TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Podcasts on Special Education Administrators’ Understanding of Adapted Physical Education Services
AU - Mcnamara, Scott
AU - Dillon, Suzanna
AU - Becker, Kevin
AU - Healy, Sean
AU - Trujillo-Jenks, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Special education administrators need an understanding of adapted physical education (APE) educational service delivery in order to properly supervise APE service delivery to students with disabilities. However, some preliminary research has suggested that special education administrators have a general lack of knowledge related to APE. Content acquisition podcasts (CAPs) may provide them with the knowledge needed to effectively supervise APE services. The purposes of this study were to examine the impact of CAPs on special education administrators’ knowledge specific to APE and determine how special education administrators perceived CAPs as a form of professional development. Qualitative analyses, t-tests, and a repeated measures ANOVA were used to determine CAPs’ impact on 29 participants. Results revealed that the participants had a low understanding of APE; however the CAPs were found to increase the participants’ knowledge. In addition, the participants had positive perceptions towards the CAPs as a form of professional development.
AB - Special education administrators need an understanding of adapted physical education (APE) educational service delivery in order to properly supervise APE service delivery to students with disabilities. However, some preliminary research has suggested that special education administrators have a general lack of knowledge related to APE. Content acquisition podcasts (CAPs) may provide them with the knowledge needed to effectively supervise APE services. The purposes of this study were to examine the impact of CAPs on special education administrators’ knowledge specific to APE and determine how special education administrators perceived CAPs as a form of professional development. Qualitative analyses, t-tests, and a repeated measures ANOVA were used to determine CAPs’ impact on 29 participants. Results revealed that the participants had a low understanding of APE; however the CAPs were found to increase the participants’ knowledge. In addition, the participants had positive perceptions towards the CAPs as a form of professional development.
KW - Adapted physical education
KW - knowledge
KW - podcast
KW - professional development
KW - special education administrators
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079725769&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1034912X.2020.1731437
DO - 10.1080/1034912X.2020.1731437
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079725769
SN - 1034-912X
VL - 69
SP - 640
EP - 656
JO - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
JF - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
IS - 2
ER -