A comparison of university curriculum in special teacher education in Finland and Sweden |
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Author: | Takala, Marjatta1; Nordmark, Marie2; Allard, Karin3 |
Organizations: |
1University of Oulu, Finland 2University of Dalarna, Sweden 3University of Örebro, Sweden |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.7 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019081924638 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Oslo Metropolitan University,
2019
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Publish Date: | 2019-08-19 |
Description: |
AbstractThe education of special teachers’ is seldom studied, and when it is examined, it is compared primarily with general teacher education. The written academic curricula reflect scientific, professional, social, and ethical values, goals, and competences in education, school and society. This study analyses the special teacher education (STE) curricula from six Finnish and seven Swedish universities. The results show that Finnish STE curricula consists of 60 credits over one year, while the Swedish curricula comprises 90 credits over 1.5 years. Finnish STE can be called a “combo degree,” which addressed various learning difficulties, and Swedish STE transformed it into a specialization, with five different options. Teaching practice is essential in Finnish education, but does not exists as such in Sweden. Inclusive elements are somewhat present in the curricula, often in the form of co-operation. The core contents in these two countries are discussed and compared. see all
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Series: |
Nordic journal of comparative and international education |
ISSN: | 2535-4051 |
ISSN-E: | 2535-4051 |
ISSN-L: | 2535-4051 |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 20 - 36 |
DOI: | 10.7577/njcie.2659 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.7577/njcie.2659 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
516 Educational sciences |
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Funding: |
The Finnish Ministry of Education has supported the writing of this article. |
Copyright information: |
Copyright (c) 2019 The Authors. This article is licenced with CC-BY 4.0. |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |