The Value of Incorporating Inclusive Sports in Schools: An Exploration of Unified Sport Experiences.

IF 1.7 3区医学 Q2 REHABILITATION

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Print Date: 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1123/apaq.2021-0188

Roxy Helliker O'Rourke, Krystn Orr, Rebecca Renwick, F Virginia Wright, James Noronha, Kirsten Bobbie, Kelly P Arbour-Nicitopoulos

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Abstract

School sports programs intentionally created for students with and without disabilities may increase social participation of students with intellectual disabilities (IDs). Special Olympics Unified Sports is one program where students with and without ID participate on one team. Guided by a critical realist paradigm, this study explored the perceptions of students with and without ID and coaches of in-school Unified Sports. Interviews were conducted with 21 youths (12 with ID) and 14 coaches. Thematic analysis resulted in four developed themes (identified is outdated language): Inclusion-Is it a "we" or a "they?" Roles and Responsibilities, Educational Context for Inclusion, and Buy-In. Findings suggest students with and without ID and coaches value the inclusive nature of Unified Sports. Future research should explore training for coaches on inclusive practices (e.g., language), and optimal methods for consistent training (e.g., use of training manuals) to foster the philosophy of inclusion within school sports.

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学校融入包容性体育的价值：统一体育体验的探索。

有意为残疾学生和非残疾学生创建的学校体育项目可能会增加智障学生的社会参与度。特奥会统一体育是一个项目，有和没有身份证的学生都参加一个团队。在批判现实主义范式的指导下，本研究探讨了有和没有ID的学生和教练对校内统一体育的看法。对21名青年（12名持有身份证）和14名教练进行了访谈。主题分析产生了四个已发展的主题（已确定为过时的语言）：包容是“我们”还是“他们”？角色和责任、包容的教育背景和认同。研究结果表明，有和没有ID的学生和教练都重视统一体育的包容性。未来的研究应探索对教练的包容性实践（如语言）培训，以及一致性培训的最佳方法（如使用培训手册），以在学校体育中培养包容性哲学。

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Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 医学-康复医学

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

10.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： APAQ is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal designed to stimulate and communicate scholarly inquiry relating to physical activity that is adapted in order to enable and enhance performance and participation in people with disability. Physical activity implies fine, gross, functional, and interpretive movement including physical education, recreation, exercise, sport, and dance. The focus of adaptation may be the activity or task that is to be performed, environment and facilities, equipment, instructional methodology, and/or rules governing the performance setting. Among the populations considered are persons with motor, intellectual, sensory, and mental or other disabilities across the life span. Disciplines from which scholarship to this aim may originate include, but are not limited to, physical education, teacher preparation, human development, motor behavior and learning, biomechanics, exercise and sport physiology, and exercise and sport psychology. Scientific inquiry may originate from quantitative or qualitative inquiry, as well as from multimethod designs.