A calm environment, conducive to learning, is one of the most basic prerequisites for good learning. This study has an important special education focus as good studies are of particular importance for students with special needs. It´s more difficult for them, often with their origins in socio-economically vulnerable environments, to compensate for a lack of peace of mind and a poor working environment. The overall aims are with the theories of Aspelin and Persson (2011) and a bottom-up method investigate teachers in a larger Swedish municipality and their views on studies in their classes and gain in-depth knowledge of their experiences, their experience of using disciplinary measures to achieve a calm environment, conducive to learning, and whether they perceive that the school supports them in the use of such measures according to the Swedish School Act. A literature review describes what a good study environment can create, much based on the central concept of classroom management. The fact that even a skilled teacher sometimes needs to take disciplinary action is not an objective in itself. Methods of this kind could not be given too much importance and be seen as punishment by the students. According to the Swedish School Act, they are supposed to be a natural part of the school's everyday life. A larger municipality in Sweden has been investigated by putting questions to the teachers, using a Google questionnaire. According to the teachers in the municipality surveyed, there are major shortcomings in maintaining a calm environment, conducive to learning in grades 6 to 9. The problem in public schools in the city is particularly high, although the municipal schools in the country also have widespread shortcomings according to study. Independent schools in the urban environment also face major challenges. Two-thirds of all teachers in the survey find that students sometimes talk about other things than studies during lessons. Students' late arrivals, unrest and brawls outside the classroom, students' private use of mobiles and students moving inside and out of the classroom interfering with teaching, is an obstacle giving one third of teachers. A majority of teachers are in favor of disciplinary measures to improve the quality of study. However, about half of the teachers in the municipal city school do not believe that they receive sufficient support from the school managements to create a good study environment. This study suggests that unscientific practices is pre-emanating in public schools. There is reason to be skeptical about movements, especially when they want to use theories that are not scientifically tested and since according to the Swedish law it is illegal to use methods that lack scientific support. Many municipalities, including several of the largest cities and the municipality in this study, seems to use unscientific methods and practice that are not fully supported by the Swedish School Act.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-466141 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Sandström, Tommy |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Examensarbete vid Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier |
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