well as assessing the degree to which physical education program activities are becoming more inclusive. The study population were the teachers represented by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, representing various age, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic strata.
The qualitative research study was conducted by interviewing teachers using a questionnaire designed to see if perceptions about physical education programs affected teacher attitudes regarding their own physical education programs, and to see if inclusion applied to activities increased motivation in students from teacher perspective. The study found that “people have a perception of phys ed that mirrors their own experience. If they didn’t have a good program, that’s how they perceive it” (Kennedy Manzo 2). Result concerning promoting more inclusive types of activities into physical education programs were inconclusive, but many teachers reported pr
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