‘SPARTIAN’ GAMES IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR TEENAGERS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS

The purpose: to develop adaptive physical education methods for hearing impaired teenagers based on the ‘SpArtian’ Games and substantiate its effectiveness.

Methods and organization of the research: the research involved 44 schoolchildren with disabilities. We carried out the analysis of physical fitness indices according to 6 control tests and the comparison of results with the age standard. We applied the Eysenck method for the assessment of mental status of hearing impaired adolescents. We studied the attitude of hearing impaired adolescents to the ‘Fair play’ principles.

Results and discussion: The research revealed the features of physical fitness, mental health and the attitude of hearing impaired adolescents to the ‘Fair play’ principles.

We used the research outcomes to develop adaptive physical education techniques for hearing impaired adolescents, based on the ‘SpArtian’ games. Pedagogical experiment lasted for 7 months.

Conclusion: The introduction of the experimental methodology resulted in: 1) the increased indices of physical fitness of hearing impaired adolescents; 2) the decreased number of boys and girls with a high level of anxiety, frustration, aggressiveness, rigidity; 3) the increased number of adolescents understanding the ‘Fair play’ principles.

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