Overview
- Provides a snapshot of the different ‘Nordic dialogues’ between the countries
- Highlights the promotion of equality and equity in the special education services
- Draws together leading special education academics from across the Nordic countries
Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development (CHILD, volume 36)
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This book explores policies and practices in special education in the early years, highlighting shared enablers and barriers. It examines research, policies and practices from different Nordic countries and discusses the theory and empirical data underlying the research. It looks at specific issues including gifted children, social inequality and exclusion, teaching children with autism, inclusive practice, language and emotions. The book offers critical perspectives, highlights potential developmental objects and gives recommendations for further research as well as policy and practice. The book features many aspects of the so-called Nordic model - the economic and social policies common to the Nordic Countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The findings provide important insights into the Nordic model and advance the understanding of relevant issues facing the Nordic countries.
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Keywords
- Autism in the Norwegian Kindergarten
- Autism and Young Children in Sweden
- Children with Low Numerical Comprehension Skills
- Development of Numerical and Language Skills
- Early Childhood Special Education Policy in Finland
- Inclusive Practices in Norwegian Early Childhood Education
- Early Number Knowledge
- Language Learning Environment for Children under Three
- Gifted Children in Swedish Preschools
- Self-Regulating Skills in Finnish Early Childhood Education
- Social Inequality and Inclusion
Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Policy Perspectives
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Practice Perspectives
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Heidi Harju-Luukkainen holds a Ph.D. in education, special education teacher qualification and qualification in leadership and management from Finland. She has published more than 100 international books, journal articles and reports as well as worked on more than 35 projects globally. Harju-Luukkainen has worked at top-ranked universities in the USA like UCLA, USC as well as in many Nordic research universities. She has developed education programs for universities, been a PI of PISA sub-assessments in Finland and functioned as a board professional. Her research areas are early childhood education, justice in education and international student assessment.
Natallia Bahdanovich Hanssen, Ph.D., an associate professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University in Bodø, Norway, and Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer. She has an aesthetic education, with a major in music, singing, and art history from the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and adaptive training and special needs education from Nord University in Bodø, Norway. Natallia’s research is currently linked to early childhood education, special needs education, inclusive education, comparative studies, developmental language disorder, aesthetic and special needs education.
Christel Sundqvist, Ph.D., is an associate professor in special education at Nord University in Norway and at Åbo Akademi University in Finland. Her research interest concerns inclusive education, the special education teachers’ role, multi-professional collaboration and consultation in special needs education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Special Education in the Early Years
Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Policy and Practice in the Nordic Countries
Editors: Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Natallia Bahdanovich Hanssen, Christel Sundqvist
Series Title: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91297-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91296-3Published: 23 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91299-4Published: 23 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91297-0Published: 21 April 2022
Series ISSN: 2468-8746
Series E-ISSN: 2468-8754
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 285
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Language Education, International and Comparative Education