Can preservice physical educators’ implicit attitude toward students with disabilities be changed by adapted physical education training program? Based on an Implicit Association Test

Purpose: Aim to explore whether preservice physical educators’ implicit attitude toward students with disabilities could be improved by a mid-term adapted physical education training program. Design: A randomized and controlled trial was deployed in the current experiment. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups (Experimental group and control group) after the pre-test of IAT. Post-test IAT was conducted for two groups after the training program for the experimental group. Findings: Chinese preservice physical educators’ implicit attitudes toward students with disabilities were negative. They also had a prejudice against students with disabilities. But the implicit attitudes toward students with disabilities could be improved by mid-term adapted physical education training. Furthermore, gender and contact experience with disabilities had no significant influence on the change in their implicit attitude

Understanding Inclusive Education in the “Front of the Class” Movie in Chinese Perspective

To explore the beliefs of Inclusive Education in the film " Front of the class ", this study uses the method of content analysis to interpret and analyze this film from the perspective of the concept of inclusive education, inclusive family, inclusive school, and inclusive society. It found that the film contains rich beliefs and concepts of inclusive education, which helps to pursue the quality of education examine educational equity and social equity, provide intellectual support for the construction of inclusive society, responding the UN's sustainable development goal 4 (SDG 4) focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable, quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all

Using Baidu Index to Understand the Public Concern of Children's Mental Health in Mainland China in the Context of COVID-19 Epidemic

This study aims to understand the temporal and spatial characteristics of public concern for "children's mental health" in China in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic. Baidu Index is a research tool to collect and analyze massive data on Chinese netizens' behaviors. Using Baidu Index as the research tool, this paper analyzes the trend and distribution of Chinese netizens' attention to "children's mental health" from December 1st, 2019 to March 20th, 2022 from three aspects of trend research, demand map, and crowd portrait. The study found that since the outbreak of COVID- 19, the search trend of "children's mental health" has shown a cyclical change, peaking in May and valley around the Spring Festival and National Day, and stable in other periods. "Mental health", "handwritten newspaper on mental health" and "youth mental health" are the most popular buzzwords among the public. The groups concerned with "children's mental health" is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, and the majority are women between 30 and 39 years old. Meanwhile, search trends for "mental health" are like that for "children's mental health." The factors influencing the search volume change of "children's mental health" include Chinese traditional holidays, Spring Festival, National Day, Chinese Mental Health Day, and policies and instructions on children's mental health issued by the PRC Ministry of Education. The public would like to know about "mental health", "handwritten newspaper on mental health" and "adolescent mental health"

Improving the Process of Inclusive Education in Children with ASD in Mainstream Schools

AbstractThis article is part of a competitive research project that examines factors promoting the inclusion of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in mainstream schools. We review a number of publications that make reference to strategies which facilitate the inclusive education of children with ASD in mainstream schools. These publications outline several factors that appear to help the inclusion process for children with ASD in mainstream schools. Several of these factors can be described as being associated with preparing the child with ASD in a pedagogical sense while another set of factors of potential importance is concerned with aspects of individual schools themselve

Raising interest in master of physical education during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of Baidu Index data

Objective: Current evidence shows the master of physical education has attracted attention since its opening. The study aims to quantify recent trends in the public interest and related online search behavior for master of physical education, and “nowcast” future scenarios with respect to the master of physical education. Methods: Baidu Index, a database of search engines with massive information, was employed. By searching for the keyword master of physical education, and using content analysis to understand the data information related to master of physical education. It extracted the search trend data regarding Chinese interest in the master of physical education from November 21, 2016, to November 21, 2022. Finally, it compares the search trend of search interests in the master of physical education with related terms. Results: It found that the search trend of master of physical education was on the rise overall. Specifically, the peak value appeared in September 2019, the valley value appeared around the Spring Festival each year, and the search trend in other periods was stable. Conclusion: The raise in public interest in a master of physical education will likely result in an increase in the number of candidates who are going to attend the National Graduate Entrance Exam to pursue a master of physical education. In the coming months or more, the competition for the employment of sports professionals in China will become more intense. Affected by the COVID-19, more people are interested in health and physical exercise, and then pay attention to the Master of Physical Education. The Sports Law of the People's Republic of China has been revised recently, which has led to more people interested in the master of physical education

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Foreign Students Stranded from Chinese Universities

