Pedagogics and Special Needs (the PS-group)
The PS-group is one of the leading research environments in Sweden in research about inclusive educating and the work of special educational staff. The research covers several pedagogical areas and explores difficulties in learning and socialization in different contexts from preschool to working life.
The PS-group is a research group at the Department of Education at Uppsala University. The group frequently publish in international journals and is one of the leading research environments in Sweden in research about inclusive educating and the work of special educational staff. In addition, research is carried out in several other research areas (see below for each members personal presentation).
The research area Pedagogics and Special Needs focus difficulties that emerge in education in different historical, social and cultural settings where teaching, learning and socialisation takes place. Contexts for empirical studies are the whole educational system from preschool to higher education but also work life and informal settings.
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Seminars
The PS-group runs a seminar. At the seminar research about inclusive and special education is presented, discussed and analysed. The relations between special education and areas such as pedagogics, didactics and educational sociology are also focused. Special attention is given to the implications of research with regard to the work of teachers and special needs educators. PS is used in letters in order to make an addition, Post Scriptum, which is made after the letter is written and signed. Often such PS contains important information that can change the interpretation of the whole letter. We regard it as a demanding yet suitable metaphor for our work at the seminar.
For program and content, please contact Gunilla Lindqvist.
The International Web Seminar on inclusive education
The PS-seminar also organise the web-seminar series “International seminar on inclusive education” where leading researchers in the field are invited to present their research.
For information about the seminar please contact Gunilla Lindqvist or Gunnlaugur Magnùsson
Networks
Researchers are part of several networks, e.g. with the University of Agder in Norway, Åbo Akademi in Finland and with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Recently Niklas Norén together with researchers from Finland and Holland received a grant for developing a network of researchers studying communicative disabilities.
Interaction with Society
Several resesearchers in the PS-group is involved in cooperation/interaction in different forms with different parts of the society, mainly the school system. Gunilla Lindqvist has e.g. recently been responsible for a research circle focusing inclusion.
Claes Nilholm, former professor at Uppsala university and leader of the PS group had a blog where central themes in educational and special needs were analyzed and discussed.
Group members
Publications
International perspectives on inclusive education: In the light of educational justice
Part of European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2024
Part of Inclusion and Special Needs Education for Immigrant Students in the Nordic Countries, Invited speaker session, Symposium, 2024
Part of Journal of education policy, p. 303-320, 2024
2024
2024
Að eiga frjálst val um framhaldsskóla: Markaðsvæðing innritunar nýnema í íslenskum framhaldsskólum
Part of Netla - Veftímarit um uppeldi og menntun, 2024
Evaluation of the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Model in an Alternative Educational Setting
Part of Education Sciences, 2024
Sitting on all sides of the table?: OECD's role in Icelandic Education Policy 2030
Part of Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2024
Part of Educational action research, p. 1-18, 2024
Special Education professions in Sweden
Part of The Nordic Special Education Profession – History, State of the Art and Future Directions (Symposium), 2023
Inkludering och specialpedagogik
Part of Att bli lärare, p. 63-67, Liber, 2023
När inkluderingen offrades till marknaden
Part of Skolan efter marknaden., p. 70-85, Liber, 2023
Språkverkstaden- i skärningspunkten mellan breddad rekrytering och excellens?
2023
2023
Elever med adhd och autism: Psykologiska och pedagogiska perspektiv
Liber, 2023
Mapping Children’s Actions in the Scaffolding Process Using Interactive Whiteboard
Part of Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
“Jag vill förstå…” Om teorins funktion i avhandlingar.
Part of I väntan på inkludering., p. 37-52, Karlstad University Press, 2023
Bréf úr sjálfskipaðri útlegð: Esseyjur og ljóð
Sæmundur, 2023
Elevers röster: Frågor om parallellitet och föreställningar om att få svar på det man frågar efter
Part of I väntan på inkludering, p. 123-136, Karlstad University Press, 2023
A Model-Based Approach to DecisionSupport for Designing Inclusive Services
Part of Perspectives inBusiness InformaticsResearch, p. 229-243, Springer Nature, 2023
Construction of learning environments: A multiple case study in special education settings
Part of Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2023
Inkludering och arbetet med särskilt stöd i förskolan
Part of Barn, p. 148-166, 2023
A review of interventions for children and youth with severe disabilities in inclusive education
Part of Cogent Education, 2023
Part of European Journal of Special Needs Education, p. 751-765, 2023
Being Heard?: Identifying Student Subject Positions in Research about School and Classroom Community
Part of Confero, p. 42-82, 2023
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