Challenges and Opportunities of Students with Physical Impairment in Health and Physical Education Lesson: The Case of Manlike and Dell Bet gill Primary Schools
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2018-11
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Addis Ababa University
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This study investigated challenges and opportunities of students with physical impairment in health and physical education lesson in some selected schools of Addis Ababa. In order to obtain relevant information in depth interview, practical field observations and group discussion were conducted with teacher, school principals and students with physically impaired also with special needs department. It is also aimed at suggesting possible recommendations that help to improve the level of involvement of students with physical impairment in physical education classes. Qualitative approach of research was used in this study. Data‟s were organized and analyzed from in-depth interviews, practical field observations and group discussion analyzed qualitatively. Results of the study showed that, the involvement of students with physical impairment in health and physical education lesson was very low. Low level of awareness of school principals, teachers, students without disability peer groups and others about the participation of the students with physical impairment in health and physical education classes so that their support and encouragement to the issue raised was found discouraging. Curriculum adaptation, teachers training, proper equipment, confortable fields were also found inadequate. Finally, based on the findings and conclusion of the study, it was recommended that, awareness creation strategy should be designed to the school principals, teachers, and students with physical impairment and other stakeholders so that they could support and encourage students with physical impairment to participate in health and physical education lesson. Curriculum materials for physical education should be improved in order to address the special needs of students with physical impairment. Health and Physical education teachers should be provided relevant training and they need to be innovative, flexible, creative, willing and capable of initiating students with physical impairment to participate in health and physical education lesson.
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Challenges and Opportunities of Students with Physical Impairment