Finnish Reform of the Funding and Provision of Special Education: The Views of Principals and Municipal Education Administrators

Autor/inn/en	Pulkkinen, Jonna; Jahnukainen, Markku
Titel	Finnish Reform of the Funding and Provision of Special Education: The Views of Principals and Municipal Education Administrators
Quelle	In: Educational Review, 68 (2016) 2, S.171-188 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1911
DOI	10.1080/00131911.2015.1060586
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Special Education; Administrators; Municipalities; Financial Support; Surveys; Principals; Educational Finance; Educational Policy; Inclusion; Educational Needs; Special Needs Students; Local Government; Early Intervention; Regular and Special Education Relationship; Individualized Education Programs; Questionnaires; Mainstreaming; Finance Reform; Semi Structured Interviews; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Magistrat; Finanzielle Förderung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Principal; Schulleiter; Bildungsfonds; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Inklusion; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Gemeindeverwaltung; Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Fragebogen; Financial reform; Finanzreform; Finnland
Abstract	This study examines the current state of special education provision and resources in Finland after the extensive reform of the government transfer system and Basic Education Act implemented in 2010-2011. Data were collected from a survey of compulsory school principals and from interviews with the highest-ranking officials in municipal education administration. The results show that participants viewed the Basic Education Act as having a more significant impact on the provision of special education than the reform of the government transfer system. Partly due to the reforms, local authorities have targeted the resources of special education differently and used resources more effectively. Continued efforts are needed to ensure the provision of resources for part-time special education and the use of other forms of early intervention in general education classrooms. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01