Knowledge Network and Special Education: a Systematic Literature Review

ABSTRACT: In this paper, the objective was to identify the existing knowledge network in the Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial (Brazilian Journal of Special Education) through the description of the relational pattern and some network metrics. The study consisted of a review with peculiar characteristics to the systematic review: the knowledge network analysis through keywords and graph theory. The search for papers took place in the aforementioned journal, reaching publications from 1992 to 2017. Three hundred and one papers and six hundred and fifteen different keywords were found. It was concluded that the knowledge network presents low density and high clustering index and that the keywords with higher degree and intermediation centrality were Special Education, Inclusive Education and Inclusion.