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Effects of Service-Learning on Kinesiology Students' Attitudes Toward Children With Disabilities
Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement (2016)
  • José A. Santiago, Sam Houston State University
  • Jihyun Lee, San Francisco State University
  • Emily A. Roper, Sam Houston State University
Abstract
Contact theory (Allport, 1954) served as the framework to investigate undergraduate kinesiology students’ attitudes toward children with disabilities after a service-learning (SL) experience. Fifty-one undergraduate kinesiology students enrolled in an adapted physical education (APE) course served as the experimental group, and 31 undergraduate kinesiology students enrolled in an introductory kinesiology course served as the control group. The Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale–Form A (Yuker, Block, & Younng, 1970) was administered at three different times: before, during, and after the SL. A mixed-design ANOVA revealed that there were no statistically significant main or interaction effects for gender, group, and time on the attitude scores of kinesiology students toward children with disabilities. The results suggest that the quantity and quality of contact time with children with disabilities may be important to consider when designing and structuring SL experiences in APE courses.
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Publication Date
2016
Publisher Statement
This article originally appeared in Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement, 20, 2, 2016. ©2016 University of Georgia. This work can also be found online at this link.
Citation Information
José A. Santiago, Jihyun Lee and Emily A. Roper. "Effects of Service-Learning on Kinesiology Students' Attitudes Toward Children With Disabilities" Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement Vol. 20 Iss. 2 (2016) p. 109 - 126 ISSN: 1534-6102
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jihyun-lee/9/
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