A one-year study of the development of co-teaching in four Finnish schools
| Autor: | Lotta Uusitalo-Malmivaara, Marjatta Takala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Medical education
4. Education Teaching method 05 social sciences 050301 education Health Professions (miscellaneous) Education Incentive Team teaching School subjects Developmental and Educational Psychology Mathematics education 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Co-teaching Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Special Needs Education. 27:373-390 |
| ISSN: | 1469-591X 0885-6257 |
| Popis: | In this follow-up study, development of co-teaching was studied in four different schools in Helsinki, Finland. Teachers, altogether 54, 51 and 26, respectively, responded to an electronic questionnaire three times during one year. The attitudes towards co-teaching were positive although the frequency of co-teaching remained low. Co-teaching was seen as a developing mode of teaching and it was said to be suitable for all school subjects. Special teachers and class teachers had the most experience with co-teaching. The majority of respondents co-taught 2–5 lessons per week and that did not change during the follow-up, although monetary incentive was available to those who increased their co-teaching during the study period. For class-teachers, another class-teacher was most often the chosen co-teaching partner. Special teachers were frequent co-teaching partners for all teachers. The most common reason for not co-teaching was the lack of planning time. However, 15 minutes were considered enough to plan one... |
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