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Offering practical strategies to include children with SEN fully into physical education, this unique title: applies the latest research to the practice of inclusion of children with SEN in PE offers an outline of the statutory responsibilities placed upon teachers and schools to include children with SEN covers a diverse range of issues which teachers needs to address in order to provide high quality learning experiences for children with SEN includes a series of reflective tasks, further reading and contacts within each chapter. Special Educational Needs in Physical Education offers an opportunity to explore in depth the complexities of including children with SEN in PE. This is an extensive resource that requires no reference to alternative texts and is essential reading for all people involved in including children with SEN in PE.
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Teaching Physical Education to Children with Special Educational Needs One in five children in England and Wales is now identified as having an SEN, and consequently teachers of PE are facing daily challenges to facilitate pupils’ accessibility and entitlement to inclusion within mainstream school contexts. Offering a combination of theoretical and practical strategies to include children with SEN within lessons, this unique title: • directly applies current research to the practice of including children with SEN in PE; • offers an outline of the statutory responsibilities placed upon teachers and schools to include children with SEN in PE; • covers a diverse range of issues, which teachers need to address in order to provide high quality learning experiences for children with SEN; • includes a series of reflective tasks, extended reading and further contacts within each chapter to assist with the development of knowledge and understanding of SEN and PE. This authoritative book offers an opportunity to explore in depth the complexities of including children with SEN in PE. This is an extensive resource that requires no prior knowledge of the topic and is essential reading for practitioners who want to involve all children in physical activities and education. Philip Vickerman is at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
Teaching Physical Education to Children with Special Educational Needs Philip Vickerman
LONDON AND NEW YORK
First published 2007 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX 14 4RN Simultaneouly published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2007 Philip Vickerman All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Vickerman, Philip, 1968– Teaching Physical Education to Children with Special Educational Needs/ Philip Vickerman p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-415-38949-6 (hbk)—ISBN 0–415–38950–X (pbk). 1. Physical Education for Children with Disabilities—Great Britain. 1. Title. GV245.V53 2007 371.9′04486—dc22 2006015991 ISBN 0-203-96811-5 Master e-book ISBN
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