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Andersson, Richard – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2022
During the last decade, the Swedish School-age Educare has been the object of multiple government-enforced reform initiatives in order to clarify its purpose and increase educational quality and equivalence. In 2019, a teacher certification reform was imposed on the educational programme, concretizing responsibilities between categories of staff…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Municipalities, Foreign Countries, Child Care
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Kanuka, Heather; Holmes, Jason; Cowley, Summer – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to extend an understanding of success experienced by leaders in teaching development units. Using a framework comprised of narratives of constraint, this qualitative study interviewed 38 academics in leadership roles from Finland, Australia, Sweden, Norway, the United States, Canada, Scotland, and England. Findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Qualities, Higher Education, Research Universities
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Urban, Mathias; Reikerås, Elin; Eidsvåg, Gunnar Magnus; Guevara, Jennifer; Saebø, Janken; Semmoloni, Carolina – Global Studies of Childhood, 2023
This paper presents and discusses the findings of a collaborative investigation into Nordic approaches to evaluation and assessment in early childhood education and care. The project explored values and principles that underpin and guide evaluation in ECEC systems and practices in five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Quality
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Åsa Bjuhr; Annbritt Palo; Lena Manderstedt – Intercultural Education, 2024
In Sweden, curricula and syllabi for education are politically determined after public consultations. Thus, these educational documents are discursive trade-offs reflecting research, traditions in the educational system, and political ideologies. This study maps the discourses in the syllabus for Sami as L1 mother tongue for preschool class-Year…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Native Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development
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Tengberg, Michael; van Bommel, Jorryt; Nilsberth, Marie; Walkert, Michael; Nissen, Anna – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Instructional quality is a research topic that has received increased attention over the past decades. However, despite evidence for its importance to student learning, few studies are designed to examine patterns of prevalent instruction. The present study aimed to enhance the understanding of instructional quality in Swedish lower secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students
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Mufic, Johanna – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2022
'Quality' in education has become a global phenomenon, and is frequently discussed in transnational and national policy. In such discussions, 'quality' seems to be both worthwhile and demanded, but at the same time, the concept has also been criticised in previous research as it seems to have attained a 'common sense' status. In this context, the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Institutional Evaluation, Educational Theories, Educational Policy
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Thelin, Katina – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2020
This article considers the conditions, possibilities, and challenges of creating what is referred to here as a 'reflective space' within a higher education course for principals. It is informed by the findings of a qualitative research inquiry conducted in the interests of enhancing the principals' learning and professional praxis and the…
Descriptors: Reflection, Administrator Education, Principals, Foreign Countries
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Ammigan, Ravichandran; Dennis, John L.; Jones, Elspeth – Journal of International Students, 2021
This research uses i-graduate's International Student Barometer to investigate whether overall satisfaction and institutional recommendation are influenced by student nationality and destination country, while controlling for the covariates of learning experiences. The result of our analysis is the identification of a conceptual framework for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Satisfaction, Student Experience, Intention
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Hrastinski, Stefan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
Evidence can be used to support digital course design. The aim of this paper is to discuss how teachers can develop local evidence to support digital course design. Previous research has focused on how practice can be based on research, while we have a limited understanding of how local evidence is used and produced in practice. Local evidence…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Improvement, Blended Learning, Online Courses
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Hjelte, Jan; Ineland, Jens – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2020
The aim of this article is to analyse how professionals in special needs upper secondary schools in Sweden -- assistants, teachers and Special Education Needs Coordinators -- understand and define quality in their daily interactions with students who have intellectual disabilities. Our analysis draws on data collected via a digital questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, High School Students, Intellectual Disability, Special Education Teachers
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Lundqvist, Eva; Lidar, Malena – Education Inquiry, 2021
Major policy changes make teachers reconsider how they teach. In Sweden, a new curriculum, a grading system, and national tests were introduced in science education in Year 6 (Y6) for the 2012/2013 academic year. After two years, the national tests were made voluntary, and they ended the following year. In this interview study, we investigate what…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Change
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Eriksson, Kimmo; Helenius, Ola; Ryve, Andreas – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2019
Can instructional quality be measured using TIMSS items on how often certain instructional practices are used in the mathematics classroom? We focused on three instructional practices that have been the topics of longstanding debates in the educational literature: memorizing formulas, listening to the teacher, and relating mathematics to daily…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Larsson, Johanna; Airey, John; Lundqvist, Eva – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
This study explores the culture of physics departments in Sweden in relation to physics teacher education. The commitment of physics departments to teacher education is crucial for the quality of physics teacher education and the way in which physics lecturers talk about teacher education is significant, since it can affect trainees' physics…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Hult, Agneta; Segerholm, Christina – Accountability and Educational Improvement, 2017
A cadre of school inspectors with different backgrounds visit thousands of schools annually in Sweden as is also the case in several other European and other nations. Do these inspectors believe that they 'make a difference'? In this chapter we elaborate on inspection effects as they are perceived by Swedish inspectors and inspection managers at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Educational Policy, Inspection
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Lee-Hammond, Libby; Bjervås, Lise-Lotte – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2021
Pedagogical documentation has been understood as an important way for early childhood educators to provide high-quality learning environments for children. The authors explore the contested nature of quality and its interpretation in two cultural contexts: in Western Australia, where pedagogical documentation is a relatively uncommon practice, and…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Comparative Education, Early Childhood Education
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