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- Barow, Thomas, 1969, et al.
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Elevassistenter i särskolan: mellan elever och speciallärare : Student assistants in special school: between student and special teacher
- 2021
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In: Forskning pågår.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Den presenterade studien tar upp elevassistenters roll och uppgift i särskolan. Det empiriska materialet består av en enkätstudie med 60 elevassistenter och halvstrukturerade intervjuer mer fyra speciallärare och fem elevassistenter. Resultaten diskuteras baserande på ”street-level bureaucracy”-ansatsen och fokuserar på elevassisternas intermediära roll mellan speciallärare och elev i grundsärskolan. Elevassistenterna upplever avsaknad av stöd i sin professionella utveckling. Baserande på bristande resurser och omfattande uppgifter har de begränsade möjligheter i att kooperera med specialläraren gällande undervisningens planering, genomförande och evaluering. Komplexiteten att inneha både en undervisande och en omsorgsorienterad roll i klassrum diskuteras, särskilt med hänsyn till elevers välmående och relationer till andra elever.
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- Östlund, Daniel, 1974, et al.
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In between special needs teachers and students: paraprofessionals work in self-contained classrooms for students with intellectual disabilities in Sweden
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In: European Journal of Special Needs Education. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0885-6257 .- 1469-591X. ; 36:2, s. 168-182
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Based on street-level bureaucracy, this study investigates the paraprofessional role and assignments in self-contained classrooms for students with intellectual disabilities in Sweden. The research design contains a mixed method approach using a digital questionnaire for paraprofessionals (N = 60) and semi-structured interviews with four special teachers and five paraprofessionals. The results demonstrate that paraprofessionals cooperate with special needs teachers and have a supportive role working with students throughout the day. A lack of support for paraprofessionals’ professional development and few opportunities for them to co-plan, co-teach and co-assess with special needs teachers is said to hinder this advancement. The complexity of being both an educator in the classroom and a caregiver taking the responsibility for students’ wellbeing, peer-to-peer relations and care orientated work tasks are discussed.
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- Barow, Thomas, 1969, et al.
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Pedagogiska utredningar i Sverige och Tyskland: några jämförande perspektiv
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In: Forskning pågår, Göteborg 2017-10-31.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Alla elevers rätt till särskilt stöd fi nns reglerat i skolans styrdokument i både Sverige och Tyskland. För att skolan ska kunna besluta om det särskilda stödet görs det i båda länderna pedagogiska utredningar. Det gemensamma förfarandet för att utreda elevers behov av särskilt stöd är utgångspunkten i en pågående kvalitativ studie som bygger på empiri som samlats in i Skåne och i den tyska delstaten Nordrhein-Westfalen.
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- Barow, Thomas, 1969, et al.
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Special education needs assessment report in Sweden and Germany: comparative perspectives
- 2018
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In: Konferensbidrag: The 46th Congress of the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA): Educational Research: Boundaries, Breaches and Bridges, 8-10 March 2018, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Research topic/Aim: Recently, in discussions on inclusive education, questions of testing and diagnostic cultures attracted attention (Hamre, Morin & Ydesen, 2018). Within the framework of this project, we have examined special educational needs (SEN) assessment in the Swedish region Scania and the German state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). In both countries, investigation procedures are carried out before a pupil is categorized as having SEN. However, the SEN definitions and the categorization processes in Sweden and Germany differ. The investigations are carried out by different occupational groups and decision makers. Special education teachers are always involved, but they are expected to cooperate with other professionals, e.g. regular school teachers (NRW) and the pupil welfare team (Sweden). As an in-depth study, our research aims to examine and analyse the outcomes of these different structures and procedures in Swedish and German SEN assessment reports. The research addresses the following questions: 1. What are the central elements of SEN assessment in Sweden and NRW? 2. How do guardians and the pupils concerned participate in the assessment? 3. Which consequences do the SEN assessment reports suggest? 4. Which thought styles become apparent in the assessment reports? Theoretical frameworks: The research is inspired by the work of Fleck (1979), seeing the supplement, development and transformation of thought styles as being responsible for empirical discovery. It is supposed that the SEN reports are characterised by different thought styles which can be related to a categorical or relational perspective regarding school problems (Emanuelsson, Persson & Rosenqvist, 2001). Methodology/research design: A qualitative research approach was adopted. 30 assessment reports were collected in Scania; 29 in NRW. We accessed the material by contacting schools (Scania) or school administrations (NRW). A content analysis was conducted. Limitations can be seen in the low number of reports and the selection process, being dependent on the preselection of professionals. Expected conclusions/Findings: In an international comparative perspective, both differences and similarities were found. Observations were used as a method of investigation both in Sweden and Germany. However, intelligence tests were often conducted in NRW, but only exceptional in Scania. In both countries, the perspective of guardians and pupils is hardly documented. Regarding consequences of the assessment, measures on the individual level dominate, in the German examples even more notable than in Swedish cases. In line with earlier research this tendency is interpreted as maintenance of a thought style focusing on the pupils’ individual “failure”, and to less extent on the adaptation of the learning environment. Relevance for Nordic Educational Research: Comparative research on assessment will contribute to further discuss and elaborate diagnostic approaches both in the Nordic countries and international. References Emanuelsson, I., Persson, B. & Rosenqvist, J. (2001). Forskning inom det specialpedagogiska området: en kunskapsöversikt. Stockholm: Statens skolverk. Fleck, L. (1979). Genesis and development of a scientific fact. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Hamre, B., Morin, A. & Ydesen, C. (Eds.) (2018, forthcoming). Testing and Inclusive Schooling: International challenges and opportunities. Abingdon: Routledge.
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- Barow, Thomas, 1969, et al.
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Stuck in failure: comparing special education needs assessment policies and practices in Sweden and Germany
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In: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2002-0317. ; 6:1, s. 37-46
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The definition for special education needs (SEN) and the policies for its assessment varies widely between countries. This paper aims to investigate similarities and differences through a Swedish-German comparative approach. Based on the distinction between categorical and relational perspectives as expressions of specific thought styles, 58 SEN assessment reports from both countries were qualitatively analysed. The results demonstrate the maintenance of the categorical perspective in terms of focusing on the pupil’s ‘failure’. This result is even more notable in the German examples than the Swedish cases. Exceptionally and in both countries, a relational perspective emerges, taking teaching and the social environment into account. In conclusion, we suggest a flexible SEN approach with a stronger emphasis on the relation between the individual and the learning environment.
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- Anderson, Lotta, et al.
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Speciallärare i särskolan : en profession i gränslandet mellan policy och praktik
- 2020
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Syftet är att analysera vad som kännetecknar speciallärare i särskolansarbete och uppdrag och vilken samverkan de bedriver inom ochutanför grund-och gymnasiesärskolan och vilka andra aktörer desamarbetar med. Efter det att Lgr 11 infördes finns ett utökat fokuspå akademiska färdigheter i särskolan, vilket ställer nya krav på lärarnaskompetens. Speciallärare med examen från tre universitet isödra Sverige deltog i enkätstudien. Resultaten visar att en majoritetav de svarande har lång erfarenhet innan de började sin utbildningtill speciallärare. De beskriver mötet med eleverna i klassrummetsom en viktig del av sitt arbete och uppdrag. Handledning eller ämnesutvecklingförekommer men inte i samma utsträckning somklassrumsundervisning. Samarbete med professionella utanförsärskolan är vanligt. En slutsats är att specialläraren har många samarbetspartners,besitter olika färdigheter och en majoritet fortsättersom klasslärare efter examen.
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