Browsing by Author "Grönvall, Franciska"

The purpose is to investigate whether classroom teacher consultation works in practice. Within this topic, there is little previous Finnish research. Since the previous research primarily considers the law as such and not the teacher's everyday work, it is justified to conduct an investigation into how teachers experience their right to consultation. And since the previous research primarily takes the perspective of other experts, it is justified to conduct an investigation from a Finnish teacher's perspective. My indirect goal is to simplify and increase class teachers' consultation by directly investigating what problems exist when class teachers consult. I am trying to investigate what has a positive impact on teacher consultation and what has a negative impact on teacher consultation. I hope that my research can contribute to help class teachers to identify and resolve legal and ethical issues related to consultation. The research questions are what challenges do class teachers experience in terms of consultation and how do we alleviate the challenges of consultation? I sought answers to my research questions through a qualitative study with a phenomenographic research approach. I strove for free discussion and thus had a semi-structured interview method. The research questions were answered with the help of seven informants who work as class teachers. I analyzed the material using thematic analysis. The challenges class teachers experienced with consultation were a lack of knowledge, that they did not know the experts and lack of resources in student care. These challenges could be alleviated according to the class teachers through a handbook on consultation for class teachers, getting to know their colleagues and by increasing resources in student care.