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Bümen, Nilay T.; Holmqvist, Mona – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
Despite the increasing popularity of studies on teachers' national curriculum adaptations, there is no comparative study elucidating teachers' adaptations in centralized and decentralized educational contexts through sense-making theory lenses. This paper presents a comparative case study of Turkish and Swedish senior classroom teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, National Curriculum
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Sandberg, Gunilla; Norling, Martina – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of teachers' perspectives on promoting reading and writing for pupils with various linguistic backgrounds in grade 1. Focus group interviews were conducted with 17 teachers who work in preschool classes and in grade 1. The teachers' perspectives on reading and writing can be characterised as…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
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Johansson, Stefan; Myrberg, Eva; Rosén, Monica – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The main aim of this study was to investigate the impact of formal teacher competence on pupils' reading achievement. The data comes from the Swedish participation in PIRLS 2001 in grade 3. Information was obtained from pupils (n = 5271) and teachers (n = 351). The analyses were conducted using 2-level structural equation modeling. Teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
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Hjalmarsson, Maria; Löfdahl, Annica – Gender and Education, 2014
The article explores how male primary school teachers view and relate to other people's expectations of them as teachers. The empirical data consists of interviews with seven teachers working in compulsory school grades three to five in a large-sized town in Sweden. The theoretical work on relations among masculinities developed by Connell and the…
Descriptors: Males, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Expectation
Johansson, Stefan; Strietholt, Rolf; Rosén, Monica; Myrberg, Eva – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether and, if so, how formal teacher competence relates to the relationship between pupil reading achievement and teachers judgements' of pupils' reading achievement. The data come from the Swedish participation in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2001 in Grade 3.…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Skills, Teacher Competencies, Reading Achievement
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Damber, Ulla; Samuelsson, Stefan; Taube, Karin – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2012
The main purpose of this study was to examine the classroom, teacher and student factors distinguishing grade three classes performing at higher levels than expected, in relation to socioeconomic status (SES) and language factors, from classes performing below their potential with regard to the same factors. Data from a standardized reading…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Student Characteristics, Teaching Experience, Questionnaires