Jyväskylä University in Finland offers different courses that are aimed at training teachers for the "inclusive schools system" - as a system where they believe no need will be for "special education", because the main stream teachers will be able to teach all kinds of learners at all times..
Is this where we are going in Denmark? I'm just asking...
Even so. If you're interested, you can have a look at their homepage at http://www.jyu.fi/
It is possible to choose "English", but there might be things on the homepage that are not translated...
The professor in charge of the programme is Timo Saloviita - and if you want to learn more about the opposite approach to "inclusive education" you can have a look at Prof. Hannu Savolainen's work. Hannu is in favour of a system with special education provided by specially trained teachers. Both professors have done extensive research and you will be able to find work from both of them online.
We do have the same debate in Denmark and I would say the trend is towards more inclusion. Both for democratic reasons, if you like and because it might be cheaper. Niels Egelund argues that a lot of the money spent on SEN separate from general classes is over the top and the money could be spent a lot better by providing assistance for the class TEACHER rather than the individual student. He also claims that we still need to have SEN classes for some students - we cannot and should not include all, no matter what.
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