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Anne Harju – Educational Action Research, 2023
This article explores the conditions required for preschool managers to support change through research aimed at developing educational practice. It examines factors that enable and constrain support of change and the arrangements that can be identified in relation to these factors. The results suggest that arrangements that support a more…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Administration, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
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Louis Volante; Paola Mattei – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
Education reform efforts stemming from the Programme in International Student Achievement have strengthened in recent years, particularly in response to the growth of global references societies -- high achieving educational jurisdictions such as Finland, Hong Kong-China, and more recently Estonia and Singapore. Despite political rhetoric,…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Discourse Analysis
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Aas, Marit; Vennebo, Kirsten F.; Halvorsen, Kjell A. – Educational Action Research, 2020
In this paper, we investigate how a Benchlearning program for principals in Norway and Sweden supports changes in Norwegian principals' leadership practices. The program design builds on principles for practical action research. The aim of the program was to inspire changes in the principals' leadership practices that encourage innovative school…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Evidence Based Practice, Action Research, Educational Change
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Krejsler, John Benedicto, Ed.; Moos, Lejf, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2021
This book offers an original contribution to the area of international research on comparative education policies and the influence of transnational agencies on national school policy and reform. With a focus on grasping what "the Nordic model" or "the Nordic dimension" means in school and educational policy, the book explores…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Policy, Comparative Education, Policy Analysis
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Hansson, Kristina; Erixon, Per-Olof – European Educational Research Journal, 2020
In 2010, the Swedish Education Act introduced new provisions stating that education at all levels should 'rest on scientific grounds and proven experience'. These requirements led to greater policy activities at the state level and enhanced the cooperation emerging between the municipality and higher education as well as between teachers and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Municipalities, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Barman, Linda; Josephsson, Staffan; Silén, Charlotte; Bolander-Laksov, Klara – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
This study addresses how the autonomy of teachers in higher education, in relation to education policy and reform, can be understood. By taking a narrative-in-action approach, we studied health profession teachers' activities and reasoning within their ongoing practice during one year. The findings show how the teachers created their own policies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Professional Autonomy, Higher Education