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Sayers, Judy; Petersson, Jöran; Rosenqvist, Eva; Andrews, Paul – Education Inquiry, 2023
Motivated by earlier research highlighting Swedish teachers' beliefs that the setting of homework compromises deep-seated principles of educational equity, this paper presents an exploratory study of Swedish parents' perspectives on homework in their year-one children's learning. Twenty-five parents, drawn from three demographically different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Homework, Parent Attitudes
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
Gyllencreutz, Lina; Rolfsman, Ewa; Frånberg, Gun-Marie; Saveman, Britt-Inger – Education 3-13, 2020
Approximately 36,000 Swedish children seek medical care annually because of injuries during school time. The purpose of this field study is to investigate risky outdoor play at the school yard and to describe teachers' perceptions of risk and safety in relation to learning and development. The study includes observations of children (6-12 years…
Descriptors: Injuries, Risk, Play, Outdoor Education
Cecilia Björkhammer; Joakim Samuelsson; Ulf Träff; Rickard Östergren – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
The intention of the study was to examine the effects of a fraction intervention in a whole-class environment. The intervention aimed to enhance students' conceptual fraction knowledge, with a major focus on fraction magnitude understanding. This study included 120 fifth-grade students in standard classroom settings. Utilizing a cluster randomized…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Fractions, Knowledge Level
Erik Lundberg – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
Mock elections are an increasingly popular form of active learning, adopted in many European countries and the United States. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the extent to which they enhance students' civic competence. This article analyzes data from over 9,000 students aged 13-19 who participated in a 2022 mock election in Sweden.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elections, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Shevchenko, Yuliia M.; Dubiaha, Svitlana M.; Melash, Valentyna D.; Fefilova, Tetyana V.; Saenko, Yulia O. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
The article highlights the models of inclusive education of Italy, Germany, Sweden, Norway, and Great Britain. Inclusion models can be classified into three basic ones, according to the ratio of the number of primary school-aged children at general and specialized schools, namely: full inclusion, partial inclusion with a predominance of pupils at…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Inclusion, Elementary School Students, Models
Andersson, Ketty; Sandgren, Olof; Rosqvist, Ida; Lyberg Åhlander, Viveka; Hansson, Kristina; Sahlén, Birgitta – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
Continued professional development (CPD), tailored to teachers' needs and expectations, is required for updated skills and knowledge. In this study, twenty-five teachers working with first and second grade students participated in an 11-week programme focusing on enhancing classroom communication. The participating teachers were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
Nilvius, Camilla; Svensson, Idor – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Reading abilities in Swedish students have declined in recent decades. The current study examined the effectiveness of a full-scale three-tier Response to Intervention (RtI) model designed to improve reading skills in Swedish students. Participants were grade 2 students in a primary school setting. A quasi-experimental between-group design was…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Response to Intervention, Reading Improvement
OECD Publishing, 2021
School systems across the world are working to make the classroom more inclusive for all children, regardless of their origin and capacities, so that they have equal opportunities for quality learning. It has become essential to integrate students with special needs into mainstream formal education and they are, increasingly, enrolled in regular…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Student Needs, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Hemmi, Kirsti; Krzywacki, Heidi; Liljekvist, Yvonne – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2019
In the current paper, we present an analysis of a case study in which we have followed Swedish primary teachers who voluntarily began using translated Finnish curriculum materials, i.e. a textbook and teacher guide, in order to reform their mathematics teaching. The multifaceted data, consisting of questionnaires, interviews, protocols from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
Camilla Nilvius; Linda Fälth; Heidi Selenius; Idor Svensson – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
Some Swedish schools do not identify and support students with reading difficulties efficiently enough during the first years at school. A longitudinal design was used to examine a multitiered RtI-model for identifying and supporting students at risk of reading difficulties in a Swedish school context. The results demonstrated that the RtI-model…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students
Jelena Radišic; Nils Buchholtz; Kajsa Yang-Hansen; Xin Liu; Hege Kaarstein – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Mathematics teachers' beliefs are central to mathematics teaching and student learning. Because different aspects of motivation and affect--particularly enjoyment--primarily develop within the classroom context, examining how different teachers' beliefs may affect student outcomes in mathematics is imperative. The current study examines teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Student Motivation, Gender Differences
Rebecka Fingalsson – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
This paper illuminates how teachers are influenced by age, gender and sexuality in teaching about sex and relationships. In this analysis grounded in feminist theory, age, gender and sexuality are considered to be enacted as doings. Six interviews with teachers working with sexuality education in K-12 schools in Sweden were chosen from of a larger…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Intersectionality, Age Differences
Andersson, Richard – Management in Education, 2022
Understanding and implementing educational reform policies is a daily practice in the professional lives of school actors. The discrepancy between how reforms are intended and later realised in the local context constitutes an ongoing discussion spanning multiple areas of research. This article adds to prior research by exploring the role of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Professional Identity, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Strindberg, Joakim; Horton, Paul – Educational Research, 2022
Background: Despite considerable anti--bullying efforts and greater awareness of the social processes underpinning bullying, bullying is still a serious problem across schools in many countries. In exploring the social processes that contribute to school bullying, research indicates complex relationships between bullying and the maintenance and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Friendship, Peer Relationship, Institutional Characteristics