LE3 .A278 2012

2012

Seaman, Roxanne

Acadia University

Bachelor of Kinesiology

Honours

Kinesiology

Kinesiology

The purpose of the study was to find what resources physical education teachers believe they need to successfully teach an inclusive class. The experience of physical education teachers (n=10, 5 males and 5 females) who currently teach or have taught elementary and middle school aged students were gained using semi-structured interviews. Semiotic clustering was used to analyze the data. Five themes emerged from the data. They were: (a) need for education about adaptation; (b) need for more adaptive equipment; (c) need for more relevant in-service training; (d) importance of networking; and (e) interest for visual support. The participants expressed why these resources are important to an inclusive physical education class as well as limitations in receiving the support. For example, for the need for education on adaptation theme the denotative meaning was that this resource is important, because adaptations were based on the students’ needs. Many of the physical education teachers gave this statement. It was important for the physical education teachers to base the adaptations on the student needs for the students to be successful. The connotative meaning was that adaptations are important for all students.

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