Inclusive Education of Student with Disabilities in Arab Countries: A Review of the Research Literature from 2000 to 2019

Abstract

This study aimed to review and analyze research related to inclusive education for students with disabilities in Arab countries and published in the past twenty years, from 2000 to 2019; in addition, it aimed to expose the details of that research (the distribution of study according to the Arab countries in which it was conducted, the gender of the target samples, the categories of disability, the educational stages, and the educational institutions in which they were shown), This study focused on research carried out in Arab countries to discover the most prominent results of these researches. The research consisted of 278 studies carried out in Arab countries, and of these, the study identified which ones had the most noteworthy results. About three-quarters of these studies were focused on both males and females. Arabian researchers used college students with disabilities and elementary school teachers as samples. The study found that students with mental disabilities score higher than students with other disabilities in the special needs category. The study showed that nearly all of the research initiatives conducted by Arabs were carried out at the primary levels. Governmental institutions were where most of these initiatives were carried out. The topics that were studied most were issues with inclusive education. As a result, the study has recommended several recommendations, the most important of which is conducting more meta-studies in Internet usage in Arab countries.

Keywords: Inclusive Education, Students with Disabilities, Arab Countries, A Review of Research.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-33-09

Publication date: November 30^th 2021