Estimated Effects of Web-Based Course from Adult Vocational Students’ Perspective—A PFA Course in Scandinavian Intellectual Disability Practice

Sylvia Olsson and Christine Gustafsson
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Sylvia Olsson: School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, 63105 Eskilstuna, Sweden
Christine Gustafsson: School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, 63105 Eskilstuna, Sweden

Disabilities, 2021, vol. 1, issue 2, 1-18

Abstract: In Scandinavia, the field of intellectual disability (ID) practice lacks specific course, professional training, theoretical foundation, guidelines, and practice consensus. However, Pedagogiskt Förhållnings-och Arbetsätt (PFA model) has the potential to offer a pedagogical attitude and a way of working within ID practice. PFA was developed in the context of Swedish ID practice and has attracted national and European interest. Most staff working in ID practice in Scandinavia are educated to upper secondary school (adolescent students) level or vocational course (adult students) level. In the present pilot study, we examined the effects of providing a web-based PFA course as a complement to the Swedish national curriculum. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the effects of self-assessed knowledge and learning using a web-based PFA course intervention on an adult vocational course. The study involved a quantitative intervention approach involving two equivalent groups in an experimental design: an experimental group ( n = 12) and a comparison group ( n = 46). These groups were administered a pre-test and a post-test questionnaire that estimated their knowledge of the course through self-reporting tests. The findings provide empirical evidence of the informed and sustained use of knowledge building through complementary web-based PFA courses.

Keywords: intellectual disability practice; intellectual disability guidelines; PFA; web course intervention; quantitative explorative design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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