title: Participation and environmental aspects in education and the ICF and the ICF-CY: findings from a systematic literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper presents findings from a systematic review of the literature related to participation and the ICF/ICF-CY in educational research.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyse how and investigate the application of participation in educational research. Specifically, how participation is related to the environmental dimensions availability, accessibility, affordability, accommodability and acceptability.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic literature review using database keyword searches and refinement protocols using inclusion and exclusion criteria at abstract, full-text and extraction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four hundred and twenty-one initial works were found. Twenty-three met the inclusion criteria. Availability and accommodations are the most investigated dimensions. Operationalization of participation is not always consistent with definitions used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Research is developing a holistic approach to investigating participation as, although all papers reference at least one environmental dimension, only four of the 11 empirical works reviewed present a fully balanced approach when theorizing and operationalizing participation; hopefully this balanced approach will continue and influence educational policy and school practice.
authors.affiliation: CHILD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University, Högskoleområdet, Gjuterigatan 5, Jönköping, Sweden. gregor.maxwell@hlk.hj.se
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granlund
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000145:classification*; D004519:Education, Special / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012931:Social Environment