Is it possible to get away from disability-based classifications in education? An empirical investigation of the Swedish system

QuestionnaireParticipantsPopulationResponse rate1Chief education officers, n = 262All chief education officers in municipalities in Sweden N = 29090.3%2Prinicipals of independent comprehensive schools
n = 546All principals in comprehensive independent schools in Sweden N = 68679.6%3.Principals of municipal preschools and muncipal comprehensive schools n = 45All principals in a Swedish municipality N = 45100%4.Preschool and school staff n = 940All staff in one Swedish municipality N = 1297(subject teachers, class teachers, Sencos, special teachers, assistants, preschool teachers)72.5%

Table 2.

What importance a diagnosis have – a comparison between four types of school leaders.

nMSDPrincipals in municipal schools292.59.87Principals in municipal preschools162.25.78Principals in independent schools5343.08.95Chief education officers2742.38.77

[i] Note. Range 1–4 (1 = Very low significance or no significance at all, 2 = Rather low significance, 3 = Rather high significance, 4 = Very high significance).

Table 3.

What importance a diagnosis should have – a comparison between nine occupational groups.

nMSDAssistants562.48.99Preschool teachers1882.431.00Class teachers1472.631.01Subject teachers1182.70.87Special teachers222.05.95SENCO's351.74.87Principals in municipal schools292.281.10Principals in municipal preschools161.75.58Principals in independent schools5342.51.95

[i] Note. Range 1–4 (1 = Very low significance or no significance at all, 2 = Rather low significance, 3 = Rather high significance, 4 = Very high significance).

Table 4.

What importance a diagnosis should have – combined groups.

nMPrincipals5792.18Teachers4532.59Resource staff1132.09

[i] Note. Range 1–4 (1 = Very low significance or no significance at all, 2 = Rather low significance, 3 = Rather high significance, 4 = Very high significance).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2012.735201 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 379 - 391

Submitted on: Apr 19, 2012

Accepted on: Aug 28, 2012

Published on: Dec 4, 2013

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

classification systems,

special needs,

Sweden,

diagnoses,

labels

© 2013 Claes Nilholm, Lena Almqvist, Kerstin Göransson, Gunilla Lindqvist, published by Stockholm University Press
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