Three experienced adapted physical educators and an individual who works full time for the Special Olympics shared their knowledge and expertise with the…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Workshops, Physical Education Teachers, Disabilities