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Participation of students with visual impairments in physical education activities in Wenchi Methodist Senior High School, Ghana

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dc.contributor.author Avornyo, A.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-06-19T12:08:25Z
dc.date.available 2024-06-19T12:08:25Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/3534
dc.description A thesis in the Department of SPECIAL EDUCATION, faculty of EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, submitted to the school of Graduate Studies, university of education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for award of Master of Philosophy (Special Education) degree. MAY, 2017 en_US
dc.description.abstract The purpose of the study was to find out the extent to which students with visual impairments participate in physical education activities in Wenchi Methodist Senior High School in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. Data were gathered from 60 students with visual impairments and 2 physical education tutors. One-on-one interview and a closeended questionnaire were used for the data collection. Data from the questionnaire were presented on Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21.0 (IBM SPSS 21.0), and descriptive statistical method was used to calculate the frequency and percentages for each item-by-item analysis. The hypotheses were analyzed using the independent samples t-test. The study revealed that, students with visual impairments participated in physical education activities such as, gymnastics, ball games, athletics and physical fitness activities. Again, instruction, instructional materials and rules were adapted to suit students during physical education activities. The study further revealed that, students faced some challenges, including poor motor skills, lack of confidence, adapted materials and adapted physical environment. Again, teachers used strategies such as verbal description of words, demonstrations and peer tutoring to include students in physical education activities. Finally, human and material resources were available for students’ participation. The researcher recommends that students with visual impairments should be encouraged participate in intensive physical education activities, with adaptations made to the environment, and more opportunities provided to reduce challenges among students, where one-on-one teaching and group teaching are used as a strategies to include students and more resources provided for including students in physical education activities in the school. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education, Winneba en_US
dc.subject visual impairments en_US
dc.subject physical education en_US
dc.subject Wenchi Methodist Senior High School en_US
dc.subject Wenchi en_US
dc.subject Ghana en_US
dc.title Participation of students with visual impairments in physical education activities in Wenchi Methodist Senior High School, Ghana en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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