Marjatta Takala
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3941628 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Marjatta Takala |
| PRENOMES | Marjatta |
| SOBRENOME | Takala |
| ASSINATURA | TAKALA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Oulu |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6384-5735 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Collaboration between subject teachers and special education teachers in Finnish lower secondary schools
It has been argued that successful teacher collaboration is challenging to implement in a secondary school context, where teaching is based on subjects. However, collaboration between subject teachers and special education teachers (SETs) is important, especially in promoting inclusion. This is why we wanted to determine what is included in their collaboration in Finnish secondary schools, and how teachers describe this collaboration. Together, 1…
Belonging and participation as portrayed in the curriculum guidelines of five European countries
This study seeks to explore how the belonging and participation, as well as its related concepts, are framed in the national curriculum guidelines of the Netherlands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. We employed a scoping study with concept-mapping methodology. The results reveal macro level principles related to human rights and values, multiliteracy and language, policy measures and ideologies. Meso level principles stressed that education…
Distance education for pupils with intellectual disabilities – teachers’ experiences
Due to COVID-19, schools closed in Finland for eight weeks in the spring of 2020, and teaching was conducted using distance education. Teachers used their professional agency to ensure a continuation of their students’ learning. This study focuses on the experiences of teachers who taught pupils with intellectual disabilities during the distance education period. The research question is: What kind of experiences did the teachers have with distan…
School assistants’ experiences of belonging
Providing quality education for all pupils requires cooperation from members of the entire school community. One group of professionals is school assistants, who, together with teachers, play an important role in supporting pupils and inclusive education. Due to pupils’ diverse needs, the responsibilities of school assistants in schools have broadened; yet, their role in the school community has rarely been studied. This study focuses on school a…
I still miss human contact, but this is more flexible—Paradoxes in virtual learning interaction and multidisciplinary collaboration
Teaching and learning in universities have shifted towards online education, and there is not enough scientific knowledge about suitable pedagogical design principles to guide the construction of hybrid learning spaces for today’s university students. In this design‐based research, we studied the benefits and challenges in reaching the expected learning outcomes of an e‐course, “Collaboration and Professional Interaction Skills.” The practical pu…
Students in higher education with reading and writing difficulties
The aim of this study is to explore adult students’ descriptions and understandings of their reading and writing difficulties, and to describe the ways they are copying with them. In higher level studies, information is typically gained by reading and giving evidence of knowledge acquisition in writing. When students have difficulties with these essential academic skills, studying and lifelong learning can be hard work as well as time-consuming. …
Becoming a special educator – Finnish and Swedish students’ views on their future professions
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 content, the focus areas of special education and inclusion. According to the expectations, the main tas…
Performance dialogs implemented in a Finnish university
This article analyses performance dialogs (PDs) in the university context in Finland. These are held annually between employers and employees. The study was carried out to assess the efficacy of this technique. Research methods included an electronic questionnaire over two different years delivered to the whole staff of the Department of Teacher Education. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used for analysing the data. This research d…
Parents' views on the success of integration of students with special education needs
This study investigated how parents' views on important aspects of integration correlate with parents' actual experiences concerning the integration into mainstream education of their child with special education needs. It was assumed that the degree of discrepancy between perceived importance and corresponding actual experience contributes to the overall perceived success of integration. The data for the study were collected in 2006 from parents…
Can special education make a difference? Exploring the differences of special educational systems between Finland and Norway in relation to the Pisa results
This article discusses the differences in special educational systems in Finland and Norway in relation to the PISA scores. By comparing the Finnish system with the Norwegian, we have found that the strong focus both on early intervention and on reading and writing in Finland have positive effects on this country's PISA results. The situation in Norway is different, where there is less use of early intervention and a markedly weaker emphasis on r…
Exploring a new inclusive model in Finnish early childhood special education
From 1996 to 1999, an inclusive early special educational model was studied in 13 ordinary kindergartens in Finland. The kindergartens received an additional staff member (a special teacher) to handle special educational issues. The work of these special teachers and the views of the staff were studied. The special teachers' duties consisted of six main tasks, the most often mentioned being general and special educational work and consultation wi…
Parents' views on the success of integration of students with special education needs
This study investigated how parents' views on important aspects of integration correlate with parents' actual experiences concerning the integration into mainstream education of their child with special education needs. It was assumed that the degree of discrepancy between perceived importance and corresponding actual experience contributes to the overall perceived success of integration. The data for the study were collected in 2006 from parents…
Exploring a new inclusive model in Finnish early childhood special education
From 1996 to 1999, an inclusive early special educational model was studied in 13 ordinary kindergartens in Finland. The kindergartens received an additional staff member (a special teacher) to handle special educational issues. The work of these special teachers and the views of the staff were studied. The special teachers' duties consisted of six main tasks, the most often mentioned being general and special educational work and consultation wi…
Students in higher education with reading and writing difficulties
