Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om och när lärare implementerar tidiga insatser för läs- och skrivsvårigheter hos elever i årskurs 1-3, samt inom vilken tidsram dessa anpassningar sker. Studien belyser de nuvarande framgångsfaktorerna i skolor och de brister som behöver åtgärdas i arbetet med läs- och skrivsvårigheter. Webbenkäten från 2023 besvarades av 163 lärare och den bestod av kvantitativa och kvalitativa frågor. Resultaten visar att majoriteten av respondenterna påbörjar tidiga insatser, men när insatserna sattes in varierar. Studien belyser också behovet av tydligare riktlinjer angående tidsramen för extra stöd och anpassningar samt vikten av ökad lärarkompetens inom neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningar (NPF). Respondenterna uttryckte ett behov av ytterligare utbildning inom läs- och skrivsvårigheter och NPF. Studien föreslår en revidering av skollagen med en specificerad tidsram för extra stöd och anpassningar, utökad lärarutbildning inom NPF och obligatorisk fortbildning för yrkesverksamma lärare. Studien betonar även vikten av välutbildade elevassistenter, samarbete mellan lärare, speciallärare och elevassistenter samt mindre klasser för att underlätta individanpassad undervisning. Framtida forskning kan fokusera på vårdnadshavares perspektiv, effektiviteten av olika insatser samt utforskande av tidigare identifiering av elever med läs- och skrivsvårigheter. / The aim of this study is to investigate when and if teachers implement early interventions for reading and writing difficulties in students in grades 1-3, as well as the timeframe within which these adjustments occur. The study highlights the current success factors in schools and the shortcomings that need to be addressed in the work with reading and writing difficulties. A total of 163 teachers participated in the study, responding to a survey with quantitative questions. Results show that the majority of respondents initiate early interventions, but the timeframe varies. The study also highlights the need for clearer guidelines regarding the timeframe for providing extra support and adjustments, and the importance of increased teacher competence in neurodevelopmental disorders. Respondents expressed a desire for further training in reading and writing difficulties and neurodevelopmental disorders. The study suggests revising school law with a specified timeframe for extra support and adjustments, expanded teacher education in neurodevelopmental disorders, and compulsory continuing education for practicing teachers. Future research could focus on the perspective of guardians, improved collaboration between teachers, special education teachers, and teaching assistants, and exploring earlier identification of students with reading and writing difficulties.

The purpose of this paper is to examine how teachers for the younger ages perceive the conceptof social issues and what subject-specific didactic considerations they make regarding them intheir social studies teaching. The research questions that the paper aimed to answer are whatsubject-specific didactic considerations teachers for the younger ages make in their teaching ofsocial issues, and what role does the teacher believe they take or should take in social studiesteaching. Previous research regarding teaching social issues has examined the teaching of olderstudents. This, together with the few descriptions in the policy documents regarding socialissues for younger students, is the basis for the interest to fulfill this study.The method is based on a phenomenographic research approach and empirics were collectedthrough qualitative semi-structured interviews. A total of six teachers were interviewed, withformal qualifications in the subject of social studies. Their answers were then analyzed basedon the theory within the phenomenographic research approach and Vygotsky's socioculturalperspective.The result consists of three qualitatively different categories that describe the teacher'sperception of the concept of social issues and teaching of the content including the purpose andmethod. The results show that teachers work with social issues from a democratic perspective,a values-based perspective and based on current events.

