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04 SES 07 B, Social Participation
Paper Session
Contribution
Part-time special education is a particular feature of the world-famous Finnish school system (e.g. Jahnukainen, 2011; Kivirauma & Ruoho, 2007). From international and inclusive perspective, it is a means to support students with learning disabilities in general education. It can be considered an easy-access service as approximately 17% of secondary school students (grades 7–9) use it every year (Statistics Finland, 2011), usually to study one or two subjects in a small group. Nevertheless, part-time special education rarely appears in educational research as the focus or context of the study.
Both the large-scale questionnaires regarding, for example, students’ perceptions on school environment (Haapasalo, Välimaa, & Kannas, 2010) or critical incidents in their school career (Pyhältö, Soini, & Pietarinen, 2010), and school ethnographies with more detailed descriptions on students’ school life (e.g. Lahelma, 2002; Lahelma 2004) illustrate that secondary students’ school experiences gather around two major themes: teacher-student relationships and students’ peer relations. The studies done on the school experiences of students with special needs in Finland (e.g. Jokinen, 2012; Kivirauma, 1995) are limited to special class settings. In sum, we know little about part-time special education as experienced by students. This study aims at correcting this lacuna in our knowledge by exploring the school experiences of students who attend part-time special education. In particular, this study will address two questions: 1. What stories those students tell and live by? 2. Do the students live different stories in and out of classroom?
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References
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