The Color of Sports in Autism from the Perspective of Physical Education Teachers

OpenAlex İngilizce

This study explores physical education teachers' perceptions and working experiences towards children with autism. The phenomenological qualitative research method was used in the study. Eleven physical education teachers participated in the study. Color metaphors and semi-structured interview question techniques were used to collect research data. In the findings obtained, being a teacher of children with autism was expressed with white color metaphors, being a teacher of children with autism was expressed with blue color metaphors, sports for children with autism was expressed with red color metaphors, families with children with autism were expressed with gray color metaphors, and in the analysis of semi-structured interviews, three main themes as field competence, social impact and development areas and eleven sub-themes related to them were formed. As a result, it was concluded that sports trainers have positive perceptions of children with ASD and that they have experiences that the sports pieces of training they implement have positive effects on these children.