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Bergmark, Ulrika – Professional Development in Education, 2023
A prominent phenomenon in education in Europe and internationally is the demand for research-based education, which is also the case in Sweden, the context of this study. Therefore, greater academic demands have been placed on teachers, which can present a distinctive challenge for teachers who were educated when teacher education prioritised…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration, Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice
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Bergmark, Ulrika; Hansson, Kristina – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
In 2010, Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce a legal requirement that education should be research-based, placing huge demands on schools. The study's aim is to explore how, through sensemaking, teachers and principals enact this policy in schools. In total, 272 teachers and 23 principals from pre-schools, leisure-time centers,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Research
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Bergmark, Ulrika; Erixon, Per-Olof – European Educational Research Journal, 2020
In this article, we study the academisation of the teaching profession in Sweden, which follows contemporary trends in other Nordic and European countries. The specific aim was to analyse 14 reports written by researching teachers enrolled in a master's programme to investigate how they perceive, interpret and value academic and professional…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Teacher Researchers, Graduate Study
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Bergmark, Ulrika; Westman, Susanne – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
This paper discusses a case study in teacher education in Sweden, focusing on creating spaces for student engagement through co-creating curriculum. It highlights democratic values and a multidimensional learning view as underpinning such endeavors. The main findings are that co-creating curriculum is an ambiguous process entailing unpredictable,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Education
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Bergmark, Ulrika; Kostenius, Catrine – Improving Schools, 2009
This article focuses on student participation in the research process as a contribution to school improvement. The specific aim of this article was to explore students' participation in different phases of a research process and discuss how their participation can contribute to school improvement. Based on a life-world phenomenological ontology,…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Action Research, Student Participation, Educational Improvement
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Bergmark, Ulrika – Pastoral Care in Education, 2008
In Sweden the compulsory school curriculum prescribes that education should promote learning in different subjects while simultaneously assisting students to develop into citizens of good character. To achieve these goals students need to cultivate such character strengths as respect and responsibility, so that they can create positive…
Descriptors: Action Research, Personality, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries