The authors queried 336 paraeducators working in 34 high schools or special programs offering transitional services for adult students with disabilities. The survey included (a) the contexts in which they support students with disabilities, (b) their knowledge about core competencies in educating these students, (c) the job-related tasks they perform most frequently, (d) their perceived ability to perform these tasks effectively, and (e) their need for further training across these knowledge and task areas. The study replicated a study conducted by Carter, O'Rourke, Sisco, and Pelsue (2009) surveying paraeducators working in K-12 settings. The authors found that paraeducators worked with a broad range of disabilities in multiple types of transitional school or program settings, with moderate supervision using varied types of teaching strategies, and they received most of their training on the job. Although most paraeducators reported having adequate training across knowledge standards, the quality of training received was reported as informal. Reported tasks performed most frequently were nontransition related. Preparing for transition and IEP plans were less frequently performed and trained for; while tasks less pertinent to students in transitional settings were more frequently performed and prepared for such as one-to-one instruction. Supervision under a certified teacher was reported to be moderately occurring (less than 50% of the time). Future research and development of standards for transitional paraeducators working with adults with disabilities is recommended. Identification of needed specific skills should be coupled with more formal training.

Denna studie har till uppgift att undersöka hur lärare och föräldrar ser på klassbloggen som redskap i den tidiga läs- och skrivinlärningen, i syfte att visa på vilket sätt arbetet med blogg kan bidra till att uppfylla kunskapskraven i Lgr 11.   Undersökningen gjordes via webbenkäter. Dessa delades ut till åtta lärare som arbetar med elevaktiva bloggar. Dessutom besvarades enkäter av föräldrarna i tre av dessa klasser. Av studien framgår att enligt lärarna bidrar bloggen till att eleverna uppnår kunskapskraven med avseende på läsande och skrivande på ett lustfyllt sätt. Vidare upplevs det positivt att språkets struktur och nät- etikett kan behandlas i ett verklighetsbaserat sammanhang. Att publicera sina arbeten gör eleverna mer noggranna i sitt arbete eftersom det upplevs som viktigt att bli uppfattad på rätt sätt.   Klassbloggen ger eleverna goda möjligheter att utveckla digital kompetens och att använda olika slags texter och skilda medier då de uttrycker sig.    Föräldrarna värderar inte bloggen som läsinlärningsverktyg i samma utsträckning som lärarna. Föräldrarna anser däremot att kunskaper om digitala verktyg är positivt för barnen och uppskattar den insyn de får i skolvardagen genom bloggen. / Abstract The purpose of this study was to show how blogs can be used as a method in teaching reading and writing, according to teachers and parents at primary school in Sweden. The aim also was to see how blogs can contribute to implement knowledge standards for reading and writing. The study is based on surveys with eight teachers working with blogs that involve pupils. In addition, surveys were made with parents of three of these classes. The study has shown that working with blogs leads to implement knowledge standards for Swedish of the curriculum for the compulsory school. Teachers in this study find that teaching with blogs makes pupils motivated and that spelling and net-etiquette can be discussed in reality-based context. When student publish their work it makes them more critical as they wish to be understood correctly.  Blogs in education give good opportunities for pupils to develop digital competence and to use different kind of texts and media in order to express themselves. Parents do not value blogs as a way to acquire reading knowledge in the same way teachers do. On the other hand, parents find good digital competence positive for their children and they value the insight they get in daily schoolwork.