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Castro, Susana; Granlund, Mats; Almqvist, Lena – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
Child engagement has been defined as active participation in classroom routines, appropriate interactions with the environment and it also predicts academic achievement. Therefore, it is necessary to identify predictors of engagement over time. Moreover, cross-cultural data is needed to provide a global picture of the quality of Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Preschool Education, Learner Engagement
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Strand, Anne-Sofie; Anbäcken, Els-Marie; Granlund, Mats – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2015
The aim of this article is to explore whether 15 students with a high level of truancy have experienced social support at school. The analysis is based on systems theory with a focus on the social context at school. The study is based on data collected in an earlier school document study (Strand & Granlund, 2013) and on 2 earlier interview…
Descriptors: Truancy, Foreign Countries, Systems Approach, Social Support Groups
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Maxwell, Gregor; Granlund, Mats – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2011
This study approaches inclusive schools by looking at how conditions for participation are expressed for pupils with additional support needs in education policy documents in Sweden and Scotland. By using five dimensions of the environment--availability, accessibility, affordability, accommodability and acceptability--expressions of conditions for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Educational Policy, Special Needs Students
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Lillvist, Anne; Sandberg, Anette; Bjorck-Akesson, Eva; Granlund, Mats – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
Preschool teachers share their environment with young children on a daily basis and interventions promoting social competence are generally carried out in the preschool setting. The aim was to find out if and how preschool teachers' definitions of social competence are related to factors in the preschool environment like: a) the number of children…
Descriptors: Definitions, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Interpersonal Competence