Ten Encounters between Students and a Special Education Teacher at a Finnish Hospital School – Outlining Hospital School Pedagogy

Ten Encounters between Students and a Special Education Teacher at a Finnish Hospital School – Outlining Hospital School Pedagogy

Satu Uusiautti

Contact

Tanja Aarela

Contact

Kaarina Maatta

Contact

University of Lapland

Ten Encounters between Students and a Special Education Teacher at a Finnish Hospital School – Outlining Hospital School Pedagogy

Article Fingerprint

ReserarchID

036XL

Ten Encounters between Students and a Special Education Teacher at a Finnish Hospital School – Outlining Hospital School Pedagogy Banner

AI TAKEAWAY

Connecting with the Eternal Ground

Abstract

This article presents a description of a special education teacher’s work and how it appears as student encounters during a month-long observation period at a hospital school. The teacher’s pedagogical skills are tested when she has to bend to many directions. Every day is different, students form an extremely heterogeneous group, and every one of them has their special needs. Teaching at a hospital school is special education at its best and work requires especial flexibility, understanding, acceptance, and caring as well as endless trust in students’ development regardless of their most difficult conditions. The article is based on Dr. Äärelä’s long-term experience as a special education teacher at a hospital school and her researcher’s diary of the everyday encounters in the teacher’s work. The month-long special observation period formed the data of this study. The findings are here presented as ten examples of student encounters. They are to illustrate the daily work at a hospital school and, thus, help to develop and support teacher training. The fundamental purpose is to lay foundation to the development of hospital school pedagogy.

