Curricular adaptations for the inclusion of students with physical disabilities in the Physical Education lesson

Abstract

The inclusion of students with physical disabilities in the Physical Education class requires curricular adaptations that allow their active and significant participation in physical activities; Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the specific abilities and needs of each student with disabilities to adapt the Physical Education class curriculum. However, despite inclusion being a global demand and a need for education in Ecuador, there are still no more innovative and effective methods to put these curricular adaptations into practice, which is why the objective of the research is: propose a guide for working with curricular adaptations in Physical Education based on the inclusion of students with physical disabilities. This guide has been conceived in multimedia format, taking advantage of the potential of information technologies to motivate, visualize and extend educational practices to the home and community. To confirm deficiencies in knowledge and practice of curricular adaptations, various empirical methods are used, such as interviews, surveys, scientific observation, focus groups and content analysis. These methods allow a detailed and rich understanding of individual experiences and perceptions, as well as the impact of multimedia as a resource to enable curricular adaptations in the Physical Education class. The initiative had a favorable state of opinion from teachers, students and relatives of children with physical disabilities.