Japanese adult learners’ experiences in an online social justice and diversity recurrent education program in sport and physical activity

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Table 1. Online session content (75 minutes per session).

Session Name	Description	Topics
Week 1: Race and ethnicity in sport and physical activity	The purpose of this session is to focus on concepts of prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination in relation to racism and ethnicity in sport and physical activity.	(1) Olympic Black Power Salute (2) Concepts of Prejudice, Stereotype, and Discrimination (3) Bullying and Teasing (youth with biracial backgrounds in Japan) (4) Culturally relevant strategies for including and respecting youth with diverse backgrounds
Week 2: Adapted physical education and sport	The purpose of this session is to focus on the current status and future directions of coaching and instructing youth with disabilities in sport and physical activity settings. The session includes terminology, inclusion concepts, and equality and equity in adapted sport and adapted physical activity in Japan.	(5) Concepts of medical and social model of adapted sport and adapted physical activity (6) Activity modifications and adaptations for youth with disabilities (7) Physical inclusion vs social inclusion (8) Mainstream, adapted, and unified sport programs
Week 3: Assessment and evaluation in adapted physical activity and sport	The purpose of this session is to focus on the current status of assessment and evaluation of cognitive, social, and psychomotor components for youth with disabilities in sport and physical activity in Japan. This session also includes how to use quantitative, qualitative, and single subject methods for collecting accurate and reliable data.	(9) Concepts of assessment and evaluation including testing, analysing, and reporting data. (10) Securing accurate and consistent data through member checking, peer debriefing, interrater reliability, etc … (11) Assessment and evaluation of program goals and objectives (12) Learning how to write behaviour-focused goals and objectives using the ABCD model
Week 4: Multicultural coexistence in sport and physical activity	The purpose of this session is to focus on future directions in instructing and coaching youth with diverse backgrounds in sport and physical activity.	(13) Concept of etic and emic perspectives in sport and physical activities. (14) Discussion: future directions of instructing and coaching youth with diverse backgrounds in Japan (15) Discussion: how we minimise unconscious level of knowing in social justice and diversity and maximise conscious level of knowing in social justice and diversity in sport and physical activity.

Table 2. Characteristics of professional backgrounds of participants.

Name^1	Age	Gender	Occupation	Social Justice and Equity related Professional Development	Youth Sport and Physical Activity Teaching or Coaching Experience
Shimokawa	30’s	Male	College professor (sport and physical activity)	None	Yes
Togawa	30’s	Male	College professor (sport and physical activity)	None	Yes
Yamashita	20’s	Female	JSC	None	Yes
Nikko	40’s	Male	NPO organisation in sport for development in Cambodia	None	Yes
Urashima	40’s	Male	College athletic coach of American Football	None	Yes
Iwabuchi	50’	Male	NPO organisation in sport for development in Africa	None	Yes
Kazama	50’	Female	Martial Arts instructor in Japan	None	Yes

¹Pseudonym.