References

74 Cites in Article

Reference Format

H Altrichter,P Posch,B Somekh (2005). Teacher investigate their work. An introduction to the methods of action research.
Heather Ball,Julia Howe (2013). How can educational psychologists support the reintegration of children with an acquired brain injury upon their return to school?.
J Banks,D Frawley,S Mccoy (2015). Achieving inclusion? Effective resourcing of students with special educational needs.
Bonnie Bishop,Victoria Gilinsky (1995). School Reentry for the Patient With Burn Injuries: Video and/ or On-Site Intervention.
Sheila Breitweiser,Bobbie Boyd Lubker (1991). Hospital schools: A primer on management models and policy implications.
P Callery (1997). Caring for parents of hospitalized children: a hidden area of nursing work.
Angela Canto,David Chesire,Valerie Buckley,Terrie Andrews,Alysia Roehrig (2014). Barriers to meeting the needs of students with traumatic brain injury.
D Chesire,A Canto,V Buckley (2011). Hospital-school collaboration to serve the needs of children with traumatic brain injury.
M Choi (2014). Parent participation in care of hospitalized children: Concept analysis.
E Clemens,L Welfare,A Williams (2010). Tough transitions: Mental health care professionals' perception of the psychiatric hospital to school transition.
E Clemens,L Welfare,A Williams (2011). Elements of successful school reentry after psychiatric hospitalization.
Sean Cousins,Christopher Deluca (2016). Promoting Self-Care at School for Students With Chronic Health Needs.
Imelda Coyne (2006). Consultation with children in hospital: children, parents’ and nurses’ perspectives.
J Creswell (2009). Research design. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.
Andrea Crossland (2002). Efficacy Beliefs and the Learning Experiences of Children with Cancer in the Hospital Setting.
T Delbanco,J Parker (1978). Primary care at a teaching hospital: history, problems, and prospects.
A Divasta,H Feldman,M Balestrino,A Quach,C Gordon,S Elliott,N Huai,A Roach (2007). Universal and early screening for educational difficulties: Current and future approaches.
L Epstein,K Wayman (1998). Interruptions in development: the communicative context of the young hospitalized child.
P Ferguson,H Walker (2014). Getting on with life': resilience and normalcy in adolescents living with chronic illness.
Isabelle Gagnon,Bonnie Swaine,François Champagne,Hélène Lefebvre (2008). Perspectives of adolescents and their parents regarding service needs following a mild traumatic brain injury.
V Ganz,J Pao (1978). Correction.
Maria Georgiadi,Elias Kourkoutas (2010). Supporting pupils with cancer on their return to school: a case study report of a reintegration program.
Ann Glang,Bonnie Todis,Catherine Thomas,Donald Hood,Gary Bedell,Janice Cockrell (2008). Return to school following childhood TBI: Who gets services?.
Frank Gresham (2007). Response to Intervention and Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
Laura Hartman,Michelle Duncanson,Sarah Farahat,Sally Lindsay (2015). Clinician and educator experiences of facilitating students’ transition back to school following acquired brain injury: A qualitative systematic review.
Liza Hopkins,Greg Wadley,Frank Vetere,Maria Fong,Julie Green (2014). Utilising technology to connect the hospital and the classroom: Maintaining connections using tablet computers and a ‘Presence’ App.
M Jackson (2013). The special educational needs of adolescents living with chronic illness: a literature review.
Evelyn Johnson,Carrie Semmelroth (2014). Special Education Teacher Evaluation.
Alexander Kurz,Stephen Elliott,Christopher Lemons,Naomi Zigmond,Amanda Kloo,Ryan Kettler (2014). Assessing Opportunity-to-Learn for Students With Disabilities in General and Special Education Classes.
Suvi Lakkala,Satu Uusiautti,Kaarina Määttä (2014). How to make the neighbourhood school a school for all?.
K Lane,W Oakes,H Menzies,R Major,L Allegra,L Powers,C Schatschneider (2015). The student risk screening scale for early childhood an initial validation study.
M Lian,H Chan (2003). Major concerns of hospitalized school-age children and their parents in Hong Kong.
Jane Lightfoot,Suzanne Mukherjee,Patricia Sloper (2001). Supporting pupils with special health needs in mainstream schools: policy and practice.
S Lindsay,L Hartman,N Reed,C Gan,N Thomson,B Solomon (2015). A systematic review of hospital-to-school reintegration interventions for children and youth with acquired brain injury.
C Lindsey (1981). The classroom teacher and the hospitalized child.
M Mac An Ghaill (2002). Methodological reflections of a teacher/researcher.
K Malterud (2002). Qualitative research: standards, challenges, and guidelines.
D Maor,K Mitchem (2015). Can technologies make a difference for hospitalized youth: Findings from research.
