In this article we investigate the implications of a market orientation of adult education for teachers’ work with the curriculum and for the goals and purposes of education. By focusing on municipal adult education (MAE) in Sweden, we provide a unique case. (pdf)

Older students tend to outperform their younger classmates on academic achievement tests, an asymmetry known as the relative age effect (RAE). In Norway, students are not formally tested in the early school years, and less is known about how the RAE impacts teacher evaluations. In this study, we investigated the RAE on teacher-rated academic competence…

In this article, we employed a third-space methodology to bring together two researchers and four teachers who have sustained physically active learning in their practice to explore the real-world applicability and processes of enacting physically active learning in teaching. (pdf)

This study investigates meaningful learning in an online course on interpersonal communication within a Finnish pre-service teacher education program. (pdf)

School attendance problems (SAPs) have implications for children’s and adolescents’ academic, social, and personal development. Previous research has mainly been conducted using quantitative methods. In the present study, the authors searched specific databases for studies reporting qualitative data representing the voices of children, parents, and school staff regarding SAPs in the Nordic countries. (pdf)

This study explores the search for good quality preschool provision and the ideational foundation upon which it builds through the work of a Swedish edu-business operating preschools internationally. (pdf)

This paper reports on a textbook analysis focusing on shifts in semiotic registers when looking at fraction tasks in grades 3–6 (aged 9–12 years). Eight textbooks, from two different textbook systems, have been analysed using Duval’s theory of semiotic representations. (pdf)

This article takes a phenomenological approach to exploring two closely related aspects of Bildung, namely, autonomy and emancipation. The phenomenological approach is informed by the works of Edmund Husserl and Thomas Fuchs’ not-yet-conscious. (pdf)

This article maps the landscape of Swedish educational research as it has been published over the period 2000–2020 in peer-reviewed English language journals. (pdf)

Research on teachers’ relational practices and how they develop relationships with their students is a growing field, internationally and in Scandinavia. However, research on teachers’ relational work in disadvantaged areas is rare. This study examines how vocational teachers in schools in disadvantaged areas describe their relational work with students. (pdf)

Since the Covid-19 pandemic struck, schools across the world closed, either periodically or over a considerable time. The OECD reports that during this period, globally, over 1.2 billion children were out of the classroom. As a result, schools moved part or all of their curriculum online, teaching remotely via digital platforms. Evidence suggests that for…

Work interruptions as any disruptive event that impedes unexpectedly progress toward accomplishing organizational tasks. This qualitative study explores the ways Israeli school principals perceive interruptions and traces their specific sources and implications. (pdf)