TEDI 3 Week 2 - Recreation and Leisure

Verhoef, Suna

TEDI 3 Week 2 - Recreation and Leisure

MOOC

2019-06-01

Abstract

In this video, Suna Verhoef discuses the importance of including recreation in the curriculum, particularly for disabled children and teenagers who are at an elevated risk of ill health and obesity. Suna discusses the importance of extra-curricular activities in schooling, and how inclusive educators should make efforts to include visually-impaired learners in sporting and cultural activities. Suna shares examples of traditional sports (such as rock-climbing rowing) and innovative new sports (such as Goalball and Blind Cricket) that visually-impaired learners can participate in. She discusses the ways in which visually-impaired people already compete in national and international events. She closes by discussing how to introduce hesitant or nervous learners to these sports, as well as other extra-curricular activities such as clubs, societies and music bands.