2005 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 40-47
The contents of physical education class for university students with disabilities or injuries have been little assessed in Japan. The purpose of this explorative study was to evaluate a physical education program ("adapted course") for university students with disabilities or injuries. Ten students (M=9/F=1) with disabilities or injuries at an institute of technology participated in the study. The ideas reported by the participants were categorized by two co-workers (academic physical education teachers). As results, seven categories were identified as the pros of the adapted course through the content analysis: "practice of healthy lifestyle", "satisfied with educational contents", "satisfied with the existence of class", "communication", "acquisition of the knowledge of healthy behavior", "small number of students", and "psychological effects." On the other hand, six categories were identified as the cons: "types of exercise", "communication", "easy access to the class", "short time for exercise", "setup of the question times", and "proposal for practical assignment." It is expected to utilize the results of this study as the basic data to evaluate and improve the class.
