Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka professionsutveckling hos en specialpedagog med fördjupning inom matematik. Det övergripande syftet är att bidra med kunskap om specialpedagogiska professioner. Teoretiska utgångspunkter är Abbotts (1988) professionsteori och SØT-modellen (Kversøy & Hartviksen, 2008), samt matematikdidaktiska perspektiv med fokus på kognitiva, affektiva och sociala, samt conceptual respektive procedural, dimensioner på undervisningen. Professionsutvecklingen studeras på en norsk högstadieskola som använder en bondgård som sin alternativa undervisningsarena. Studien är longitudinell och autoetnografisk. Det empiriska materialet består av specialpedagogens logganteckningar från sju års verksamhet. Materialet analyseras med hjälp av professionsteori, matematikdidaktisk teori samt autoetnografisk reflektion. Resultaten visar att specialpedagogens professionsutveckling sker i takt med utvidgandet av specialpedagogisk kompetens, som visas i fördjupad reflektionsförmåga, problemlösningsförmåga och förmåga att argumentera genom inferens, via samlad erfarenhet och utbildning. Inom matematik synliggörs att specialpedagogen utvecklar förmågan att lösa problem, genom att i högre grad basera åtgärderna på tidigare erfarenheter och akademisk kunskapsbas i syfte att individ- och situationsanpassa undervisningen. Det specialpedagogiska uppdraget visas i resultatet vara komplext, i synnerhet på en alternativ undervisningsarena. Komplexiteten ökar när specialpedagogen verkar inom flera arenor. Slutsatsen är att specialpedagogens funktion som länk mellan olika aktörer och instanser är viktig, i synnerhet på alternativa undervisningsarenor, för att bidra till en mer inkluderande verksamhetsform. / The purpose of this study is to investigate a SENCO’s (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) professional development, especially in mathematic didactic. The main purpose is to contribute with knowledge of special educational professions. The theoretical framework consists of Abbotts (1988) Theory of Professions and a modell called SØT (Kversøy & Hartviksen, 2008), together with mathematic didactic perspectives focusing on cognitive, affective and social, as well as conceptual and procedural, dimensions of teaching. The professional development is studied through a Norwegian secondary school, which uses a farm as its alternative educational arena. The study is longitudinal and auto-ethnographical. The empirical material consists of the SENCO’s written activity logs from a seven-year-period. The empirical material is analysed by profession theories, mathematical didactic and auto-ethnographical reflection. The results show that the SENCO’s professional development occurs simultaneously with expanded special educational competence, which is shown through deepened reflectivity, problem-solving ability and capability to argue with inference through accumulated experience and higher education. In mathematics it is shown that the SENCO develops her ability to solve problems, by further basing the measures, to a greater extent, on previous experience and academic knowledge, in order to provide induvial and situation-adapted teaching. The special educational mission is shown to be complex, especially in an alternative educational arena. The complexity increases when the SENCO works within several arenas. The conclusion is that the SENCO’s function as a link between different actors and instances is important, especially in alternative educational arenas, to contribute with a more inclusive form of schooling.

In Swedish schools, students have a statutory right to support if the need arises. According to The Education Act, the workflow with support measures can briefly be described as: if needs are noticed, then support measures in the form of additional adjustments must be made. If the additional adjustments are insufficient, the investigation of the needs for special support must be initiated, which may result in the establishment of an action program, that regularly must be followed up and evaluated. Between an external and an internal boundary that is between the Education Act and the school culture a so called Scope for Action (frirum) can be found, according to Berg (2003). Schools’ actor-preparedness (aktörsberedskap), that is prerequisites, affect how the Education Act according to the workflow with support measures is interpreted and put into practice. The purpose of this study is therefore to identify and examine the Scope for Action when it comes to workflow regarding support measures. To do this the perspectives of SENCOs (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) in Upper Secondary Schools will be collected through interviews. Berg’s (2003) Scope for Action Model (frirumsmodell) will be applied and used as a tool for interpretation and explanation of these interviews. Additionally, in the search for and interpretation of ‘frirummet’ Wall’s (2018) study of the Education Act from an administrative law perspective is used. The inquiries are therefore what the workflow in terms of support measures looks like from a special educator’s perspective, what characteristics and consequences of ‘frirummet’ that can be identified and what characterizes the actor-preparedness. The results point to a number of ways of utilizing the scope for Action, for example when it comes to acknowledge and identify needs, define and use of concepts, documentation practice and workflow according to support measures. In the structures and routines described by the SENCOs, expressions of Berg's (2003) actor-preparedness can be discerned to varying degrees. At the same time as the SENCOs' descriptions in many ways point to an aspiration for interprofessional collaboration and collective autonomy, there are also clear traces of specialization and individual autonomy. The question is whether the variation is due to possible ambiguity with associated interpretive space in the Education Act or to the schools actor-preparedness where resources could be a part. The results however show that how The Education Act is set to practice varies not only depending on how detailed the law is but also depending on local interpretations, conditions and decisions. The question of legal certainty therefore arises.