Syftet med denna studie är att få inblick på hur lärare i årskurs 1–3 ser på användandet av digitala verktyg för att främja elevers lärande inom programmering i matematikundervisningen. Studien har genomförts med semistrukturerade intervjuer av kvalitativ karaktär. Deltagande lärare som har medverkat kommer från olika skolor i mellersta Sverige och är utbildade inom matematikämnet i årskurs 1–3. Den insamlade data har analyserats genom både SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) -  modellen som handlar om hur lärarna använder sig av digitala verktyg i undervisningen och Finger och Houguets konceptuella ramverk för utmaningar vid införande av teknologi i undervisning. Resultatet av denna studie visar att de berörda lärarna tycker att digitala verktyg är en viktig komponent till programmering och att de kan underlätta i programmeringsundervisningen på grund av de möjligheter som det digitala kan erbjuda. / The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how teachers throughout grades 1 – 3 view the use of digital tools to encourage student learning about programming within the subject of mathematics in addition to possibilities and challenges. The study has been accomplished using semi-structured interviews of a qualitative nature. The contributing teachers derive from multiple schools throughout central Sweden and are trained in mathematics through grades 1–3. The collected data has been analyzed using both the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition)- a model which deals with how teachers utilize digital tools to educate, and Vinnervik's translated framework for challenges when implementing technology education. The results show that affected teachers believe that using digital tools is an essential factor when learning programming due to the possibilities they provide.

The aim of the present study was to find out what qualities teachers look for in apps for reading development, what qualities researchers think an app should possess, and whether the apps that teachers use have these qualities. To achieve this purpose, teachers in grades 1–3 were asked to complete a questionnaire and three educational apps were analysed with the aid of questions based on Sjödén’s (2015) dissertation “What makes good educational software?” The questions were used to study the contexts representation, interaction and social positioning. The results of the study showed that the three most desirable qualities in an educational app are that it should motivate pupils, that it should be linked to the learning goals, and that it should give pupils an opportunity to work independently. The analysis showed that the three most frequently used apps had the qualities that the teachers considered most significant and also the qualities that research has found essential in an educational app. The apps mostly elicited positive responses to the analysis questions, but there were defects in the concretizing potential of the apps, and none of them enabled social interaction through the assumption of character roles. The conclusions show that, despite the qualities of the apps, the teacher is indispensable in the teaching of reading with apps, and to choose a good educational app teachers should use the analysis in the study as a foundation but also integrate their own experience of teaching.

Syftet med denna undersökning är att synliggöra vilka former av arbets- och bedömningsmetoder som lärare väljer att använda sig av för att bedöma elevernas kunskaper och genom detta studera hur dessa kan betraktas som likvärdiga i ämnet samhällskunskap, årskurs 1-3. Syftet är även att synliggöra hur lärare som undervisar i ämnet, årskurs 1-3 uppfattar ramfaktorer, och ställa detta mot tidigare forskning huruvida faktorer kan påverka lärares förutsättningar att bedöma eleverna likvärdigt. I en enkätundersökning har lärare som undervisar i samhällskunskap, årskurs 1-3, svarat på frågor om bedömningsmetoder och vilka ramfaktorer de anser påverkar förutsättningar för bedömning. Lärare i undersökningen använder framförallt muntliga och skriftliga bedömningsmetoder, vilket indikerar på hög validitet och reliabilitet. Ramfaktorer som lärarna anser ha störst påverkan på deras möjlighet till att genomföra bedömningar är de pedagogiska- samt de administrativa ramarna. En likvärdig bedömning är svår att uppnå på grund av avsaknad av bedömningsstöd för årskurs 1-3. Lärarnas svar i undersökningen, gällande ursprungskälla av bedömningsmaterial samt användandet av bedömningsmatriser skiljer sig åt, vilket kan peka på skillnader av lärarnas tolkningar av styrdokumenten. / The purpose of this study is to highlight the forms of work- and assessment methods, that teachers choose to use to assess pupil’s knowledge and thereby study how these can be considered equivalent in the subject of social studies, grades 1-3. The purpose is also to make visible how teachers who teach the subject perceive framework factors, and set this against previous research on which factors affect teachers' ability to assess students equally. In a survey, teachers who teach in the grades 1-3 answered questions about assessment methods and which framework factors they consider to affect the conditions for assessment. The teachers mainly used oral- and written assessment methods, which indicates high validity and reliability. Framework factors that teachers consider to have the greatest impact on their ability to assess pupil’s are the pedagogical- and administrative frameworks. Equivalent assessment is difficult to achieve due to the lack of assessment support for grades 1-3. The teachers answers in the survey, that their source of assessment material and the use of assessment matrix differ, which may indicate differences in the teachers' interpretations of the governing documents.

