SPECIAL EDUCATION

Special Education

Special Education and Athletics

1. Doulkeridou, A, Evaggelinou, C, Mouratidou, K, Koidou, A, Panagiotou, A and Kudlacek, M, (2011), Attitudes of Greek Physical Education teachers towards inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Physical Education Classes, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Palacky University Czech Republic.

There has been a tremendous progress of the students suffering with disabilities in Physical Education Classes. The initiatives taken by the local schools, college, and, universities have worked very well in achieving their objectives. In the last ten years, the inclusion of students with disabilities in Physical Education Classes has become part of the Government policy in making sincere efforts regarding this sector. The chance should be given to them for making an effort in the sports field. It is not easy for teachers to make these students participate in these sports activities, but the steps taken by Physical Education teacher's counts a lot in this regard. The basic objective of this research was to examine the attitudes of Physical Educators in properly teaching sports activities to the students suffering with disability problem. They had a huge responsibility to ensure these students' participation in the sports event. The other task was to compare their teachings with those teachers who taught Olympic/Paralympics education. Both these tasks had a lot of importance and had strong implications for these students.

The sample was even taken of both the male and female Physical Educators in order to assess their teachings to these students. There was a need to measure the level of positive attitude, which both these, teachers had towards their students. The percentage of females Physical Educators was high as compare to male Physical Educators, and, the reason was the availability of maximum female teachers for this subject. The overall statistics displayed that the female teachers did not face much problem in handling the students, and, they provided clear instructions to the students. This was one of the basic requirements of their work. There are private institutes in Green that are also exerting rigorous efforts for providing valuable teachings to the students. Teachers tried their best to make these students believe, that they can play an enormous role for the welfare of the overall society, and, have the potential to perform in any sports event. These students should be given strong encouragement for performing their tasks very well. The motivation level of these students must have a ...