Editor’s Letter School Program Feature: Lärstudion Educator Feature: Ann-Charlotte Linton Interview with Anders Nordahl-Hansen, PhD Professor of Special Education Interview with Rebecka Koritz of “En Skola från Scratch” Interview with Giorgio Mazzoli, Legal Officer, United Nations for ADF International Editor’s Focus: Ann-Katrin Swärd (Book: Positiv Specialpedagogik) Editor’s Focus: Siv Fischbein […]
In this feature, we chat with Birgitta Henriksson, Principal of Krusboda skola in the municipality of Tyresö, about their special program “Lärstudion”. THRIVE Nordics: When was Lärstudion founded? Birgitta: The learning studio started in August 2019 here at Krusboda school. However, there has been a learning studio in the municipality […]
Discussing Pedagogical Diversity, Alternative Schooling, the Right to Learn *Swedish version follows after English Rebecka Koritz was born and raised in Sweden where she trained and worked as a teacher. Since 2003 she has lived in Mexico where she’s been working as a catalyst for change by hacking the conventional […]
THRIVE Nordics: You have been a part of the Freinet movement here in Sweden for many years now. Can you share a bit about the movement and your involvement with it over time? Inger: I started at the Teacher Training College in Stockholm in 1968, the year that the union […]
With interest to feature university research on Special Education from across the Nordics, we were glad to conenct with Anders Nordahl-Hansen, Professor of Special Education at Østfold University College, to discuss several topics including researchers engaging with public, media research on autism, themes of focus at his department and more. […]
We first learned about the work Giorgio Mazzoli, Legal Officer, United Nations ADF International is doing and the expression of concern via this video recording and subsequently the following later. We valued the opportunity to field him questions about the advocacy work of ADF International particularly as relates to educational rights […]
“In Sweden there are still some “old fashioned” perceptions about learning when students have intellectual disabilities. I hope this book will contribute to a more positive way of teaching these students- to increase student’s self-efficacy and to increase teacher’s competence but mostly to change the mental attitude and how it […]
“I am not an opposer of resource classes and resource schools. Some groups need to be in another enviroment than others. I went in one myself and it saved my life. I am very grateful for this opportunity that sadly many children don’t get today in Sweden. All children are […]
Developmental Language Disorder—a Language Specific Disorder or a Domain General Disorder? By Annika Andersson, Hanna Lindfors & Kristina Hansson Annika Andersson, Linnaeus University, Department of Swedish, Växjö, Sweden, Linnaeus University Language Processing Lab, LiLa-lab Hanna Lindfors, Linnaeus University, Department of Swedish, Växjö, Sweden Kristina Hansson, Lund University, Department of Clinical […]
Social well-being of autistic high school students in mainstream high schools in Norway By Ingjerd Skafle Inclusive education is a political goal in Norway, meaning that students, regardless of their challenges, should attend their local mainstream schools which again should provide the support needed to fulfill their education. Special education […]
The following shared by Eleanor Ericzzon, mother to young artist Rasmus *Swedish version follows below As a Christmas present in 2019, my son Rasmus received a watercolor course from me. He had not been feeling well for a long time. He started going less and less to school and for Spring […]