1. The Prevalence-Based Need for Adapted Physical Education Teachers in the United States.
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Zhang, Jiabei, Kelly, Luke, Berkey, Debra, Joseph, Daniel, and Chen, Shihui
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PHYSICAL education teachers , *PHYSICAL education for people with disabilities , *PUBLIC schools - Abstract
The purpose was to develop a method for projecting the need for adapted physical education (APE) teachers in the public schools in the United States. This method was derived from a prevalence-based model--dividing the number of APE students enrolled by the APE student-teacher ratio and then subtracting the number of APE teachers hired. This model used the findings of Kelly and Gansneder (1998) that (a) 4% of the school population required APE services and (b) the overall national APE student-teacher ratio was 104:1, The results revealed a need for 22.116 additional APE teachers nationwide as well as specific projections for each state. The prevalence-based projection method is recommended for policy makers at local, state, and national levels; for APE advocates; and for all concerned with APE personnel preparation and employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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