Declining school performance has fueled public debate in Sweden, with a particular focus on students with migration backgrounds, who are often perceived as underachievers in the Swedish educational system. Using the self-determination theory as a framework, this study shifts the spotlight onto high-achieving students with migration backgrounds. The aim was to explore how they describe…

Teachers are now encouraged to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to complete various school-related administrative tasks, with the promise of saving considerable amounts of time and effort. Drawing on interviews from 57 teachers across eight schools in Sweden and Australia, this paper explores teachers’ experiences when working with GenAI. In particular, it focuses on…

Many nations experience recurring shortages of teachers in particular subjects, prompting concerns that pupils' education is suffering as a result. Researchers have responded by generating a sizable literature on the reasons for which people enter and exit the teaching profession. This paper provides a conceptual synthesis, distilling what we know into a single interdisciplinary model…

Within the educational literature, inter-organisational school networks are commonly considered instruments for administration, management, and school improvement, but are rarely scrutinised as objects of study themselves. Conversely, in organisational studies, this perspective is given more prominence. Adopting this perspective can provide insights into the possibility that schools are engaging unevenly in inter-organisational networks, with some…

The covid pandemic has significantly impacted families with young children (age 0-5). This study examined associations between covid-related school disruptions in early childhood education and children’s early elementary school outcomes (pdf).

I denne teksten anvender jeg en diskursanalyse, primært basert på analytiske begreper fra Norman Fairclough samt Ernesto Laclau og Chantal Mouffe, for å undersøke hvordan barnehagebarnet i Norge seksualiseres av en seksualiserende diskurs som definerer barnet som et seksuelt subjekt. (pdf)

Syftet med artikeln är att studera samtida utbildningspolitiska iscensättningar av lek i styr- och policydokument för institutionaliserad fritidsverksamhet (IFV) i Sverige, Finland, Island, Norge och Australien. Teoretiskt tar studien avstamp i ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv tillsammans med inspiration från en språknära diskursanalytisk ansats. (pdf)

Barns trivsel beskrives å være kjernen av formålet i barnehagen. I denne artikkelen utforsker jeg barnehagelæreres forståelser av begrepet trivsel. Hensikten er å bidra til samtalen om barns trivsel i en norsk barnehagekontekst gjennom å diskutere, nyansere og utvide innsikter omkring trivselsbegrepet. (pdf)

Studien undersøker hvordan lek og læring fremstilles i nasjonale styringsdokumenter for den norske skolefritidsordningen (SFO) i perioden 1993–2023. (pdf)

Tidigare studier av barns fysiska aktivitet har främst inriktats mot att mäta hur mycket och hur ofta barn rör sig i förhållande till WHO:s rekommendationer. Studierna säger dock lite om barns syn på rörelse och vad som behövs för att barn ska vilja och kunna röra sig. Skolan framställs som en plattform för att ge…

The Swedish municipal adult education curriculum emphasizes that there should be flexibility in education and accommodation to meet the adults’ diverse needs. However, it appears unclear what the concept of flexibility means in practice especially in the context of adult distance education. This study explores how the distance teacher role is constructed, how flexibility is…

Food education is essential for promoting consumer awareness and sustainable food choices, and for supporting health equity. Yet it remains largely absent in Swedish primary schools (ages 6–11), revealing a noteworthy knowledge and practice gap. This study explores key elements in a co-design process for developing subject-integrated food education in collaboration with early primary school…