J Mcloone,C Wakefield,P Butow,C Fleming,R Cohn (2011). Returning to school after adolescent cancer: a qualitative examination of Australian survivors' and their families' perspectives.
J Mescon,A Honig (1995). Parents, teachers and medical personnel: Helping children 43. with chronic illness.
G Mills (2007). Action research. A guide for the teacher research.
Suzanne Mukherjee,Jane Lightfoot,Patricia Sloper (2000). The inclusion of pupils with a chronic health condition in mainstream school: what does it mean for teachers?.
S Mukherjee,J Lightfoot,P Sloper (2002). Communicating about pupils in mainstream school with special health needs: the NHS perspective.
Kaarina Määttä,Satu Uusiautti (2015). TWO PERSPECTIVES ON CARING RESEARCH: RESEARCH ON WELL-BEING AND RESEARCHER WELL-BEING.
L Nabors,S Little,A Akin Little,E Iobst (2008). Teacher knowledge of and confidence in meeting the needs of children with chronic medical conditions: Pediatric psychology's contribution to education.
Poppy Nash,Annette Schlösser (2015). Working with schools in identifying and overcoming emotional barriers to learning.
(2014). Perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteet [The national core curriculum of basic education.
F Prewatt,R Heffer,P Lowe (2000). A review of school reintegration programs for children with cancer.
K Reid (2015). Managing and improving school attendance and behaviour; new approaches and initiatives.
John Reiss,Robert Gibson,Leslie Walker (2005). Health Care Transition: Youth, Family, and Provider Perspectives.
D Romaniuk,L O'mara,N Akhtar-Danesh (2014). Are parents doing what they want to do? Congruency between parents' actual and desired participation in the care of their hospitalized child.
S Sawyer,S Drew,M Yeo,M Britto (2007). Adolescents with a chronic condition: challenges living, challenges treating.
H Severson,H Walker,J Hope-Doolittle,T Kratochwill,F Gresham (2007). Proactive, early screening to detect behaviorally atrisk students: Issues, approaches, emerging innovations, and professional practices.
L Shields,J Nixon (2004). Hospital care of children in four countries.
P St Leger (2014). Practice of supporting young people with chronic health conditions in hospital and schools.
Steven Shaw,Paul Mccabe (2008). Hospital‐to‐school transition for children with chronic illness: Meeting the new challenges of an evolving health care system.
Joan Simon,Elena Savina (2007). Facilitating Hospital to School Transitions: Practices of Hospital-Based Therapists.
J Simon,E Savina (2010). Transitioning children from psychiatric hospitals to schools: The role of the special educator.
Judy Stuart,Jodi Goodsitt (1996). <i>From</i> Hospital <i>to</i> School.
Rachel Taylor,Faith Gibson,Linda Franck (2008). The experience of living with a chronic illness during adolescence: a critical review of the literature.
Kathleen Thies,Jeanne Mcallister (2001). The Health and Education Leadership Project: A School Initiative for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions.
P Tilus,N Enqvist,T Heikkinen,R Kilvelä,L Papunen,P Ruutu (2011). Sairaalaopetuksen laatukriteerit [The quality crieteria of hospital teaching.
N Ubha,S Cahill (2014). Building secure attachments for primary school children: a mixed methods study.
(2013). How to study children? Methodological solutions of childhood research.
(2016). The Basics of Caring Research.
(2016). The development of demanding special support.
James Van Leeuwen (1977). Hospitalization and Its Meaning to the Child and His Family.
Catharine Weiss,Angela Blizzard,Courtney Vaughan,Tierra Sydnor-Diggs,Sarah Edwards,Sharon Hoover Stephan (2015). Supporting the Transition from Inpatient Hospitalization to School.
N Wray,M Markovic,L Manderson (2007). Researcher saturation": The impact of data triangulation and intensive-research practices on the researcher and qualitative research process.
M Ylvisaker,P Hartwick,M Stevens (1991). School reentry following head injury: Managing the transition from hospital to school.
T Äärelä,K Määttä,S Uusiautti (2014). Young prisoners' experiences of the positive factors of small group teaching during their basic educationtoward the pedagogy of preventing social exclusion.
Tanja Äärelä,Satu Uusiautti,Kaarina Määttä (2015). “THE TEACHER SHOULD NOT JUST BOSS AROUND ALL THE TIME”. GOOD TEACHERHOOD IN THE LIGHT OF YOUNG PRISONERS’ EXPERIENCES.
T Äärelä,K Määttä,S Uusiautti (2016). Caring teachers' ten dos. "For the teacher, they might be just small things, but for the student they mean the world.
Tanja Äärelä,Satu Uusiautti,Kaarina Määttä (2014). “THE TEACHER SHOULD NOT JUST BOSS AROUND ALL THE TIME”. GOOD TEACHERHOOD IN THE LIGHT OF YOUNG PRISONERS’ EXPERIENCES.

