Exploring the Barriers to and Facilitators of Inclusive Physical Education for Canadian Elementary and Middle School Students: A Scoping Review
This scoping review aims to identify what is known about the barriers to and facilitators of inclusive physical education for Canadian elementary and middle school students. Six electronic databases were searched to identify Canadian articles published between 2000 and 2022. Overall, 38 studies were included and after summarizing their results, four categories of barriers and facilitators were identified: disabilities, cultural diversity, gender binary, and teacher related factors. Within each, seven themes were identified. The review also revealed limited exploration of disabled students’ first-hand perspectives, ethnically diverse groups, gender diverse youth, intersectionality, and inclusion training within physical education teacher education programs.
Authors
- Gita Wahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-9702)
- Diana Sherifali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-3848)
- Laura Banfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6123-1476)
- Mary Crea‐Arsenio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1578-881X)
- Matthew Kwan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9757-2771)
- Arun Antony (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-4570)
- Shania Bhopa
- Rosemary A. Condillac
- Joseph Beyene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0770-4444)
- Russell J. de Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8945-513X)
- Nick Bellissimo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6177-3731)
- Deborah DiLiberto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0528-5773)
- Mehnaz Munir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9711-7675)
- Praveen Nadesan
- Kyoung June Yi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1064-2598)
- Sujane Kandasamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4326-2783)
- Younghoon Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6954-9964)
Institutions
- Brock University (CA)
- McMaster University Medical Centre (CA)
- Population Health Research Institute (CA)
- Metropolitan University (RS)
- Hamilton Health Sciences (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Education
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574251383467
- Primary Topic
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00