Lärare, speciallärare och specialpedagogers uppfattningar gällande samverkan : Hur skapas goda förutsättningar för integrerade elevers utbildning?

Sammanfattning: According to previous research, there is a need to strengthen the forms of collaboration regarding integrated students. The purpose of this study is to make the perceptions of a few teachers and special education teachers and special educational needs coordinators visible concerning cooperation and to contribute with knowledge regarding what forms of teamwork that can create good environments concerning the education of integrated students. The questions of the study aim to find out how different forms of collaboration can be described by general teachers, special education teachers and special educational needs coordinators as well as what obstacles and opportunities are made visible to create a functioning teamwork. The third question is described through the systems theory and aims at making obstacles, opportunities and forms of teamwork visible to collaboration. A qualitative survey and semi-structured interviews are the method of this study. The system theory is a tool for analysing the empirical evidence. The result of the study presents a coherent picture of lacking competence concerning students with intellectual disabilities. Teachers want to have an improved collaboration with special education teachers and special educational needs coordinators and that is the perception of the result. Learn from colleagues appears as the most requested form of teamwork in enhancing the competence of teachers regarding integrated students. Planning time also appears as a clear form of collaboration. Lack of time is generally seen as an obstacle to this collaboration. All the interviewed claimed that more time was considered the only way to create more opportunities for teamwork. To conclude, the result shows that the principal plays an important part in giving the pedagogues the development of competence and time for collaboration to be able to meet the needs of integrated students in the best way possible.