Vilken skola eleverna går på kan påverka deras framtida plånbok. En ny studie som följt 400 000 elever över tid visar att de som gått på vinstdrivande friskolor i genomsnitt får lägre lön senare i livet än de som gått i kommunala skolor. Särskilt stor betydelse har lärarnas kompetens.

Since the 1990s, privately managed schools have expanded dramatically—drivenentirely by for-profit providers—and now enroll nearly half of urban high school students.Unlike in many other settings, there are no schools operating outside of the public system: allschools rely on equal public funding, cannot charge top-up fees, and are subject to the sameregulation. Using a combination of…

Digitaliseringen har förändrat många yrken och skolans specialpedagogiska arbete är inget undantag. Trots att den svenska skolan digitaliserats i över 50 år saknas det fortfarande studier på hur digitalisering påverkat specialpedagoger och speciallärare i deras arbete. Nu presenteras en ny studie vid Umeå universitet som bidrar till att fylla kunskapsluckan och visar på flera sidor…

A clear rule, not student will power, is most effective at keeping cellphones away during class.

Syftet med denna studie är att belysa lärarrollen och hur flexibilitet tar sig uttryck ur lärares perspektiv när utbildningen sker på distans. Studien har gjorts inom ramen för Ifous FoU-program Vuxenutbildning på distans.

This study explores the teaching of life questions at an Upper Secondary School for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (USSSID) in Sweden, aiming to enhance the educational approach. Qualitative interviews were conducted with eight students, two teachers, and a principal, analyzed through Symbolic Interactionism. (PDF).

This paper explores how teachers in a Swedish teacher “rebellion” group on Facebook discuss institutional expectations related to the use of time in teachers’ work. Drawing on a narrative research tradition, group discussions are analyzed as negotiations where teachers co-construct their own narratives about the teaching profession. (PDF).

A key to developing inclusive practices resides in teacher-student interactions; however, little is known about the details of practice at the classroom level. Through investigating what teachers and students consider as valuable in their interactions, and how their accounts can be understood in relation to participation, the purpose of this article is to gain insight…

This study explores preschool teachers’ perspectives on child-initiated touch in early childhood educational settings in Sweden. Touch is an inevitable and integral part of everyday life in early childhood, where it is important for development, care, and the formation of trusting social relationships. (pdf).

The aim of this study was to capture the characteristics of teacher collaboration and aspects of teacher culture which hinder or enable co-teaching in Finnish schools where co-teaching has been implemented. The data of this multiple case study were collected in three Finnish primary schools where co-teaching between special education and class teachers has been…

This longitudinal study examines the relationship of psychosocial safety climate and psychosocial work factors with teacher turnover rates at 12- and 24-months follow-ups using objective turnover data from 14 schools in two Swedish municipalities. (pdf).