18 september 2026

Inclusion in practice: a matter of school culture


Tjernberg, C., & Heimdahl Mattson, E. (2014) Inclusion in practice: a matter of school culture. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 29, 2, 247-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2014.891336


Artikeln Inclusion in practice: a matter of school culture, skriven av mig och professor Eva Heimdahl Mattson, och publicerad i den Internationella vetenskapliga tidskriften European Journal of Special Needs Education, har i nuläget nära 30 000 nedladdningar. Artikeln har nått upp till denna nivå efter att länge har varit bland de mest nedladdade artiklarna i European Journal of Special Needs Education.

I artikeln undersöker vi hur framgångsrik läs- och skrivundervisning bedrivs i praktiken utan att vara exkluderande. Huvudslutsatsen är att framgångsrik och inkluderande undervisning är starkt sammankopplad med skolkulturen och lärarnas förhållningssätt, snarare än enskilda metoder. Genom en kombination av heterogena grupper, teoretisk och erfarenhetsbaserad yrkeskunskap, samt starkt kollegial samverkan, skapar en inkluderande miljö där alla elever upplever sig kompetenta och värdefulla.


Abstract 
The main aim of this study was to find out how reading and writing education can work successfully in practice without being exclusive. The teachers preferred heterogenous groups and emphasised the importance of various teaching methods and approaches so as to be able to deal with student diversity. They had a good theoretical foundation and the ability to link-up their theoretical knowledge with what they learned from experience to create action-oriented knowledge. The importance of each student being challenged in the next development zone was stressed. The teachers’ positive belief in their students’ ability and their commitment to the pedagogical process were other central factors. The successful results of the teachers’ work showed the importance of mentorship, co-operation with colleagues and continuous pedagogical discussions, led by a researching teacher, so as to promote the teachers’ own reflective ability. This created an inclusive school culture in which all the students felt they were competent, valued and never excluded.


Inkludering är således resultatet av en reflekterande skolkultur som präglas av heterogena grupper, ett starkt kollegialt lärande och en positiv syn på elevers olikheter.