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Download full textStracke, Christian M.; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Bozkurt, Aras; Burgos, Daniel; Cassafieres, Cécile Swiatek; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Mason, Jon; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Shon, Jin Gon; Wan, Marian; Agbu, Jane-Frances Obiageli; Farrow, Robert; Karakaya, Özlem; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad; Conole, Grainne; Cox, Glenda; Truong, Vi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Open Education, Distance Education
Direct linkDöös, Marianne; Wilhelmson, Lena; Madestam, Jenny; Örnberg, Åsa – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
A school principal's workload is recognised as being heavy, with an imbalance between demands and resources. This paper contributes to the development of collective leadership. The principalship constellations of six schools in Sweden were studied with the aim of strengthening the current knowledge about structures and experiences of shared…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews
Madej, Lars – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
This case study investigates, at three Swedish schools, primary school students' knowledge of the equal sign. The schools were chosen as representatives of schools whose students have different socioeconomic backgrounds. The data consist of Grade 3 and 6 students' responses to an assessment form based on Matthews et al. ("JRME,"…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Socioeconomic Status
Reichenberg, Olof – Educational Studies, 2018
Student behavioural disengagement is a problem in many schools. This paper aims to explain why students' behavioural disengagement occurs and reoccurs in Swedish classrooms in terms of two mechanisms. Mechanisms that explain student disengagement are tested quantitatively and illustrated qualitatively with primary data consisting of 74…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Behavior, Peer Influence, Case Studies
Adolfsson, Carl-Henrik; Alvunger, Daniel – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2020
In this paper, we theorize on local school governance through a multi-method case study of a large-sized Swedish municipality by drawing on neo-institutional theory. In light of a changing governing landscape in Sweden in terms of a 're-centralization', new conditions between the state, the local education authorities (LEA) and the schools have…
Descriptors: Governance, Power Structure, School Districts, Case Studies
Schmidt, William H.; Houang, Richard T.; Sullivan, William F.; Cogan, Leland S. – OECD Publishing, 2022
The OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 (E2030) project's overall goal is that of looking to the future in terms of how school curricula should evolve given the technological advances and other changes that societies are now facing. Towards that end, the E2030 project centres on the idea that education needs to equip students with the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Futures (of Society), Mathematics Curriculum, Educational Trends
Juvonen, Päivi, Ed.; Källkvist, Marie, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2021
With increasing mobility of people across the world, there is a pressing need to develop evidence-based teaching practices that lead to high-quality education, which serves the needs of inclusive societies and social and epistemic justice. This book presents cutting-edge qualitative case-study research across a range of educational contexts,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Code Switching (Language), Multilingualism, Language Usage
Paseka, Angelika, Ed.; Byrne, Delma, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
This book addresses central questions regarding parental involvement across European educational systems; exploring the commonalities and differences across European countries and the extent to which current policy and practice pertaining to parental involvement is inclusive of diversity. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that draws from the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Policy, Diversity
Lunneblad, Johannes – Ethnography and Education, 2020
Cooperation and partnerships between schools and public organisations, private companies and non-profit organisations have become a common model as a form of governance for addressing social problems. The aim of this article is to explore the strategies used by professionals to counteract segregation at a school located in a multi-ethnic suburb,…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Social Problems, School Segregation
Lindgren, Joakim – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
This article provides results from a study of the hidden processes of consensus formation that precede and make possible official judgments and decisions of the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (SI). The research question for the study was: How is knowledge negotiated on the back stage of school inspection and presented on the front stage? The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality
Andreasson, Ingela; Ohlsson, Lisbeth; Assarson, Inger – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2015
The aim of this article is to offer some reflections on the relationship between meanings of equity at the national level and those working with these questions in local schools. We argue that meanings of equity at the national level are in strong contrast to the range complexity identified in local schools. The article draws from case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Case Studies, Preschool Education
Hubwieser, Peter; Armoni, Michal; Giannakos, Michail N.; Mittermeir, Roland T. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
In view of the recent developments in many countries, for example, in the USA and in the UK, it appears that computer science education (CSE) in primary or secondary schools (K-12) has reached a significant turning point, shifting its focus from ICT-oriented to rigorous computer science concepts. The goal of this special issue is to offer a…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Ellertsson, Ann-Sofi; Garmy, Pernilla; Clausson, Eva K. – Journal of School Nursing, 2017
The aim of the study was to investigate Swedish school nurses' perceptions of schoolchildren's health. The study is based on two national surveys in which school nurses responded to questions about schoolchildren's health in 2015 (n = 181) and 2005 (n = 129). A statistical comparison showed that physical and mental health of schoolchildren in…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Prevention, Diseases, Health Personnel
Olsson, Cecilia; Waling, Maria – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objectives: Sweden is one of three countries worldwide which has a legal requirement to ensure that pupils in compulsory school should be offered free, nutritious school meals. Furthermore, the law states that school meal provision should be included in schools' internal quality management (IQM) system. The objective of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Guidelines, Food, Educational Environment
Nordholm, Daniel – Education Inquiry, 2016
This article reports findings from a case study carried out in a Swedish municipality focusing on a school-to-school collaboration established to support implementation of a nation-wide curriculum. The aim was to study how ideas for improvements in this temporary organisation were transferred to the local schools. The findings presented are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Municipalities, Institutional Cooperation, Case Studies
