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- Allan, Julie, et al.
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Etiska perspektiv på specialpedagogers yrkesroll och värdepedagogiska praktik
- 2022
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Yrkesetik handlar om att hantera motstridiga värden på ett professionellt sätt. Olika dilemman är ständigt närvarande i skolans vardag och kan handla om att minimera risken för att elever ska exkluderas eller om att säkerställa att elever får möjlighet att visa sina kunskaper på rätt sätt. I sin yrkesroll ställs specialpedagogen inför mångfacetterade arbetsuppgifter som omfattar att stödja barn och elever i svårigheter, vara en kvalificerad samtalspartner i pedagogiska frågor och samverka med andra yrkesgrupper för att utveckla skolans verksamhet. Arbetet innebär val mellan olika handlingsalternativ som kräver både kunskap och förmåga att urskilja och värdera etiska aspekter i komplexa sammanhang. I boken diskuteras både dilemman och möjligheter där etiska perspektiv spelar en viktig roll. Kapitlen tar upp frågor med praktiknära innehåll som lämpar sig för såväl individuell reflektion som kollegiala samtal med syftet att skapa ett gemensamt yrkesetiskt språk. Boken vänder sig till blivande och praktiserande specialpedagoger samt andra yrkeskategorier med arbetsuppgifter inom det specialpedagogiska området.
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- Anderson, Lotta, et al.
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Characteristics of independent schools directed at students in need of special support : a study of school website presentation
- 2019
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Ingår i: Problems of Education in the 21st Century. - : Scientia Socialis. - 1822-7864 .- 2538-7111. ; 77:3, s. 317-337
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the research was to explore how 55 Swedish independent schools, directed at (or limited to) students in need of special support (SNSS), describe their organisation, work and visions. The empirical data of the research consisted of the schools’ website presentations, which were processed and analysed in consecutive steps. The results showed that the students’ complicated school- and life situations were often combined with disabilities mainly in the neuropsychiatric field. The majority of the schools (76%) practiced both schooling and methods for treatment and care, differentiating their role from the mainstream track. Neuropsychiatric and psychological perspectives had a significant influence, reflected in how the schools describe their daily routines, therapeutic methods of treatment and access to specific categories of staff. Small groups, individual instruction and competent staff were described as specific features. Teaching content and didactic aspects were seldom highlighted. The focus on the websites was on socialisation and subjectification while qualification, i.e. knowledge development, had a more limited role. The study points to a need for further research exploring daily pedagogical practice in more depth and calls for a greater focus on student perspectives. Consequences for learning contexts are discussed in the concluding part of the article. The specialist role, the independent schools in the present study tended to take on are most urgent issues to discuss in an educational context striving for equity and inclusive learning environments.
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- Anderson, Lotta, et al.
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Characteristics of Independent Schools Directed at Students in Need of Special Support : a Study of School Website Presentation
- 2019
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Ingår i: Problems of Education in the 21st Century. - : Scientia Socialis. - 1822-7864 .- 2538-7111. ; 77:3, s. 317-337
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the research was to explore how 55 Swedish independent schools, directed at (or limited to) students in need of special support (SNSS), describe their organisation, work and visions. The empirical data of the research consisted of the schools' website presentations, which were processed and analysed in consecutive steps. The results showed that the students' complicated school- and life situations were often combined with disabilities mainly in the neuropsychiatric field. The majority of the schools (76%) practiced both schooling and methods for treatment and care, differentiating their role from the mainstream track. Neuropsychiatric and psychological perspectives had a significant influence, reflected in how the schools describe their daily routines, therapeutic methods of treatment and access to specific categories of staff. Small groups, individual instruction and competent staff were described as specific features. Teaching content and didactic aspects were seldom highlighted. The focus on the websites was on socialisation and subjectification while qualification, i.e. knowledge development, had a more limited role. The study points to a need for further research exploring daily pedagogical practice in more depth and calls for a greater focus on student perspectives. Consequences for learning contexts are discussed in the concluding part of the article. The specialist role, the independent schools in the present study tended to take on are most urgent issues to discuss in an educational context striving for equity and inclusive learning environments.
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- Blomberg, Git
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Förskolans utbildning utifrån barns rätt till stöd
- 2022
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Licentiatuppsatsen handlar om förskolans utbildning utifrån barns rätt till stöd. Barns möjligheter till relationer, samspel och interaktion med sin omgivning påverkas av de förutsättningar som finns och skapas. Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur förskollärare och rektorer beskriver sin förståelse av förskolans utbildning utifrån barn som anses vara i behov av särskilt stöd. I studien används en hermeneutisk forskningsansats tillsammans med ett systemteoretiskt perspektiv utifrån Bronfenbrenners ekologiska utvecklingsmodell (Bronfenbrenner, 1979, 1994) och bioekologiska modell (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006).Semistrukturerade intervjuer har använts som metod. Totalt har 15 intervjuer genomförts med åtta rektorer och sju förskollärare. Studiens resultat visar att respondenterna anser att de arbetar med barn i behov av särskilt stöd men de har samtidigt svårt att definiera vilka barn som är barn i behov av särskilt stöd. De menar att alla barn, tillfälligt eller långvarigt, kan vara barn i behov av särskilt stöd och att barnen inte behöver ha någon funktionsnedsättning eller diagnos för att behöva stöd. Resultatet visar också att rektorer och förskollärare beskriver flera organisatoriska förutsättningar i arbetet med barn i behov av särskilt stöd. Rektorns ledarskap och hur det specialpedagogiska stödet organiseras i förskolan är exempel på organisatoriska förutsättningar. Pedagogiska strategier handlar till exempel om hur förskollärare arbetar nära barnen för att kunna se vad om händer i barngruppen och för att kunna ge stöd till barnen om det behövs. Den komplexitet som framträder i resultatet på samhälls-, organisations-, grupp- och individnivå skapar både möjligheter och utmaningar att möta alla barn och att utveckla en likvärdig utbildning i förskolan.
