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- Ramberg, Joacim, 1977-
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Focus on Special Educational Support in Swedish High Schools : Provision within or outside the students' regular classes?
- 2017
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Ingår i: Marginalization Processes across Different Settings. - Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing. - 9781527503298
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a society that increasingly requires educational skills, academic success is fundamental to overcoming social exclusion and marginalization. The longer a child stays in school and the more opportunities he/she gets to finish high school education, the better chances he/she gets to be included in the labor market and also become a participating member of a democratic society (Includ-ED 2006). The Include-ED report highlights that there is a relationship between academic success and social inclusion, which means that schools themselves must be inclusive institutions that can provide opportunities for learning for all students. Inclusive institutions can be described in many ways and on many levels. However, one important factor that is decisive for inclusive education is where the educational support is provided (Includ-ED 2006).This chapter focuses on how special educational support is organized in Swedish high schools, and especially where the special educational support is provided, by the schools’ special educational professionals and other school staff, including how these issues are related to marginalization processes. Most research within the field of special education in Swedish high schools, targets specific schools and/or specific programs. This study is a contrast in that it covers all Swedish high schools and the data focused on here builds on 764 schools.The chapter starts with a brief description of the Swedish high school education system and policy documents appropriate to special education.This is followed by a section which focuses on the concepts of marginalization, social exclusion, social inclusion and dropout. Then the results are presented and discussed in relation to previous research.
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- Helldin, Rolf, 1944-, et al.
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Specialpedagogik, pluralism och sociala utvägar i gymnasieskolans verksamheter : Om ideologi, teori och praktik i dåtid, nutid och framtid.
- 2022
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Genom bokens diskussion av och perspektiv på kvalitet och innebörder i skolverksamheter, ges läsarna av Specialpedagogik, pluralism och sociala utvägar i gymnasieskolans verksamheter möjligheter att genom samlade slutsatser och reflexionsavsnitt i texten, tolka och diskutera skeenden på gymnasiet i nutid med samhällsutvecklingen som backspegel. Övergripande fokus gäller rättigheten, värdet och känslan av att uppleva sig tillhöra en gemenskap.Med hjälp av nutida och historiska nedslag i forskning lotsas läsaren in i analyser av i skolsammanhang obearbetade tankebanor. Boken kan på så sätt fungera pedagogiskt och socialt idéskapande: Den stimulerar till diskussion, eftertanke och handling för framtida skolverksamheter. Härmed ges, framhåller författarna, både studerande och lärare förutsättningar att formulera goda argument och utvägar för att agera insiktsfullt i sin yrkesvardag.
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- Ramberg, Joacim, 1977-
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The Association between Parental Support and Adolescents’ Psychological Complaints : The Mediating Role of a Good School Climate
- 2021
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Ingår i: Children. - : MDPI AG. - 2227-9067. ; 8:7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Parental support is an important factor affecting young people’s mental well-being, but the school climate also plays an important role. However, few studies have previously examined whether the school climate serves as a mediator for adolescents’ mental health problems. This study aimed to investigate the association between parental support and students’ psychological complaints, while also examining the possible mediating role that a good school climate may have. Data derives from 5783 senior-level students (age 15–16) distributed over 152 school units in Stockholm municipality. Regression linear analysis was used for the analysis and Baron and Kenny’s four-step mediation model has been applied. Sobel’s test was conducted in order to test the significance of the mediation effect. The results show that there is a significant negative association between parental support and students’ psychological complaints, and that school climate has a mediating role in this association. It can be concluded that school climate has a partly mediating role in the association between parental support and students’ psychological complaints. Therefore, it seems important to develop the school climate in order to strengthen this source of support to reduce mental health problems among adolescents.
