Teachers’ beliefs in their ability to positively impact students’ learning outcomes has become a strong indicator of teachers’ motivation and behaviour towards the instructional strategies they employ. However, measuring the broader concept of teacher self-efficacy is still somewhat problematic as current scales are dated, have measurement problems, and are not theoretically sound. This paper proposes…

Classroom behaviour management is a persistent and often overwhelming challenge for novice teachers; they face frequent disruptive behaviours that they struggle to resolve effectively, which harms both the teaching process and classroom climate. This study investigates the specific strategies novice teachers use to manage behaviour, detailing what they experience, how they respond, the time each…

Många skolor ser datadrivna metoder som ett sätt att höja utbildningskvaliteten. Men vad är det som främjar eller hindrar skolor som vill jobba datadrivet? Inom ramen för Ifous-programmet Datadriven skolförbättring fick Robert Hegestedt möjlighet att undersöka detta som följeforskare.

I en artikel diskuterar Bosse Bergstedt, professor i pedagogik, Høgskolen i Østfold, hur kvantfysik kan bidra till en transformering av pedagogisk vetenskap. 

Lärarstiftelsen inleder ett arbete för att bygga en långsiktig nationell struktur för beprövad erfarenhet inom läraryrket. Syftet är att synliggöra och sprida den erfarenhetsbaserade kunskap som finns i skolans praktik och att stärka lärarprofessionens gemensamma kunskapsbas.

There have been growing concerns about school absenteeism in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, little is known about the precursors to absenteeism. This study aimed to better understand how child-perceived teacher support and family relations (i.e., parent–child relationship and interparental conflict) were related to children’s school reluctance and satisfaction, respectively. 

While teachers are obliged to report and investigate incidents of bullying, harassment, and degrading treatment in Swedish schools, research suggests that they sometimes struggle to decide which incidents to report. In this study, we investigate Swedish schoolteachers’ reflections on dealing with bullying, harassment, and degrading treatment, and on balancing their pedagogical work with juridical demands…

Structured teacher collaboration has considerable potential to support teachers’ professional learning. The current article focuses on what characterises teachers’ decision-making processes during teamwork. 

This paper analyses and discusses the possibilities and challenges of collegial mutual deliberation among teachers as a way of counteracting racism. It takes its starting point in research on teacher collaboration that emphasises the importance of creating conditions locally for critical discussions, building on knowledge from different perspectives and going beyond simple solutions.