Creating Disability Awareness through Sport: Exploring the Participation, Attitudes and Perceptions of Post-Primary Female Students in Ireland

Autor/in	Tindall, Daniel
Titel	Creating Disability Awareness through Sport: Exploring the Participation, Attitudes and Perceptions of Post-Primary Female Students in Ireland
Quelle	In: Irish Educational Studies, 32 (2013) 4, S.457-475 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0332-3315
DOI	10.1080/03323315.2013.859339
Schlagwörter	Consciousness Raising; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Athletics; Attitude Change; Females; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Single Sex Schools; Inclusion; Team Sports; Student Participation; Regular and Special Education Relationship; Peer Relationship; Questionnaires; Observation; Focus Groups; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewusstseinsbildung; Leichtathletik; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Inklusion; Mannschaftssport; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Peer-Beziehungen; Fragebogen; Beobachtung; Irland
Abstract	According to research, negative attitudes and perceptions towards people with disabilities begin to emerge early in one's development creating one of the most difficult barriers encountered by children with disabilities; those expressed by their peers. As a result, young people may begin to label others around them, differentiating between the disabled and the non-disabled. From a physical education (PE) perspective, offering disability awareness experiences to young people through sport is one way in which to positively influence how children understand disability themselves. The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed description of post-primary students' reactions to a disability awareness experience using extended contact theory, Sport Education and the disability sport of sit-volleyball as the framework. Findings suggest that participating in a disability sport was found to be favourable amongst the students. So much so, students expressed an interest in further disability sport experiences as part of their regular PE curriculum. Given the recent announcement by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment for the design and implementation of short courses at the junior cycle level, these findings may offer suggestions for teachers on how include other disability awareness experiences at the post-primary level. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10