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Course syllabus - Perspectives on Special Needs Education - Special Needs Teacher

Scope

15.0 credits

Course code

SQA952

Valid from

Autumn semester 2025

Education level

Second cycle

Progressive Specialisation

A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Special Needs Education

Organisation

School of Education, Culture and Communication

Ratified

2025-03-18

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2025-08-11
    • Latest update: 2025-08-14

    Books

    Ahlberg, Ann

    Specialpedagogik i ideologi, teori och praktik: att bygga broar

    ISBN: 978-91-47-11718-5

    LIBRIS-ID: 17297215

    2., [förändrade] uppl., Stockholm, Liber, 192 s.

    Nilholm, Claes

    Perspektiv på specialpedagogik

    ISBN: 9789144138626

    LIBRIS-ID: 3fk5gflz1h3rmmfm

    Upplaga 3, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 148 sidor

    Runström Nilsson, Petra

    Pedagogisk utredning och kartläggning: att analysera och bedöma elevers behov av särskilt stöd

    ISBN: 9789151102351

    LIBRIS-ID: jtjmshx7gh3jblbd

    Fjärde upplagan, Malmö, Gleerup, 159 sidor

    Westling Allodi, Mara

    Specialpedagogik för lärare

    ISBN: 9789127827318

    LIBRIS-ID: 8mqfwcs96g9lbvxh

    Första utgåvan, [Stockholm], Natur & Kultur, 402 sidor

    Öhman, Anna

    Etiska perspektiv på specialpedagogers yrkesroll och värdepedagogiska praktik

    ISBN: 9789144155098

    LIBRIS-ID: 7n4dxlqb5lntfcvb

    Upplaga 1, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 298 sidor

    Compendiums

    Göransson, Kerstin

    Speciella yrken?: specialpedagogers och speciallärares arbete och utbildning : en enkätstudie

    ISBN: 9789170636240

    LIBRIS-ID: 18232648

    Karlstad, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, Institutionen för pedagogiska studier, Karlstads universitet, 75 s.

    Karlsson, Ingemar

    Elever i matematiksvårigheter: lärare och elever om låga prestationer i matematik

    ISBN: 9789188899477

    LIBRIS-ID: q112bsnnnx3z14nr

    Lund, Lunds universitet, 217 sidor

    1:a kapitalt i Nya Omsorgsboken, finns på Canvas.

    Articles

    Kittelsaa, A. M.

    Self-presentations and intellectual disability

    Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 16(1), pp.29-44, 2014,

    Larsdotter Bodin, U.; Lundqvist, J.

    Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP): a cultural validation and investigation of its perceived usefulness in thecontext of the Swedish preschool

    International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018,

    Roos, H.

    Exploring Ways to Design Mathematics Education Promoting Inclusion and Equity for Every Student

    In Building Inclusive Education in K-12 Classrooms and Higher Education (pp. 166-181). (25 s), 2023,

    Spear-Swerling, L.

    Common Types of Reading Problems and How to Help Children Who Have Them

    The Reading Teacher Vol. 69 Issue 5 pp. 513-522 DOI:10.1002/trtr.1410 © International Literacy Association, 2015,

    Miscellaneous

    Ytterligare artiklar kan tillkomma vid kursstart.

Examination

INL1, Written assignment, 3 credits, written assignment concerning learning outcomes 1-3 and 6, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL2, Written assignment, 3 credits, written assignment concerning learning outcomes 4 and 6, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with
distinction (VG).
INL3, Written assignment, 3 credits, written assignment concerning learning outcomes 5 and 6, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with
distinction (VG).
OVN1, Exercise, 2 credits, exercise concerning learning outcomes 2, 3, 5 and 6, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
SEM1, Seminar, 4 credits, seminar concerning learning outcomes 1-6, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).

For Pass with distinction (VG) on the course as a whole, the student must have earned that grade for INL2 and INL3.

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Three-grade scale