著者

宇井 美佳 涌井 佐和子

出版者

日本生涯スポーツ学会

雑誌

生涯スポーツ学研究 (ISSN:13488619)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.1, pp.39-47, 2015-10-31 (Released:2016-11-20)

参考文献数

15

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This practice report describes the spread of gymnastics lessons in special education schools in Jamaica from October 2011 to October 2013, and the efforts and challenges of participation or holding the Special Olympics Jamaica Annual National Summer Games. This initiative was carried out in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Ministry of Education Jamaica, Jamaican Association of Intellectual Disabilities (JAID), Jamaica Amateur Gymnastics Association (JAGA), a local gymnastics school, and Special Olympics Jamaica (SO Jamaica). As part of the effort, approximately 520 students (grades 1–12) from four special education schools participated in gymnastics sessions. A special education gymnastics team participated in competitions, and several of the students were able to participate for the first time in the gymnastics department of the Special Olympics Jamaica 30th Annual National games in June 2013. Following this, in terms of keeping gymnastics education in Jamaica continuously, two challenges have emerged: a lack of resources for teaching gymnastics and the absence of human resources. To make gymnastics education run smoothly, financial and human assistance from developed countries is needed.