The extended basic education programme in Norway was initiated to promote integration, majority language acquisition and academic achievement of newly arrived migrant students (NAMSs) as a preparation for mainstream upper secondary education. Theoretically rooted in critical policy analysis and empirically based on semi-structured interviews with principals and programme leaders in three schools in Oslo, the…

Det är inte kört att bli elitidrottare för att man inte kommer in på ett riksidrottsgymnasium. Snarare tvärtom, enligt en ny studie från Karlstads universitet.

Sebastian Björnhammer har en bakgrund som NO-lärare och arbetar numera som nationell samordnare inom praktiknära forskning. I mitten av augusti disputerade han med sin avhandling där han undersöker vad som sker när elever arbetar med undersökande uppgifter i naturvetenskap.

This study examines how secondary school students balance the use of Generative AI (GenAI) tools while maintaining authenticity in reflective writing. 

This cross-sectional study examined heterogeneous Internet use patterns within and outside school across school types, under a national mobile phone ban policy, using data from 5160 Chinese high school students. Latent profile analyses revealed three usage profiles in elite schools (minimal users, moderate users, and all-time heavy users) and four profiles in non-elite schools, including…

In this paper we analyse the hierarchical field of schools across the United Kingdom during the transition to university and suggest that there are five socially distinct clusters of schools. (pdf)

Transitioning from primary to secondary school is a big change for students. As schools begin to turn their minds towards student transition activities for the 2026 school year, new international research shines a light on the impact of student absenteeism during these transition years. We’re joined by the study’s lead author to find out more.

I artikeln undersöks hur två ämneslärare som undervisar nyanlända elever på gymnasieskolans språkintroduktionsprogram i ämnena matematik och samhällskunskap talar om och arbetar språk- och kunskapsutvecklande för att stärka elevers lärande. (pdf)

This study examines how secondary school students balance the use of Generative AI (GenAI) tools while maintaining authenticity in reflective writing. Reflective writing, a cognitively demanding task, can benefit from AI's ability to improve efficiency and organisation. (pdf)

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).