Assessing the Use of Recommended Practices in Adapted Physical Activity/Education Experiential-Learning Programs

2024  Journal Article

Assessing the Use of Recommended Practices in Adapted Physical Activity/Education Experiential-Learning Programs

Pub TLDR

Findings from this study have several implications for evaluation and intervention in Adapted Physical Activity/Education experiential learning, such as including the disability community in planning and designing programming to benefit both students and people with disabilities.

DOI: 10.1123/apaq.2023-0115    PubMed ID: 39406357
 

College of Health researcher(s)

Abstract

This study investigated the use of recommended practices in university-based experiential learning associated with adapted physical activity and education (APA/E) undergraduate courses. Participants (N = 165) were instructors of APA/E courses with an experiential-learning component and/or professionals involved in APA/E experiential-learning programs at their university. Participants completed an online questionnaire designed to describe program characteristics and evaluate the use of two sets of practices, including those recommended for involving students and people with disabilities. Findings highlight low proportions of the use of practices recommended for people with disabilities and indicate that significantly more practices recommended for students were implemented (Z = −10.45, p < .001). Findings from this study have several implications for evaluation and intervention in APA/E experiential learning, such as including the disability community in planning and designing programming to benefit both students and people with disabilities. Instructors should aim to increase their implementation of practices recommended for involving people with disabilities.

Case, L., Yun, J., MacDonald, M., Hatfield, B.E., Logan, S.W. (2024) Assessing the Use of Recommended Practices in Adapted Physical Activity/Education Experiential-Learning ProgramsAdapted Physical Activity Quarterly41(4)