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Minhyun Kim; Junhyung Baek; Hyeonho Yu; Taemin Ha; Chan Woong Park – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
Taekwondo is one of the representative martial arts that originated in Korea. It offers many positive benefits, such as improving cardiovascular strength, balance, and flexibility. Teaching Taekwondo provides a unique experience for students to learn self-defense skills, culturally diverse activities, and life-long fitness. This article presents…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Students with Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Teaching Methods
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Stauter, Donna W.; Prehn, Judy; Peters, Megan; Jeffries, Lynn M.; Sylvester, Lorraine; Wang, Hongwu; Dionne, Carol – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2019
The purpose of this study was to systematically review literature on assistive technology (AT) used to develop literacy skills in students with physical disabilities. Primary databases were searched using search terms AT, disability, and literacy. Eight studies were eligible for inclusion. Six studies reported positive change to literacy…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Students with Disabilities, Technology Uses in Education, Physical Disabilities
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Chukwuemeka, Emeka Joshua; Samaila, Dominic – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2020
The study investigated teachers' perception and factors limiting the use of high-tech assistive technologies resources in special education schools in North-West Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design using a questionnaire to sought data from 120 respondents who were drawn using a multi-stage sampling technique from special…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Special Education, Special Schools, Students with Disabilities
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Morphy, Lorraine Y.; Goodwin, Donna L. – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2012
This exploratory study described the experiences of choice in physical activity contexts for adults with mobility impairments. The experiences of 3 female and 2 males with mobility impairments between 18 and 23 years of age were described using the interpretive phenomenological methods of individual interviews, written stories, and field notes.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Physical Activities, Physical Disabilities, Task Analysis
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Colwell, Cynthia M. – International Journal of Music Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of disability simulations on the attitudes of individuals who will be working with children with special needs in music settings and to compare these attitudes between student music therapists and pre-service music educators. Each participant completed a questionnaire on the first day of class…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Music Education, Measures (Individuals), Visual Impairments
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Murchland, Sonya; Parkyn, Helen – Assistive Technology, 2011
Assistive technology items are frequently prescribed to assist children with physical disabilities to minimise the barriers they experience in undertaking schoolwork. A range of items are recommended from computers to access systems and specialised software. However, it is not known what the range of items that children with physical disabilities…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
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Karal, Hasan; Cebi, Ayca; Turgut, Yigit Emrah – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
Nowadays knowledge and communication technologies are developing rapidly and changing people's lives. With the help of the developing technologies, people can access knowledge independent of time and place and distance education technologies offer handicapped students a range of opportunities in order that they may access a better level of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Physical Disabilities, Distance Education, Synchronous Communication
Wilson, Carolyn H.; Brice, Costeena; Carter, Emanuel I.; Fleming, Jeffery C.; Hay, Dontia D.; Hicks, John D.; Picot, Ebony; Taylor, Aashja M.; Weaver, Jessica – Online Submission, 2011
Children with exceptional learning needs find it very difficult to retain content information from the regular curriculum. Many content teachers also find it difficult to adapt curriculum to the learning needs of these exception children within the confines of the classroom and without any assistance. Although many schools are equipped with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Children, Technology Uses in Education
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Raymond, Michael – English Journal, 2005
The teacher comes to the classroom after a long medical leave taken for getting his legs amputated for having developed gangrene and follows his normal plan of teaching thus ignoring the various questions that his students may have about his physical disability. He realizes his mistake and in the next class uses his condition to explain a version…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Assistive Technology, Physical Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
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Campbell, Philippa H.; Milbourne, Suzanne; Dugan, Lauren M.; Wilcox, M. Jeanne – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2006
Published articles about assistive technology (AT) from 1980 through 2004 were reviewed to identify those that focused on infants and young children. A total of 104 articles about AT with infants and toddlers were identified, and of these, 23 reported practices for teaching switch activation (12), computer use (6), power mobility skills (4), or…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Infants, Educational Technology