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Anette Forssten Seiser; Ingela Portfelt – Educational Action Research, 2024
The aim of this study is to explore what happened -- and why -- in a collaboration between ourselves as researchers and school leaders from two different schools in Sweden. The theory of practice architectures is used to frame the study. The goal of the collaboration was to enhance the scientific foundation of school practices, which motivated the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Cooperation, Leadership, Administrators
Matilda Lindberg; Torun Mattsson – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Introduction: Research has indicated that Physical Education (PE) is often characterized by teacher-centred teaching (e.g. Byra 2006; Tinning 2010), where the pupils follow instruction and perform pre-established movements (Karlefors and Larsson 2018). Pupils are expected to listen, do as they are told, and follow rules (Fitzpatrick and Russell…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Preadolescents, Student Centered Learning
Emily K. Olsen; Danielle F. Lawson; Lucy R. McClain; Julia D. Plummer – Environmental Education Research, 2024
Can environmental education help to mitigate learners eco/climate anxiety? Anxiety surrounding climate change has drastically risen in youth in recent years. This paper aims to answer the call from Pihkala's (2020) previous review for more concrete information on educational approaches to support learners in processing eco/climate anxiety. As…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Climate, Anxiety
Maarit Jaakkola; Linda Sternö; Elias Fryk – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2022
This article investigates the role of space in media and information literacy (MIL), especially when supporting learners' production skills. The MIL framework is to a great extent focused on deconstruction of messages in a private position of reception, while the theoretical, didactic and ethical components of the production pedagogy are less…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Disadvantaged, Power Structure
Wieland Wermke; Inken Beck – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
This article presents a comparative interview study (N = 45) with Swedish and German special educators working in inclusive school settings in order to gain an understanding of how inclusive education is operationalized by the provision of special education needs (SEN) support; and how both aspects are conditioned by nation-specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Special Education, Special Education Teachers
Anna Fabri; Anna Jobér – Educational Action Research, 2024
This paper reports on a two-year project focusing on health communicators working with refugees in Sweden. By employing participatory action research and the theory of practice architectures, the study examines a health information practice for newly arrived refugees and highlights its potentials and constraints. The joint meetings that occurred…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Participatory Research, Action Research
Daniel Mateos-Moreno; Ernst Erlanson – International Journal of Music Education, 2024
'Simultaneous Learning' (SL) is a pedagogical approach aimed at fostering enjoyable and proactive music teaching. Developed by the British educationalist Paul Harris, SL has been taught worldwide for the past two decades but has not yet been investigated by a scholarly publication. We thus focused our research on the first usage of SL in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Empowerment, Music Education, Foreign Countries
Grundén, Helena – Curriculum Journal, 2022
Teachers are responsible for teaching, and when they plan, they are part of a complex non-linear social practice of curriculum making. When planning, teachers draw on curriculum materials, which are often designed to promote reform; however, previous studies show that this is not always the case. A study on planning for mathematics teaching in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Mathematics Curriculum, Foreign Countries
Hansen, Elisabeth; Nordén, Helena; Ohlsson, Marie Lund – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) are less physically active than individuals without ID, and rarely reach the recommended daily level of physical activity (PA). It is understood that both social interaction and the ability to perform physical work affect participation in daily activity as well as PA. Individuals with ID generally have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Attitudes
Hedegaard, Joel; Hugo, Martin – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2022
The purpose of this article is to describe how education can serve as a changing and liberating process for adults with long-term mental illness. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 participants in Life-knowledge and Creative courses at a Swedish Folk High School. Five themes emerged in the interviews: (i) A meaningful social context…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Mental Disorders, Mental Health
Behtoui, Alireza – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2023
The aim of this paper is to investigate the 'equalising effect of schools' in general and two concrete interventions that have been carried out recently in Sweden in particular. The first of these interventions is the closing down of schools in deprived neighbourhoods and moving pupils to other schools. The second is 'empowerment'--i.e., creating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Empowerment, Disadvantaged, Socioeconomic Background
Anne-Marie Cederqvist; Per Högström – Design and Technology Education, 2024
Technology education in primary schools must integrate sustainable development to provide young learners with the basic knowledge, skills, and values to understand, appreciate and contribute to a sustainable future. This integration prepares them for the challenges of a rapidly changing world, promotes responsible use of technology and fosters a…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary School Teachers, Sustainable Development
Knutsen, Ketil; Knutsen, Ingunn – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2020
This article discusses historical competence as reading and understanding use-of-history as it is expressed in different texts. Students need to develop competence in the use-of-history in order to approach the diversity and complexity of uses of history in our time. The use-of-history is also an aim in the curricula of Nordic countries. This…
Descriptors: History, Competence, History Instruction, Curriculum Design
Fremstad, Ester; Bergh, Andreas; Solbrekke, Tone Dyrdal; Fossland, Trine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
In this paper, we explore possibilities and challenges for deliberative academic development. Deliberative academic development refers to a practice that engages members of the university in dialogue about its purposes, ways of organizing and leading higher education, as well as teaching and learning. The paper critically analyses data from focus…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Institutional Mission, Organizational Change, Organizational Development
Åsa Carlsund; Annette Björk – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2024
This opinion piece focuses on the vital integration of academic and professional literacies in specialist nurse education and other professional education programmes within higher education in Sweden. In this opinion piece, we argue that extended learning, practise, and support can enhance the academic and professional literacy competence of…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Foreign Countries, Nursing Students, Professional Education