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- Ramberg, Joacim, 1977-
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Special Education in Swedish Upper Secondary Schools : Resources, Ability Grouping and Organisation
- 2015
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation aims to examine some aspects of special education in Swedish upper secondary schools. The availability of special education resources, the occurrence of ability grouping and the organisational modalities of special education support are investigated. The further aim of the thesis is to discuss how these phenomena can be understood on the basis of democratic educational theories and theories of social educational justice.The study describes how special education support was organised in 764 upper secondary schools in Sweden in the academic school year 2010/2011, with a response rate of 80.4% (n=764). The design of the study is a cross-sectional total population survey, where data have been collected by way of questionnaires and supplemented with public statistics.The results of the study show that about 37.5% of upper secondary schools lack special education resources in terms of special educators or special education teachers. Special education support is not provided in 68% of the independent schools compared with 10% of the public schools. This uneven balance between public and independent schools can be interpreted to be a threat to an equivalent and democratic school, since students in need of special support do not have the same opportunities to receive such support in all schools. Furthermore, schools with a higher average parental educational background have shown higher availability of special education resources. It seems that students with parents who have higher educational backgrounds have to a greater extent access to special education resources.Ability grouping is used in about 43% of the schools. It is most commonly used within foundation subjects, particularly in Mathematics. The schools that use ability grouping to a very large extent have lower and more varied merit rating values and greater availability of special education resources.Special education support is primarily provided outside the students’ regular teaching groups. This is also the case with support provided by other school staff: indeed, 87% of the schools report that the majority of special education support is provided outside the students’ regular teaching groups. This can be understood as a way to organise special support in which heterogeneity and pluralism are not considered important. Based on democratic theories, the support provided outside the regular teaching group might be a risk to the creation of a democratic school where all students are given opportunities to meet and interact. Overall, the results from this thesis show that special education resources are unevenly distributed among independent and public schools; that 43% of the schools use ability grouping; and that special support is primarily provided outside the students’ regular teaching groups.
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- Ramberg, Joacim, 1977-, et al.
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Family Background Characteristics and Student Achievement : Does School Ethos Play a Compensatory Role?
- 2021
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Ingår i: Nordic Studies in Education. - : Cappelen Damm AS - Cappelen Damm Akademisk. - 1891-5914 .- 1891-5949. ; 41:3, s. 239-260
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is a well-known fact that family background characteristics affect school achievement, and according to Swedish law, school should play a compensatory role to outweigh such differences. Previous research has demonstrated that a strong school ethos is associated with higher student achievement, but whether school ethos can play a compensatory role for family background has not been investigated to the same extent. This study examines whether the predictive capacity of students’ family background on school achievement is moderated by school ethos. Data were derived from 9,349 ninth grade students (15–16 years) and 2,176 teachers in 159 school units in Stockholm. Multilevel linear regression analyses showed that family background characteristics, as well as school ethos, were associated with student achievement. School ethos did not, however, moderate the association between family background and school achievement. The results suggest that school ethos does not play a compensatory role, but rather, promotes school achievement for all students alike.
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- Ramberg, Joacim, 1977-, et al.
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Job strain and sense of coherence : Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers
- 2022
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. - : SAGE Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 1651-1905. ; 50:5, s. 565-574
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Teachers constitute an occupational group experiencing high levels of stress and with high sick-leave rates. Therefore, examining potentially protective factors is important. While prior research has mainly focused on the link between teachers’ own experiences of their work environment and stress-related outcomes, it is also possible that colleagues’ perception of the work environment and their possibilities for dealing with work-related stress contribute to influencing individual teachers’ stress. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how teachers’ reports of high job strain (i.e. high demands and low control) and sense of coherence (SOc), as well as the concentration of colleagues reporting high strain and high SOc, were associated with perceived stress and depressed mood. Methods: The data were derived from the Stockholm Teacher Survey, with information from two cross-sectional web surveys performed in 2014 and in 2016 (N=2732 teachers in 205 school units). Two-level random intercept linear regression models were performed. Results: High job strain at the individual level was associated with higher levels of perceived stress and depressed mood, but less so for individuals with high SOc. furthermore, a greater proportion of colleagues reporting high SOc was associated with lower levels of perceived stress and depressed mood at the individual level. Conclusions: High SOC may be protective against work-related stress among teachers. Additionally, the proportion of colleagues reporting high SOC was related to less individual stress, suggesting a protective effect of school-level collective SOC.
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