Special Education in Saudi Arabia: A Synthesis of Literature Written in English

Autor/inn/en	Altamimi, Ahmed A.; Lee, Lay Wah; Sayed-Ahmed, Al-sayed A.; Kassem, Mostafa M.
Titel	Special Education in Saudi Arabia: A Synthesis of Literature Written in English
Quelle	In: International Journal of Special Education, 30 (2015) 3, S.98-117 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0827-3383
Schlagwörter	Special Education; Foreign Countries; Written Language; English; Synthesis; Disabilities; Quasiexperimental Design; Qualitative Research; Surveys; Program Evaluation; Case Studies; Special Needs Students; Databases; Search Strategies; Online Searching; Research Methodology; Literature Reviews; Learning Disabilities; Publications; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Ausland; Geschriebene Sprache; English language; Englisch; Handicap; Behinderung; Qualitative Forschung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Datenbank; Suchstrategie; Online-Recherche; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Special education in Saudi Arabia was formally established in 1962. The earliest cited literature on special education written in English was a 1970 government report. This article presents results from the first synthesis of internationally published Saudi special education literature over a 44-year period. This synthesis yielded information about the types of publication, topics of interest, populations of interest, types of research, trends over time, and research gaps. One hundred and sixteen citations were uncovered, 45.7% of which were published in the last 5 years. The themes that emerged on models of disability, policy-research incubation period, and stages in research, indicated a developmental rather than a cultural growth perspective, implying the global nature of special education research. Insights to inform countries with a developing special education system include the need to balance research from both medical and social perspectives, and to increase intervention-based research to inform instructional practices. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01