The aim of the study is to investigate how teachers in grades 1­­­­­­­­­­­–3 use reading aloud to develop the pupils’ reading comprehension and how they reflect on the method. The study is based on interviews with four teachers, all of them working in these grades. The interviews have been interpreted hermeneutically and the statements compiled in accordance with the aim and research questions. The results indicate that all the teachers are aware that reading aloud can be used as a resource to develop pupils’ reading comprehension. The results can be interpreted to show that the teachers were accustomed to asking questions about the text that had been read but were uncertain about how to develop the pupils’ reading comprehension otherwise. One reason for the teachers’ uncertainty may be that they do not have the necessary training. The result shows that the reading aloud sessions in the schools look different. What they all have in common, however, is that all the teachers can put the time for reading aloud to better use in order to develop the pupils’ reading comprehension.

教育部明訂，九年一貫能力指標應作為教科書編輯者編撰課本、習作之依據。透過教科書，學生可期望習得能力指標所標示的能力。台灣國中英語教學現場中，習作常作為學生的回家作業，所以能力指標如何呈現在習作上可影響學生能力習得的結果；然而，目前相關研究仍顯不足，因此，本研究採用九年一貫國中英語讀寫能力指標，分析目前最為廣用的一套國中英語習作。另外，本研究也針對第一線國中英語教師進行團體訪談，以了解教師對習作和能力指標的看法。 本研究的結果總結如下: 1. 14條指標中，只有3項在習作中有超過10%的練習題目(推論字義文意;了 解文章主旨大意；合併、改寫及造句)；然而卻有8項指標在習作中的練 習題少於1.5%。 2. 針對被強調的3項指標，訪談教師同意這些能力的確需要被強調，只不過習 作的練習題仍顯不足。 3. 針對被忽略的8項指標，教師認為有些能力(例:查字典)對學生來說並非最 重要，因此習作缺乏此類練習是可以接受的；不過，某些能力(例:看懂圖 表標示)因為和學生的日常生活息息相關，理應出現在習作裡；而部分難度 較高的指標(例:寫一個段落)可編為自由選擇(optional)的習題，讓程度 較高的學生有更多練習的機會。 根據研究結果，研究者對教育決策者、教科書編輯、及英語教師提出數點 建議。 / The competence indicators (CI) listed in the Grades 1-9 Curriculum Guidelines are regulated as the principles for private publishers to compile teaching materials—textbooks and student workbooks. Through these teaching materials, it is expected that students can acquire the competences stipulated in the curriculum guidelines. Student workbooks, especially in Taiwan’s junior high school English classrooms, are used as a main source for students’ homework. Therefore, how the CIs are incorporated into the workbooks can affect students’ acquirement of the competences. Nonetheless, little research has been done on analysis of English workbooks based on competence indicators. This study, therefore, aimed to analyze a most popular set of junior high school English workbooks based on the Grades 7-9 reading and writing competence indicators. To gain more in-depth insights, a focus group interview with in-service teachers was later conducted to explore teachers’ views on the workbooks and competence indicators. The results of the present study are summarized as follows. 1.Of the 14 CIs, only three were emphasized (to guess meanings of words and reading passages; to understand main ideas; and to combine, change, and make sentences), each taking up more than 10% of the workbook exercises. However, there were up to eight CIs that were neglected, each taking up less than 1.5% of the workbook exercises. 2.As for the three emphasized CIs, the teacher interviewees agreed that the emphasis was necessary, but the practice in the workbooks were still insufficient for their students. 3.As for the eight neglected CIs, the teachers considered that: (1) lack of practice on some CIs, such as to use a dictionary, was acceptable, for these skills were impractical for their students; (2) some practices, such as to fill out forms, should have be included into the workbooks because they were related to students’ daily lives; (3) certain practices, such as to write a simple paragraph, could be designed as optional workbook exercises for high achieving students to master more advanced skills. Finally, some suggestions are provided on the basis of the findings in this study.