Browsing by Subject "sairastuminen kouluiässä"

Hospital schooling in Finland is a small but nation-wide margin of special education. Hospital schooling has been organized in Finland from the early 20th century. However there is relatively only few research data. Lately research about hospital schooling has been increasing. Hospital schools and their pupils have been studied in a few bachelor's and master's theses and in one doctoral thesis. Two doctor's theses about hospital schooling are currently being completed. Aim of this study was to examine what kind of school experiences the hospital school pupils have during their hospital school process. This study's results provide information about the experiences during hospital school. The population of this study consisted of ten hospital school pupils and their teachers. Pupils were primary and secondary school aged boys and girls. The data was collected during the years 2009-2014 as a part of a national study about hospital schooling. In this study I focused on the answers to an open question. Pupils and their teachers wrote their thoughts in three stages: when coming to hospital school, when leaving the hospital school and a few months after returning back to their own schools. This study was executed as a case study and the data was analyzed using the methods of content analysis. The research results revealed five types of cases. Cases were: the struggling student (1), pupil with improved school path (2), the pupil who had a steady path (3), the pupil who was dissatisfied with the school system (4), and the pupil whose skills as a schoolchild were not yet developed (5). In their writings the teachers discussed the pupils' scholarly skills, coping and how comfortable did pupils feel in school. Students and teachers mostly discussed the same themes and their thoughts and responses were similar to one another. Pupils in hospital schooling have multiple experiences at school and they deal situations in school uniquely. Adult views are corresponding to the pupils' thoughts.