The study aims to inspect the influence of the pandemic of COVID-19 on the mental health of both undergraduate and postgraduate students, who have been stranded from Chinese universities. The study used the online questionnaire, which was comprised of three scales. These are self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), the self-rating depression scale (SDS), and the scale for social avoidance and distress (SAD). A total of 159 undergraduates and 153 postgraduate students have participated in this study and it comprises both males and females. For exploring the impact of the Covid-19 on the mental health of the students, who have been stranded from Chinese universities, the study has made the use of the independent sample t-test and analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA). The findings show that Mental health of students stranded from universities negatively affected due to high level of anxiety, depression, and social anxiety due to pandemic. However, the level of anxiety, depression, and social anxiety has reduced to some extent as compare to earlier studies after the emergence of pandemic of COVID-19. The outbreak of COVID-19 has affected females more than males and the postgraduate students have a lower level of depression as compared to the undergraduate students because they have shown a higher level of mean and standard deviation values. Moreover, the depression level was high among the students of Natural and Applied sciences. The results also confirm that the level of anxiety, depression, and social anxiety was high in the young students as compared to the mature ones. Then, the level of anxiety and social anxiety was high in the students, who could not resume their classes and degrees. The findings of this study suggest that the mental health o undergraduate and postgraduate students should be carefully monitored after the pandemic of COVID-19 because it has left a deep mark on their mental health. Furthermore, it also calls for proper psychological counseling for addressing the issues of depression and anxiety in them.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Increasing Interest in Inclusive Education in the Context of Action Plan for the Development and Enhancement of Special Education during the Fourteenth Five-Year Period in China: An Analysis of Baidu Index Data

Objective: Current evidence shows that public interest in inclusive education has been rising since the implementation of Action Plan for the development and enhancement of special education during the Fourteenth Five-Year period in China. The aim of this study was to quantify recent trends in public interest and related online search behavior for inclusive education in the context of this Action Plan. Methods: Baidu Index, a database of search engines with massive information, was employed. By searching for the keyword inclusive education, and using content analysis to understand the data information related to inclusive education. This study also extracted the search trend data of Chinese netizens on the related terms "Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities " and "Regulation on the Education of Persons with Disabilities" from January 1, 2022 to October 27, 2022. Finally, it compares the search trend of public search interests of inclusive education with related terms. Results: The public's interest in "inclusive education" and the related terms "Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities " and "Regulation on the Education of Persons with Disabilities" has been on the rise since the implementation of the Action Plan. The search trend reached its peak in February and May 2022, the valley in January 2022, and the search volume in other time periods tended to be stable. Conclusion: Baidu Index can understand the public's interest in inclusive education. The study shows that the rising search trend of inclusive education is closely related to the implementation of the Action Plan. The search volume of the "Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities " and "Regulation on the Education of Persons with Disabilities" is basically the same as that of "inclusive education", but the average search volume daily of "inclusive education" is slightly higher than that of "Regulation on the Education of Persons with Disabilities"

Examining the barriers to inclusive education for students with special educational needs. A case study of two primary schools in Mainland China

El propósito del estudio fue explorar las barreras para la inclusión de los alumnos con necesidades educativas especiales en dos escuelas de educación primaria en el contexto sociocultural de China, a través del índice de Inclusión en cinco dimensiones que incluyen las actitudes y valores, la gestión y tamaño del aula, la administración escolar y la colaboración, la formación de profesores y el entorno físico. Con el fin de conocer las necesidades educativas especiales en el proceso de inclusión en las aulas regulares, este estudio intentó aplicar instrumentos como el cuestionario (índice de Inclusión), entrevistas, grupos de discusión y documentos para recoger los datos en las escuelas de educación primaria a través de un estudio de caso. Los datos recogidos provienen de dos escuelas de educación primaria donde maestros, padres, estudiantes y directores de escuela participaron en este estudio. Se encontró que había varios obstáculos en escuelas, especialmente en actitudes, valores y formación de profesores a través de triangulación de los datos. Además, el tamaño de la clase era demasiado grande, y las comunidades locales y las familias participaban poco en las actividades escolares y en el proceso de inclusión. En conclusión, la educación inclusiva es un proceso, China está experimentando la primera etapa, donde debe mejorarse las actitudes y valores, manejo del aula y su tamaño, administración escolar y colaboración, formación de profesores, y entono físico en China.The purpose of the study was to explore the barriers to inclusion of students with special educational needs in two regular primary schools within the Chinese socio-cultural context through the Index for Inclusion in five dimensions, including attitudes and values, classroom management and class size, school leadership and collaboration, teacher education, and physical environment. In order to meet the special educational needs in the process of inclusion in regular classrooms, it attempted to implement the instruments of questionnaires (Index for Inclusion), interviews, focus group discussions and documents to collect the data in the primary schools through a case study. Data was gathered from two primary schools, and teachers, parents, students and school principle participated in the study. It found that there were several barriers in the schools, especially the attitudes and values, and teacher education through methodological triangulation. Besides, the class size was large, and local communities and families were seldom participated in the school activities in the process of inclusion. In conclusion, inclusive education is a process, China was experiencing the primary stage, attitudes and values, classroom management and class size, school leadership and collaboration, teacher education, and physical environment should be improved in mainland China