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Abstract
Research has revealed that school recess is often challenged by a social landscape that can undermine opportunities for positive interactions and meaningful play. This study assessed differences in levels of inside and outside recess enjoyment, positive and negative affect, peer belongingness, victimization, and physical activity between students with and without a disability. The sample consisted of 337 students in grades 4 through 8 from 14 elementary schools in southern Ontario, Canada. Of these, 31 students reported having a disability and 306 reported none. Data was collected through a 36-item online survey. Results revealed that those with a disability scored significantly (p < .01) higher on measures of enjoyment of inside recess, negative affect, and victimization while significantly lower in positive affect and outside recess enjoyment, peer belongingness, and physical activity. Children with a disability may benefit from a recess climate with more psychosocial supports.
Key words: play, disabilities, playground, emotions, perspectives
La recherche a revele que les recreations a l’ecole sont souvent modelees par un paysage social qui peut miner les possibilites d’entreprendre des interactions positives et les occasions de jeu significatif. Cette etude a evalue les differences entre les eleves avec un handicap et les eleves sans handicap quant aux facteurs suivants : le niveau de plaisir ressenti pendant les recreations a l’interieur et les recreations a l’exterieur; les affects positifs and negatifs; le sentiment d’appartenance au groupe de pairs; la victimisation; et l’activite physique. Notre echantillon regroupait 337 eleves de la 4e a la 8e annee provenant de 14 ecoles elementaires dans le sud de l’Ontario, au Canada. Parmi ceux-ci, 31 eleves ont declare avoir un handicap et 306 ont indique ne pas avoir de handicap. Les donnees ont ete recueillies par un sondage en ligne a 36 questions. Les resultats indiquent que la cote pour les eleves avec un handicap etait significativement superieure (p < .01) pour les mesures portant sur le plaisir ressenti pendant les recreations a l’interieur, l’affect negatif et la victimisation. Leur cote etait significativement inferieure pour les mesures portant sur l’affect negatif, le plaisir ressenti pendant les recreations a l’exterieur, le sentiment d’appartenance au groupe de pairs et l’activite physique. Les enfants ayant un handicap pourraient beneficier de recreations dont le milieu presente plus de supports psychosociaux.
Mots cles : jeu, handicaps, terrain de jeux, emotions, perspectives
期刊介绍:
The Alberta Journal of Educational Research is a quarterly journal devoted to the dissemination, criticism, interpretation, and encouragement of all forms of systematic inquiry into education and fields related to or associated with education