Finnish Teachers' Views on Co-Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Kokko, Marjut; Takala, Marjatta; Pihlaja, Päivi
Titel	Finnish Teachers' Views on Co-Teaching
Quelle	In: British Journal of Special Education, 48 (2021) 1, S.112-132 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kokko, Marjut) ORCID (Takala, Marjatta)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-3383
DOI	10.1111/1467-8578.12348
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Team Teaching; Teacher Characteristics; Teaching Experience; Gender Differences; Compulsory Education; Special Education Teachers; Barriers; Foreign Countries; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Teamteaching; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schulpflicht; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Finnland
Abstract	Co-teaching has become a well-known way of working among Finnish teachers in recent years. Teachers' collaboration is becoming increasingly important in light of the rising number of diverse students in regular classes. In an ideal co-teaching context, teachers collaborate as equals, recognise and respect each other's skills and competencies, and strengthen and support each other. In this study, we examine teachers' views on co-teaching and investigate which background factors explain teachers' views concerning the benefits and the challenges of co-teaching. The data obtained from Finnish basic education teachers' (N = 694) responses to an online questionnaire are analysed quantitatively. The results show some differences among the teachers' views. Subject teachers perceive more challenges in co-teaching than class and special education teachers. Class teachers perceive the fewest challenges. Although teachers are generally interested in co-teaching and some of them co-teach regularly, they also report several barriers to its application. The explanatory factors concerning the differences in teachers' views are gender, teachers' co-teaching experiences, the amount of co-teaching per week and working as a class teacher. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01