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- Furberg, Kierstin, et al.
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Skola för alla - vad innebär det? : En belysning av några specialpedagogiska perspektiv
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- InnehållFurberg, Kierstin, Elever med särskilda behov eller elever i behov av särskilt stöd - spelar det någon roll hur vi säger? S. 9-31Möllås, Gunvie, Vad gör specialpedagogiken speciell? S. 33-50Simmeborn-Fleischer, Ann, Dilemmat med ”en skola för alla” S. 51-69Carlsson, Marie, Skola för alla – dilemman i teori och praktik. S. 71-86
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- Göransson, Kerstin, et al.
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Ideas about occupational roles and inclusive practices among special needs educators and support teachers in Sweden
- 2017
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Ingår i: Educational review (Birmingham). - : Informa UK Limited. - 0013-1911 .- 1465-3397. ; 69:4, s. 490-505
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Special needs educators and their counterparts are expected to play a significant role in schools' work towards inclusive practices. Studies do, however, indicate a rather diversified picture regarding the occupational groups assigned to work with special support and their workroles, within and between different countries. In Sweden, one can differentiate between two such occupational groups, special needs educators (SNEs) with qualifications in special educational needs at advanced level and support teachers (SuTs) with varying teacher education and education in special educational needs. The aims of this paper are to investigate the occurrence of SNEs and SuTs within the compulsory school system in ten municipalities in Sweden and the occupational roles of those SNEs and SuTs in relation to the inclusion agenda. A questionnaire was sent out in 2012 to all SNEs and SuTs in ten municipalities (n=511, response rate 61.6%). Main results indicate that: a) there is wide variation between municipalities regarding the extent to which SNEs or SuTs are assigned to work with special support; b) the characteristics of the occupational role of SNEs are more in line with inclusive practices than those of the role of SuTs; c) there is consensus between the two occupational groups regarding what they think should characterize the occupational role of SNEs; and d) SNEs consider, more than do the SuTs themselves, that the role of SuTs should be more in line with that of a ‘traditional special-education teacher’. Results are discussed in relation to Skrtic’s (1991, 1995) theoretical accounts of inclusive education and Abbott’s (1988) notion of jurisdictional control.
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- Klang, Nina, 1978-, et al.
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Enacting the role of special needs educator : six Swedish case studies
- 2017
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Ingår i: European Journal of Special Needs Education. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0885-6257 .- 1469-591X. ; 32:3, s. 391-405
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With the increasing focus on inclusion, special needs educators (SNEs) are now expected to share responsibility for pupils with teacher colleagues and to lead school development, but it is a challenge to enact this role in schools. The aim of the study was to explore how professional roles of Swedish SNEs are enacted in local school contexts. From a survey of SNEs in 10 Swedish municipalities, six participants whose work tasks were expected to correspond to the degree ordinances for their university training were chosen. The participants were followed at work, and data were collected through observation of the participants at work, participants’ diaries and interviews with the participants, their teacher colleagues and their school principals. The analysis involved both quantitative and qualitative methods. First, based on the researchers’ observations of the participants at work, categories of SNEs’ tasks were discerned, and the amount of time devoted to those categories of tasks was summarised. Second, case study narratives of the SNEs’ work were constructed to describe how the participants, their teacher colleagues and their school principals view the SNE role and to describe how the work is enacted in various school contexts. The results revealed seven categories of work tasks practised to varying degrees by the six SNEs. The case study narratives exposed large variation in how the SNEs conceptualised their role and how it evolved in relation to local school contexts. The results of the study are discussed with regard to the role of the SNE in relation to policies of inclusion.
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- Lindqvist, Gunilla, et al.
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Special professions? The role of special educators in the Nordic countries
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Special educators play a central role in schools´ work in relation to special educational needs. They represent, and are expected to represent, specific ways to identify and work with problematic school situations. Despite their important position, very little is known about what constitutes their professional role with regard to knowledge base, professional activities, legitimacy and status within the educational system. Little is also known about the conditions for developing a professional role, for example in relation to state and local policies.The purpose of this round table session is twofold: a) to discuss the role of special educators in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark and conditions for developing a shared understanding of the professional role within each country as well as between the countries; b) to discuss possibilities for joint, comparative studies within the field.Theoretical points of departure that will guide our discussions are: a) different perspectives on special needs education, the deficit or compensatory perspective (e.g. Ainscow, 1998; Haug, 1998), the relational perspective (e.g. Clark, Dyson & Millward, 1998; Persson, 1998; Skrtic, 1991) and the interactive perspective (Ainscow, 1998); b) different perspectives on professions, the knowledge base, the every-day practice of the profession, legitimacy and status (c.f. Collin, 1990; Gross, 1958; Torstendahl, 1990).Empirical points of departure will be preliminary results from three Swedish surveys: one total population survey of special pedagogues and special teachers examined between the years 2003-2011(N=4 252, response rate 75,0%) and one Swedish survey of all teachers working as special educators, resource teachers etc. (N=511, response rate 62,5%), in a sample of municipalities and one survey to all teaching staff and support staff in one municipality (N=1297, response rate 72,5%).
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