Interactive Poster Session
Special Education in Swedish schools and teacher education – research with implications for practice
A seminar for becoming teachers about special education in Sweden, by PhD-students and teacher trainers at the Swedish teacher education.
Organizer: Dr Mona Holmqvist, professor Educational Sciences, Malmö university, Sweden.
The presenters come from a National Graduate School in Special Education for teacher Educators, funded by the Swedish Research Council.
Initially, the Swedish school-system, escpecially regarding Special Eduction, will be presented. Then research results from the first year, and their implications for practice, will be presented by each PhD-student (3 minutes each). There will be oppurtunities to ask questions and discuss the results. Finally, a discussion about what you see as important areas to study in your country regarding special education and inclusive teaching.
The topics of the PhD-students’ short presentations are presented below.