Irish Physical Educators' Attitude toward Teaching Students with Special Educational Needs

Autor/inn/en	Meegan, Sarah; MacPhail, Ann
Titel	Irish Physical Educators' Attitude toward Teaching Students with Special Educational Needs
Quelle	In: European Physical Education Review, 12 (2006) 1, S.75-97 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-336X
DOI	10.1177/1356336X06060213
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Educational Needs; Disabilities; Foreign Countries; Physical Education Teachers; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Special Needs Students; Statistical Analysis; Secondary School Teachers; Gender Differences; Teacher Education; Special Education; Behavior Disorders; Mild Mental Retardation; Moderate Mental Retardation; Emotional Disturbances; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Handicap; Behinderung; Ausland; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Statistische Analyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Gefühlsstörung; Irland
Abstract	This study examined the relationship among the specific special educational needs (SEN) of emotional/behavioural disorder (EBD), specific learning disabled (SLD), mild-moderate mentally impaired (MMMI), and moderate-severe mentally impaired (MSMI) and the selected attributes of gender, academic preparation and previous experience in teaching students with SEN. The Physical Educators' Attitudes Toward Teaching Individuals with Disabilities-III (PEATID-III) (Rizzo, 1993) instrument was used to collect the data. The instrument was sent to all secondary school physical educators in the Republic of Ireland. Results from ANOVA analysis found that female physical educators displayed more positive attitudes than male physical educators toward SLD and MSMI students. For previous experience, a significant difference in physical educators' attitudes was found for MMMI students only. Results also found low numbers of physical educators having completed initial teacher training (ITT) in SEN relevant to physical education (PE) at undergraduate as well as postgraduate levels. The results provide evidence that there is a need to promote positive attitudes among Irish physical educators toward teaching students with SEN as well as improved ITT and postgraduate training for SEN in PE. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10