Co-Teaching in Northern Rural Finnish Schools
Focusing on a rural municipality in northern Finland, the aim of this study is to investigate educators’ thoughts and experiences with co-teaching. The data from 40 teachers were collected via an electronic questionnaire, and a mixed-methods approach was used. In the quantitative responses, the teac...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:b802327a178d4f94aeb06cac3450b501 2023-05-15T17:39:13+02:00 Co-Teaching in Northern Rural Finnish Schools Riikka Sirkko Marjatta Takala Kim Wickman 2018-08-01 https://doi.org/10.26203/hxx9-kr24 https://doaj.org/article/b802327a178d4f94aeb06cac3450b501 en other eng University of Aberdeen, School of Education doi:10.26203/hxx9-kr24 0424-5512 2398-0184 https://doaj.org/article/b802327a178d4f94aeb06cac3450b501 undefined Education in the North, Vol 25, Iss 1-2, Pp 217-237 (2018) co-teaching experience rural area content analysis north finland edu Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2018 fttriple https://doi.org/10.26203/hxx9-kr24 2023-01-22T17:07:25Z Focusing on a rural municipality in northern Finland, the aim of this study is to investigate educators’ thoughts and experiences with co-teaching. The data from 40 teachers were collected via an electronic questionnaire, and a mixed-methods approach was used. In the quantitative responses, the teachers positioned themselves as spokespeople for co-teaching, even though they had little experience with this teaching method. The written responses were condensed into four main themes: requirements, interpretations, inclusion and joy. Various requirements, such as more time for planning, better facilities to teach in and more training, were required before co-teaching could be executed. However, those who had co-taught expressed joy and improved wellbeing at work compared with their time teaching alone. Finally, the various themes of teachers’ experiences in relation to co-teaching are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Finland Northern Finland Unknown |
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Focusing on a rural municipality in northern Finland, the aim of this study is to investigate educators’ thoughts and experiences with co-teaching. The data from 40 teachers were collected via an electronic questionnaire, and a mixed-methods approach was used. In the quantitative responses, the teachers positioned themselves as spokespeople for co-teaching, even though they had little experience with this teaching method. The written responses were condensed into four main themes: requirements, interpretations, inclusion and joy. Various requirements, such as more time for planning, better facilities to teach in and more training, were required before co-teaching could be executed. However, those who had co-taught expressed joy and improved wellbeing at work compared with their time teaching alone. Finally, the various themes of teachers’ experiences in relation to co-teaching are discussed. |
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Co-Teaching in Northern Rural Finnish Schools |
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University of Aberdeen, School of Education |
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