This study explores novice principals’ professional confidence within the context of Sweden’s National Principal Training Programme (NPTP). The significance of professional confidence, an area that has been relatively underexplored within educational leadership research, is elemental for fostering effective school leadership. (pdf)

This paper offers a comparative analysis of how Australasian principals navigated a period of compounding crises. Building on our previous research, this study examines the longer-term impacts and lessons learned from crises experiences. (pdf)

Scholarship studying the role of educational leadership and inclusion for students with disabilities has paid little attention to the role of district-level special education leaders (DSELs). This qualitative case study examines how DSELs attempt to foster more inclusive schools and the leadership challenges they face. (pdf)

This research employed a random-effects model and examined the moderator role of leadership type through meta-regression to explore the comparative relationship between several school leadership styles and teachers’ job satisfaction. (pdf)

This study examines the evolution of educational leadership in Sweden from a traditional model toward collaborative approaches as principals and deputy principals form new school leadership teams. Using a qualitative case study design, data were collected through interviews and observations within six leadership teams. (pdf)

This study explores problematic school absenteeism (PSA) in Swedish education, focusing on how schools conceptualise and address this complex issue. 

A positive school climate is both pivotal for opposing bullying and other degrading treatment and dependent upon a whole-school approach. Although a growing body of research emphasises the importance of both teachers’ and staff’s professional vision and related concepts as vital elements in stimulating a positive school climate, surprisingly few studies have explored the nuances,…

The extended basic education programme in Norway was initiated to promote integration, majority language acquisition and academic achievement of newly arrived migrant students (NAMSs) as a preparation for mainstream upper secondary education. Theoretically rooted in critical policy analysis and empirically based on semi-structured interviews with principals and programme leaders in three schools in Oslo, the…

This study explores the factors influencing the adoption of Digital Educational Resources (DER) among Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers in Spain.

This study explores the relationship between students' experiences of cognitive disequilibrium–operationalized in terms of Harel's (2013) theory of intellectual need–their use of video playback controls, and their learning from instructional videos in introductory calculus classes at the undergraduate level.

This study examines how secondary school students balance the use of Generative AI (GenAI) tools while maintaining authenticity in reflective writing. 

Digital competence and SES were analyzed using PISA 2022 data. Positive associations were found between SES and digital competence.