Sports and Special Ed

Brian Fisher October 10, 2006 Effects of a Sports Camp Practicum on Attitudes Toward Children With Visual damages and Deafblindness By Lauren Lieberman and Sandy Wilson Rehabilitation Education for Blindness and Visual Impair handst v36 n4 p141 Published: Winter 2005 The purpose of this study was to determine whether the attitudes of preservice teachers regarding their qualification to teach visually impaired or deafblind educatees change as a result of a one week practicum at a developmental sports camp. The goals of the authors were to find out whether or not this program would increase the attitudes of the teachers and also whether university status (graduate or undergraduate) or sex would make a difference. Lieberman and Wilson performed this study on 27 university students (physical education majors) from eight different universities in the eastern united States. Of these participants, there were 16 undergraduate students and 11 graduate students (16 men and 11 women total). Prior to participating in the study, the students responded to seven statements attached to them by questionnaire.

The statements asked students to rate their confidence in the following areas: in teaching children with visual impairments, knowledge of the disabilities, understanding of the sports offered to these students, knowledge of adapting activities, skills in behavior modification, guiding techniques, and knowledge of assistive devices. The participants were given fiver answer options (based on a 5-point Likert-type scale) that ranged from potently agree to strongly disagree. After a one day orientation nearly visual impairment and developmentally appropriate activities, the students were placed with a child in a one-on-one situation. Throughout the week, the student and the camper worked together for both morning and afternoon sports sessions (3 hours each) and once more for a two hour recreation period in the evening. They were also responsible for any extra help that the... If you requirement to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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