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).

Over the course of one year, a team of teachers and two classes of students in a Norwegian vocational upper secondary school explored how to further develop participation practices through an insider action research approach. 

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 single-case study focuses on 91 Swedish upper secondary students’ educational encounters with a local historical archive via a place-based educational intervention.

The aim of this article is to examine how tasks and linguistic examples in upper secondary school textbooks in Swedish may contribute to students’ knowledge about, understanding of and empathy towards the Swedish national minority languages and the minority language situation. (pdf).

Angelica Granqvist är lärare i svenska och engelska vid Vallentuna gymnasium. Under de senaste åren har hon kombinerat sin lärarroll med en tjänst som kommundoktorand – och i juni disputerade hon med sin avhandling om litterära boksamtal i svenska och svenska som andraspråk.