EXSC 427 Harold Washington College Adapted Physical Education PPT

EXSC 427

Final Project Guidelines

Purpose: Adapted Physical Education (APE) is a form of physical education that is intended to meet the developmental needs of students with disabilities. APE is crucial to the development of children with special needs and disabilities. Currently, with online learning being at the forefront of students’ education, it is important to look at the challenges and struggles of APE through online or hybrid learning, and how to have special needs students’ education continue to be beneficial to their development. Additionally, the possible solutions to this problem must be considered. The challenges faced, due to the pandemic,have had a direct impact on special education students, teachers, and parents.

Tasks:

1. By semester end, you are to conduct 3 in–depth interviews with Adapted PE teachers using the assigned questions. These interviews can be conducted via Zoom, FaceTime, or via phone. It is important to take notes on your interviews. You can use this document as a template to keep your notes.

2. Summarize and synthesize the results of your interviews.

3. Develop a presentation of the results in Powerpointformat.

4. Read 2 articles on the effects of e-learning on adapted physical education students.

Interview questions for APE teachers:

1. Describe what it has been like to teach APE remotely. What do you see as the challenges with APE through online instruction and what are you most concerned about when it comes to this issue?

2. How much P.E. do your students receive in a typical week and briefly describe to me 3 strategies or activities have been the most effective?

3. What is currently being done to improve APE through online instruction – by whom – and what are the strengths and weaknesses of these efforts?

4. What do you think should be done about APE instruction during the pandemic?

5. What do you think are the obstacles to changing the protocols of APE through online instruction for students with special needs?