The aim of this study is to explore adult students’ descriptions and understandings of their reading and writing difficulties, and to describe the ways they are copying with them. In higher level studies, information is typically gained by reading and giving evidence of knowledge acquisition in writing. When students have difficulties with these essential academic skills, studying and lifelong learning can be hard work as well as time-consuming. …
Performance dialogs implemented in a Finnish university
This article analyses performance dialogs (PDs) in the university context in Finland. These are held annually between employers and employees. The study was carried out to assess the efficacy of this technique. Research methods included an electronic questionnaire over two different years delivered to the whole staff of the Department of Teacher Education. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used for analysing the data. This research d…
Can special education make a difference? Exploring the differences of special educational systems between Finland and Norway in relation to the Pisa results
This article discusses the differences in special educational systems in Finland and Norway in relation to the PISA scores. By comparing the Finnish system with the Norwegian, we have found that the strong focus both on early intervention and on reading and writing in Finland have positive effects on this country's PISA results. The situation in Norway is different, where there is less use of early intervention and a markedly weaker emphasis on r…
Exploring a new inclusive model in Finnish early childhood special education
From 1996 to 1999, an inclusive early special educational model was studied in 13 ordinary kindergartens in Finland. The kindergartens received an additional staff member (a special teacher) to handle special educational issues. The work of these special teachers and the views of the staff were studied. The special teachers' duties consisted of six main tasks, the most often mentioned being general and special educational work and consultation wi…
Can special education make a difference? Exploring the differences of special educational systems between Finland and Norway in relation to the Pisa results
This article discusses the differences in special educational systems in Finland and Norway in relation to the PISA scores. By comparing the Finnish system with the Norwegian, we have found that the strong focus both on early intervention and on reading and writing in Finland have positive effects on this country's PISA results. The situation in Norway is different, where there is less use of early intervention and a markedly weaker emphasis on r…
Parents' views on the success of integration of students with special education needs
This study investigated how parents' views on important aspects of integration correlate with parents' actual experiences concerning the integration into mainstream education of their child with special education needs. It was assumed that the degree of discrepancy between perceived importance and corresponding actual experience contributes to the overall perceived success of integration. The data for the study were collected in 2006 from parents…
Performance dialogs implemented in a Finnish university
This article analyses performance dialogs (PDs) in the university context in Finland. These are held annually between employers and employees. The study was carried out to assess the efficacy of this technique. Research methods included an electronic questionnaire over two different years delivered to the whole staff of the Department of Teacher Education. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used for analysing the data. This research d…
Students in higher education with reading and writing difficulties
The aim of this study is to explore adult students’ descriptions and understandings of their reading and writing difficulties, and to describe the ways they are copying with them. In higher level studies, information is typically gained by reading and giving evidence of knowledge acquisition in writing. When students have difficulties with these essential academic skills, studying and lifelong learning can be hard work as well as time-consuming. …
Becoming a special educator – Finnish and Swedish students’ views on their future professions
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 content, the focus areas of special education and inclusion. According to the expectations, the main tas…
I still miss human contact, but this is more flexible—Paradoxes in virtual learning interaction and multidisciplinary collaboration
Teaching and learning in universities have shifted towards online education, and there is not enough scientific knowledge about suitable pedagogical design principles to guide the construction of hybrid learning spaces for today’s university students. In this design‐based research, we studied the benefits and challenges in reaching the expected learning outcomes of an e‐course, “Collaboration and Professional Interaction Skills.” The practical pu…
Belonging and participation as portrayed in the curriculum guidelines of five European countries
This study seeks to explore how the belonging and participation, as well as its related concepts, are framed in the national curriculum guidelines of the Netherlands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. We employed a scoping study with concept-mapping methodology. The results reveal macro level principles related to human rights and values, multiliteracy and language, policy measures and ideologies. Meso level principles stressed that education…
Distance education for pupils with intellectual disabilities – teachers’ experiences
Due to COVID-19, schools closed in Finland for eight weeks in the spring of 2020, and teaching was conducted using distance education. Teachers used their professional agency to ensure a continuation of their students’ learning. This study focuses on the experiences of teachers who taught pupils with intellectual disabilities during the distance education period. The research question is: What kind of experiences did the teachers have with distan…
School assistants’ experiences of belonging
Providing quality education for all pupils requires cooperation from members of the entire school community. One group of professionals is school assistants, who, together with teachers, play an important role in supporting pupils and inclusive education. Due to pupils’ diverse needs, the responsibilities of school assistants in schools have broadened; yet, their role in the school community has rarely been studied. This study focuses on school a…
Collaboration between subject teachers and special education teachers in Finnish lower secondary schools
It has been argued that successful teacher collaboration is challenging to implement in a secondary school context, where teaching is based on subjects. However, collaboration between subject teachers and special education teachers (SETs) is important, especially in promoting inclusion. This is why we wanted to determine what is included in their collaboration in Finnish secondary schools, and how teachers describe this collaboration. Together, 1…
Pedagogy (11 obras) · Psychology (11 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Mathematics education (7 obras) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (6 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Inclusion (mineral (4 obras) · Qualitative research (4 obras) · Special education (4 obras) · Medical education (3 obras)