LÄRARES RÄTT ATT KVARSTÅ I SIN TJÄNST

Radwilowicz, R. (1970). On the Function of Student Questions: A Methodological Report. Pedagogisk Forskning, Scand. J. educ. Res. 173‐183 The purpose of the article is: 1) to present the methodological aspects of the whole cycle of the author's research in this hitherto neglected field, and 2) to discuss the difference between the viewpoint of the author as to student questions and the other viewpoints. The author characterizes his own position as a ‘forming’ one.     

JAMFÖRELSE MELLAN TVÅ METODER VID ORDFÖRRÄDSPROV

In the article we examine the growth of special education, the expansion of the field and the categories used to classify special education students. Special education began to grow rapidly at the end of the 1960s with the advent of the comprehensive school system. This growth has occurred in both traditional classroom‐type teaching and part‐time, clinic‐type special education characteristic of the modern school model. The catetories used as the basis for transfer to special education have changed very little during the present century. Transfer to schools for the educationally subnormal has been due to lack of mental capacities, while transfer to classes for the socially maladjusted has been based on inability to adapt socially.     

BETYDELSEN AV DEN TIDSMÄSSIGA PLACERINGEN AV KUNSKAP OM RESULTATET I ANSLUTNING TILL ÖVNING MED TVÅ TYPER AV INLÄRNINGSMATERIAL

This study was designed to investigate the cross‐cultural similarity of vocational interests as measured by the Strong Interest Inventory. An Icelandic version of the SII was administered to Icelandic college students studying medicine, business, library science, geology, biology, psychology, theology, and nursing. 290 first year students were tested, and 123 students approaching final exams of whom 80 were re‐tested two years later. Reliability coefficients for the scales (occupational themes, interests, occupations and the special scales) varied from 0.79 to 0.89. On the basis of the US norms 74‐83 percent of students were correctly classified into their actual professional group. The results indicate that US norms are valid for Icelandic college students and allow for satisfying prediction of educational and vocational choice. This may indicate that the US norms of the SII could be applicable for other Nordic college students. SII scale scores for all groups indicate identical interest structure for Icelandic and US groups of the same field of study.     

LÄRAREN SOM MILJÖFAKTOR I KLASSRUMMET

Abstract:Wedman, I. 1981. Allocating Individuals into Mastery States on the Basis of Expected Utilities. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 25,9‐19. This study describes a procedure for making decisions in connection with criterion‐referenced measurements. The procedure, which may be called a full Bayesian procedure, uses continuous utility functions instead of a dichotomized utility structure. The basic idea is to combine the posterior distribution for a certain person with utility functions for ‘advance’ and ‘retain’ decisions respectively. The decision is then made in favour of the action with the largest expected utility. Fictitious data are presented to illustrate the procedure.     

FARGEKARAKTERISERING OG FARGEPREFERANSE II. LITT OM PREFERANSE FOR FARGAR HOS OSLO‐BARN I ALDEREN 10—13 ÅR

This study explores the memories of starting school that remain in a person's mind throughout the decades. The data were collected from elderly/retired people in Finland. The participants were recruited through two magazines and were asked to write a story on their memories about starting school. Eight stories about starting school in 1937–1957 were received and were analyzed using discourse analysis. The results showed that memories about starting school included memories of leaving home and saying goodbye, signs of the schoolchild, feelings of uncertainty in new situations and realizing differences. The Second World War also had an impact on the memories. The results indicated that both positive and negative memories related to starting school remained after decades.