Carina Wikman

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Name and title: Carina Wikman

ORCID0000-0003-2758-1784 Länk till annan webbplats.

Workplace: Department of Special Education Länk till annan webbplats.

Visiting address Room F1259Albanovägen 28

Postal address Specialpedagogiska institutionen106 91 Stockholm

About me

I am a senior lecturer in special education and completed my PhD at Stockholm University in 2023. My professional background includes work as a teacher, special education teacher, and special educator in both primary and secondary schools. That experience sparked my interest in questions of classroom climate and student learning. My research examines the social climate of the classroom, the quality of interactions between teachers and students, and among students themselves. I study how it can be assessed, how it relates to students' social-emotional and academic development, and how teachers can be supported in developing it through observation and coaching, with a particular focus on inclusive and preventive special education.  

My teaching takes place at both undergraduate and advanced levels, within the special needs teacher and special educational needs coordinator programmes, and within teacher education. At the undergraduate level, I teach special education in the subject teacher programme oriented towards work in years 7–9 of compulsory school and in upper secondary school, as well as special education for teachers oriented towards work in compulsory school years K–3 and 4–6. At advanced level, I teach within the special needs teacher's profession-specific competencies, with a specialisation in language, writing and reading development, including the modules Assessment of and for Language, Writing and Reading Development and Pedagogical Investigation and Action Programmes. I also teach theory of science, and I supervise and examine special needs teachers and special educational needs coordinators in their degree projects.

My research examines the social climate of the classroom — the quality of interactions between teachers and students, and among students themselves. I study how it can be assessed, how it relates to students' social-emotional and academic development, and how teachers can be supported in developing it through observation and coaching, with a particular focus on inclusive and preventive special education.

I am currently working on a forthcoming book, Relationscentrerad undervisning – klassrumsklimat för elevers lärande och utveckling (Relationship-Centred Teaching: Classroom Climate for Students' Learning and Development). Studentlitteratur.      

Contact

Name and title: Carina Wikman

ORCID0000-0003-2758-1784 Länk till annan webbplats.

Workplace: Department of Special Education Länk till annan webbplats.

Visiting address Room F1259Albanovägen 28

Postal address Specialpedagogiska institutionen106 91 Stockholm