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Takala, Marjatta; Sutela, Katja; Ojala, Sonja; Saarinen, Minna – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
The aim of this study was to explore the core of teaching practice as a part of the curricula for master's degree in special teacher education. The data consisted of the curricula of teaching practice of all six universities in Finland that offer this program, along with the results of an electronic questionnaire administered to students. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
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Takala, Marjatta; Wickman, Kim; Uusitalo-Malmivaara, Lotta; Lundström, Agneta – Education Inquiry, 2015
In this article, we discuss the views of 117 special education student teachers related to their oncoming profession in the framework of ecological theory. Together, 68 students from Sweden (26 special teachers and 41 SENCo students) and 49 from Finland responded to a questionnaire. We compared the respondents' thoughts about their future work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Takala, Marjatta – British Journal of Special Education, 2007
The contribution of teaching assistants, learning support assistants or classroom assistants is becoming increasingly important in inclusive and specialist classrooms. In this article, Marjatta Takala, professor in special education at the University of Helsinki, describes her research into the work of 14 classroom assistants working in a mix of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Context Effect, Special Schools, Teacher Aides