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Preconditions influencing the development of post-secondary training programs in universities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
- Source :
- Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability; Mar2024, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p95-106, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Research on post-secondary training for individuals with intellectual disabilities has generally focused on programs, with little consideration of the structures and mechanisms that give rise to them. This article adopts a critical realist perspective to comparatively analyse and theorise about the contextual structures contributing to the introduction of post-secondary training programs in universities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Six stages in critical realist explanatory research were followed. They include (1) description, (2) analytical resolution, (3) abduction/theoretical redescription, (4) retroduction, (5) comparison between different theories and abstractions, and (6) concretisation and contextualisation. Historical, socio-political, and educational policy structures and mechanisms, indicated three program typologies: program as niche, as a generalisable prototype, and as an evolutionary response to evolving conditions. By developing explanations about preconditions, the study draws out nuanced sub-types occurring within a single university-based program, theorises on trajectories for success, and lays the groundwork for future empirical and conceptual development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13668250
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174795715
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2023.2260584