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Direct linkSaloviita, Timo – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2020
Teachers' positive attitudes towards inclusive education are a prerequisite for its successful implementation. This study surveyed the attitudes of Finnish classroom, subject, resource room and special education class teachers (N = 4567) towards inclusive education. The results indicated very low support for the concept. Its acceptance was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Yada, Akie; Savolainen, Hannu – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2019
It has been indicated that teachers' perceptions of the most suitable educational environment for students with different disabilities depends on the type and severity of students' disability. Although the perceptions are found to be different by country, research comparing Japanese teachers' perceptions and perceptions of teachers from other…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Correlation
Vuorinen, Kaisa; Erikivi, Anne; Uusitalo-Malmivaara, Lotta – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2019
Positive education aims at making strengths visible in every learner. This paper presents one of the few structured positive education interventions in Finnish inclusive classrooms. Our controlled 16-week intervention in 11 inclusive classes (from 4th to 6th graders, age 10-13 years, N[subscript interv] = 175 including 17 students with SEN having…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Inclusion, Student Participation
Lakkala, Suvi; Uusiautti, Satu; Määttä, Kaarina – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2016
A new special education strategy was launched in Finland by the Ministry of Education in 2007. The new Basic Act was enacted in 2010 and the new national core curriculum concerning three-tiered support for pupils in 2011. Since the 1990s, teachers across Finland have participated in developing Finnish basic education towards greater inclusion. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Educational Legislation, Inclusion
Hirvonen, Maija – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2011
This paper describes the development of education of students with special needs in vocational education. The paper is based on a case study research conducted in 2001-2005 in Jyvaskyla Municipal Federation of Vocational Education in Central Finland. The study consisted of two parts: firstly of the historical analysis of special educational…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Open Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
