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Direct linkDavid Lansing Cameron; Camilla Herlofsen; Charlotte Riis Jensen; Gunilla Lindqvist; Mette Molbaek; Kristina Ström; Christel Sundqvist – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore the role of special education professionals in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in light of educational policies and reforms. The study places emphasis on (a) the policy context of inclusion and special needs education, (b) the formal qualifications required of special education professionals, and (c)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion
Jortveit, Maryann; Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Cameron, David Lansing; Lindqvist, Gunilla – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine and compare Norwegian (n = 320) and Swedish (n = 425) special educators' reported practices and beliefs about key aspects of their profession. Data was collected via surveys sent to graduates of special education programmes at four universities who completed their studies between 2001 and 2012. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Cameron, David Lansing; Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Jortveit, Maryann; Lindqvist, Gunilla; Göransson, Kerstin; Nilholm, Claes – British Journal of Special Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore similarities and differences between special educator preparation in Norway and in Sweden. Graduates of special education programmes at two Norwegian (n = 320) and two Swedish universities (n = 425) who completed their training between 2001 and 2012 responded to surveys. Findings indicate that both Swedish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Special Education, Special Education Teachers
Cameron, David Lansing; Lindqvist, Gunilla – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate school district administrators' perspectives concerning the professional activities and influence of special educators in Norway (n?=?266) and Sweden (n?=?290). We examine three themes drawn from a survey of practices and policies in each country: (a) the organisational arrangements in which special…
Descriptors: Special Education, Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Administrator Attitudes
Takala, Marjatta; Haussttatter, Rune Sarromaa; Ahl, Astrid; Head, George – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
This article describes various views of special teacher students towards inclusion. In order to examine these, we analysed a series of statements made by students in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The specific aims were to see how these views can be seen as supportive or challenging for inclusion in schools. A questionnaire with one closed question…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, Specialists, Inclusion
