The aim of this short-term longitudinal study was to identify salient factors within practicum and develop a questionnaire to measure practicum experiences, and explore how practicum periods affect changes in student teachers’ motivation to continue initial teacher education within a semester. (pdf)

Through a critical policy analysis, this paper investigates how the recontextualisation of “trust” may reshape power relations and reflect underlying ideological positions. NPM has played a central role in the conservative modernisation of education, shaped by coalitions of neoliberals, neoconservatives, the new managerial middle class, and authoritarian populists. (pdf)

Within Variation Theory, the notion of critical aspects is used to identify what learners must discern to grasp an object of learning. Its meaning within Cultural-historical Theory – particularly Davydov’s approach, which emphasizes the formation of theoretical concepts – remains underexplored. This paper theoretically reconstructs the notion through a dialectical analysis, relating it to knowledge as theoretical…

Girls appear to benefit more from classroom-based assessment, whereas boys achieve comparatively higher results under blind grading. However, the existing knowledge base is limited, as previous studies rely on older datasets, focus primarily on compulsory schooling, and lack access to comprehensive register data from upper secondary education. This study addresses these gaps by analyzing recent…

This study provides a scoping review of the use of international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) focused on information and communication technology (ICT) within academic research. (pdf)

This study examined the development of school-related stress across two student cohorts in Sweden: one educated under a less performance-oriented system, and the other under a more performance-oriented system characterised by earlier grading and increased assessments. (pdf)

When grade point averages (GPAs) are used for admission into tertiary education, there is an implicit assumption that any two identical GPAs convey the same level of academic competency. However, this assumption does not hold when students are free to choose elective subjects and there are differences in their difficulty and dimensionality. (pdf)

While task analysis is considered a core aspect of self-regulated learning, its specific relationship with academic achievement among upper secondary school students and how it may be promoted in school remains poorly understood. (pdf)

his study examines how cumulative risk characteristics influence student wellbeing in Danish primary and lower secondary schools. Using linked survey and register data, we identify four distinct wellbeing clusters: low wellbeing, medium wellbeing, differentiated wellbeing, and high wellbeing. (pdf)

The anxiety and social withdrawal of some shy students can limit their progress as learners. Shyness does not warrant statutory interventions, consequently, much depends on how class teachers interpret and respond to shy behaviours. Eleven teachers in four Norwegian middle schools were interviewed to elicit their interpretations of the behaviours of a shy student they…

Denna studie undersöker narrativ lek som språkutvecklande praktik. Genom videoobservationer av spontan lek, där förskollärare och flerspråkiga barn deltar, analyseras vilka begrepp på svenska som introduceras av förskolläraren, samt om och i vilken utsträckning barnen använder dem vidare. (pdf)

Det övergripande syftet med denna studie var att utveckla kunskap om vilket innehåll kopplat till hållbarhet som framträder när förskollärare och barn tillsammans läser och samtalar om en bok. Studien har genomförts inom ramen för Ifous forsknings-och utvecklingsprogram Hållbar förskola. (pdf)