東京都精神遅滞養護学校生徒のスポーツライフに関する一考察

抄録

As much like western nations, a five day work week is now widespreaded among Japanese corporations. Along with such a soial change, the Ministry of Education has also taken two days holiday a week into consideraion and is proceeding with it experimentally.
Schools which educate handicapped students, however, are concerned with finding ways to spend increased holiday. On a viewpoint that sports are a main free time activity, this study surveyed how mentally handicapped children play sports at home. The survey is based on questionnaires to parents of 325 male and 159 female mentally handicapped students aged 8 to 18 who registered at mentally handicapped schools in Tokyo.
The results are as follows;
1. Most of the students think of sports positively regardless of their intellectual abilities.
2. Parents think that they want their child to play any sports, regardless of child's preference.
3. Sports which students enjoy daily is light sports such as walking and jogging.
4. Most of student's playmates are their families and mostly are mothers.
5. Institutionalization of volunteering and improvement of sports facilities are requested.