Elevernas självförtroende i matematik har ett starkare samband med deras prestation i ämnet än vad deras socioekonomiska bakgrund har. Den slutsatsen drar Lena Asp efter en analys av hur 4 000 fjärdeklassare i Sverige upplever undervisningen och sin lärandemiljö i matematik.

Skolans nuvarande sätt att fungera utestänger vissa barn – redan vid skolstarten. En ny avhandling vid Stockholms universitet argumenterar för att den gamla visionen om en skola för alla, det vill säga en och samma utbildningsform för alla barn, utifrån en åldersbaserad sortering, är förlegad och behöver överges.

Lärarnas insatser är förstås viktiga för alla elevers lärande – men de är allra viktigast för pojkarna. Det konstaterar forskaren och specialpedagogen Ingela Stenberg. "Vi måste våga bredda analysen för att förklara varför killarna klarar sig sämre i skolan."

Mass media is a powerful social institution that establishes dominant discourses about social practices. This study is a multimodal critical discourse analysis of two TV series depicting the Swedish school system, broadcast by the Swedish public service broadcasting company (SVT) before the 2022 election. (pdf).

The current study aimed to validate the Finnish student version of the PIQ (PIQ-Fin) using primary school data. A total of 621 Finnish students aged 10–13 in mainstream classrooms participated in this study.

The qualitative study examines the discourses that preservice teachers of early education utilize when negotiating their teacher identity. The study has found three discourses: therapeutic, entrepreneurial, and crisis.

This article problematises the amendment of the Swedish Education Act using visual arts education as a case. In 2021, the Swedish government, on behalf of a Committé, released a report promoting publisher-produced teaching materials, e.g., to strengthen students’ access to publisher-produced teaching materials. 

This study investigates young children’s embodied, emplaced, and experienced learning in the context of sacred spaces. In the study, a group of 5–7-year-old Finnish preschoolers participated in four site visits to churches and mosques. 

This study investigates the types of questions pre-service early childhood teachers propose for eliciting children’s ideas about science topics. 

K-12 remote teaching is a growing phenomenon worldwide, a pedagogic practice characterised by the teachers’ spatial separation, digital technology usage, and often the involvement of a facilitator. However, little is known about how these characteristics impact the modalities of pedagogic practice. Therefore, this study aimed to analyse K-12 remote teaching in Sweden as a pedagogic…

This article explores how teaching and play are conceptualised in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). It draws upon previous research to highlight a linguistic challenge related to “the talk of” and the prevalent logic of distinction. (pdf).

I denne artikkelen utforsker jeg hvordan sju nyankomne elever med migrantbakgrunn opplever læringsrom hvor de kan delta, og jeg diskuterer forhold som påvirker deltakelsen. Elevene i studien er fra ti til tolv år gamle og går i to mottaksklasser i en storby i Norge. Formålet med artikkelen er å undersøke nyankomne elevers sosiale og faglige…