Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the trends of postgraduate theses on education and training for the disabled in Turkey according to research topics and institutions. For this purpose, bibliometric analysis, including science mapping and narrow focus method, was performed. In the National Thesis Center, the postgraduate theses found in the search with the keyword "disabled" in the title part of the thesis and the subject filtering of which were determined as "education and training" were examined. Theses; the year of completion of the thesis, the type and the language of the thesis, the gender of the author, the university where the theses are done, the department or the branch, the type of disability that the theses focus on, and the field of study were examined. As a result, the first thesis was made in 1985; it was observed that the number of theses completed in 2009 and 2019 reached the highest level. It has been determined that the thesis writers are predominantly women. It was found that most theses were written at Gazi University. It has been revealed that almost half of the theses are made in branches other than special education and sub-disciplines. Among the disability types, it was determined that the thesis was written mostly on the mentally handicapped and the least on the visually impaired. Most theses about the hearing impaired were written at Anadolu University, and most theses about the other disability types were written at Gazi University. Family studies were mostly chosen as the subject of study.

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