Bibliometric analysis of adaptive physical education in inclusive education to promote Sustainable Development Goals

¹ Faculty of Sport, Sebelas Maret University, 57126 Surakarta, Indonesia.
² Center for Disability Studies, Sebelas Maret University, 57126 Surakarta, Indonesia.
³ Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, 70123 Banjarmasin, Indonesia.
⁴ Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology, 60231 Surabaya, Indonesia.
⁵ Faculty of Physical Education, Srinakharinwirot University, 10110 Bangkok, Thailand.

^* Corresponding author: fadilahumar@staff.uns.ac.id

Abstract

Adaptive physical education (APE) is important to implement the inclusive schools. This research aims to map previous research regarding APE in inclusive education. This research was carried out using a bibliometric approach. This research procedure was carried out by collecting data, analyzing the limitations, and visualizing the data. Searching documents from the Scopus database with the keywords “adaptive physical education” and “inclusive education” obtained 41 documents. restricted “in English”; There are 28 documents publications on APE in inclusive education have increased periodically from 1995 to 2022. Disability and Rehabilitation is one of the journals that publishes many papers on APE in inclusive education. The United States is a productive country that has done a lot of research on this topic. Sowers et al., are the researchers who have published the most on this topic. In the last two years, APE in inclusive education has often been associated with adaptive equipment, special education, educational technology, assistive technology, teacher training, disabilities, pedagogy, teaching and learning, and Covid 19. These findings indicate that research on APE in inclusive education is still small but it is expected to increase in the coming years. In addition, a comprehensive study on this topic is hoped to encourage sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially area 4, ensuring quality education that is inclusive and equitable for all.