Studia Kinanthropologica 2011, 12(1):7-12

Attitudes of physical education teachers toward teaching students with physical disabilities in general physical education in the Czech republic

Petra Nováková*, Martin Kudláček, Ludmila Miklánková
Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

The present article focuses on attitudes of Czech physical education teachers toward inclusive physical education (inclusion) whose aim is a full participation of all individuals in the society and which tries to avoid any type of exclusion. The purpose of the study was to describe and compare attitudes of Czech physical education teachers towards inclusion of students with physical disabilities in their PE classes. Sixty two participants (students of distance programs at Palacký University in Olomouc) took part in the investigation process whereas 40 participants work as teachers at different Czech primary schools. The adapted version of the questionnaire, designed according to Theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991, 2000), Attitude Toward Teaching Individuals with Physical Disabilities in Physical Education (ATIPDPE) was implemented. The one-way analysis of variance ANOVA was used for consequent data as well as other descriptive, statistical and mathematical tools. Software package SPSS PC 11.0 was applied. The level of significance was defined at the level of 0,05. There were more females than males in the sample of teachers, whereas 50% of the participants did not have any personal experience with teaching students with physical disabilities. Those who were experienced in this area proved a rather positive evaluation of their previous experience. 80% of participants did not attend any course specialized in Adapted Physical Activity. Consequently, most of the participants did not feel competent to teach students with physical disabilities.

Keywords: inclusion; attitudes; adapted physical education; physical disability

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Nováková P, Kudláček M, Miklánková L. Attitudes of physical education teachers toward teaching students with physical disabilities in general physical education in the Czech republic. Studia Kinanthropologica. 2011;12(1):7-12.
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