Teaching experience in physical education and pupils with special educational needs: a study of correlation

The objective of this research is to identify the interdependence between teaching experience from Physical Education teachers and their opinions about the special needs pupils' inclusion. It is a correlative and descriptive study. The sample is made up of 107 Primary teachers, divided in to two groups: teachers whose work experience is equal or less than one decade (PAD) and teachers with more than one decade's experience (POD). The questionnaire was translated into Portuguese (Hernandez, Hospital y Lopez, 1997). To analyse the results we have used the 'Chi-Cuadrado' test, with a relevant meaning significance level of under 0.05. Based on the results, we have identified relevant differences between the groups PAD and POD. After analysing this, we are able to say that teaching experience is a variable that establishes important differences in the opinion about the inclusion of specific needs pupils.