The integration success and the resources offered in the interactions. The possibilities of applying the Theory of Exchange in constructing research projects of the special education

Abstract

The analyses contained in this study concern the possibilities and the barriers to integratin on success in the education of students with disabilities. They are based on the assumption that it is available to any individual and in any school environment, although the degree of its availability may vary significantly depending on many factors: biological-medical, psycho-emotional, the advancement of the educational process, the environmental cultural patterns. However, regardless of the intensity of the variables which influence the availability of the integration success, the way to achieve it leads through the interactions. A special place among them is occupied by those which are based on the mutual benefits of a different nature: physical, economic, but above all cultural, cognitive, spiritual, psychological. All these values create a person's potential, which increases the chances of achieving the integration success in the mutual interactions. The verification of this thesis is possible thanks to the construction of the research projects based on the micro-level Theory of Exchange, which so far has been almost completely ignored in the special education. The discourse contained in the article shows that it is worth including in the scope of the sociological theories enriching the theory and the empirical research of the special education.