Download References

Funding

No external funding was declared for this work.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

No ethics committee approval was required for this article type.

Data Availability

Not applicable for this article.

How to Cite This Article

Satu Uusiautti. 2016. \u201cTen Encounters between Students and a Special Education Teacher at a Finnish Hospital School – Outlining Hospital School Pedagogy\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics & Education GJHSS-G Volume 16 (GJHSS Volume 16 Issue G4): .

More Citation Formats

Select Citation Style:

Download Citation

Download Article

GJHSS Volume 16 Issue G4
Pg. 9- 20

Explore Journals Explore Volume Read This Issue

Journal Specifications

Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

e-ISSN 2249-460X

Keywords

Not Found

Classification

GJHSS-G Classification: FOR Code: 939999

Submission ReceivedDecember 6, 2015
Peer Review Double Blind
Handling Editor
Accepted January 2, 2016
Published January 15, 2016

Version of record

v1.2

Issue date

May 21, 2016

Language

Experiance in AR

Explore published articles in an immersive Augmented Reality environment. Our platform converts research papers into interactive 3D books, allowing readers to view and interact with content using AR and VR compatible devices.

View in VR

Read in 3D

Your published article is automatically converted into a realistic 3D book. Flip through pages and read research papers in a more engaging and interactive format.

View in 3D

Article Matrices

Total Score: 123

Country: Finland

Subject: Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics & Education

Authors: Tanja Aarela, Kaarina Maatta, Satu Uusiautti (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

View Count (all-time): 180

Total Views (Real + Logic): 4079

Total Downloads (simulated): 1956

Publish Date: 2016 05, Sat

Monthly Totals (Real + Logic):

Month 1: 39 views
Month 2: 37 views
Month 3: 30 views
Month 4: 20 views
Month 5: 67 views
Month 6: 21 views
Month 7: 38 views
Month 8: 30 views
Month 9: 32 views
Month 10: 43 views
Month 11: 45 views
Month 12: 39 views
Month 13: 39 views
Month 14: 23 views
Month 15: 26 views
Month 16: 25 views
Month 17: 35 views
Month 18: 39 views
Month 19: 31 views
Month 20: 25 views
Month 21: 26 views
Month 22: 38 views
Month 23: 43 views
Month 24: 26 views
Month 25: 30 views
Month 26: 23 views
Month 27: 39 views
Month 28: 47 views
Month 29: 41 views
Month 30: 49 views
Month 31: 17 views
Month 32: 28 views
Month 33: 21 views
Month 34: 32 views
Month 35: 15 views
Month 36: 39 views
Month 37: 28 views
Month 38: 28 views
Month 39: 23 views
Month 40: 24 views
Month 41: 29 views
Month 42: 37 views
Month 43: 24 views
Month 44: 31 views
Month 45: 12 views
Month 46: 23 views
Month 47: 36 views
Month 48: 41 views
Month 49: 50 views
Month 50: 34 views
Month 51: 35 views
Month 52: 29 views
Month 53: 40 views
Month 54: 40 views
Month 55: 24 views
Month 56: 22 views
Month 57: 35 views
Month 58: 39 views
Month 59: 20 views
Month 60: 22 views
Month 61: 13 views
Month 62: 22 views
Month 63: 17 views
Month 64: 22 views
Month 65: 35 views
Month 66: 25 views
Month 67: 14 views
Month 68: 45 views
Month 69: 33 views
Month 70: 44 views
Month 71: 36 views
Month 72: 18 views
Month 73: 34 views
Month 74: 46 views
Month 75: 26 views
Month 76: 32 views
Month 77: 42 views
Month 78: 25 views
Month 79: 34 views
Month 80: 23 views
Month 81: 45 views
Month 82: 37 views
Month 83: 40 views
Month 84: 41 views
Month 85: 33 views
Month 86: 26 views
Month 87: 42 views
Month 88: 43 views
Month 89: 14 views
Month 90: 29 views
Month 91: 41 views
Month 92: 36 views
Month 93: 26 views
Month 94: 44 views
Month 95: 23 views
Month 96: 27 views
Month 97: 26 views
Month 98: 25 views
Month 99: 47 views
Month 100: 25 views
Month 101: 15 views
Month 102: 26 views
Month 103: 32 views
Month 104: 34 views
Month 105: 20 views
Month 106: 20 views
Month 107: 40 views
Month 108: 45 views
Month 109: 18 views
Month 110: 42 views
Month 111: 27 views
Month 112: 31 views
Month 113: 44 views
Month 114: 54 views
Month 115: 56 views
Month 116: 60 views
Month 117: 65 views
Month 118: 46 views
Month 119: 55 views
Month 120: 37 views

Total Views: 4079

Total Downloads: 1956

2026 Trends

Published Article

Our website is actively being updated, and changes may occur frequently. Please clear your browser cache if needed. For feedback or error reporting, please email [email protected]