This study explores children’s meaning-making based on observations of teacher-led activities within Swedish School-Age EduCare (SAEC). SAEC exists in a tension between discourses of voluntariness and governance.

I den här artikeln identifieras och analyseras resultaten av ett skolutvecklingsprojekt. Det handlade om differentierad undervisning och digitala verktyg i svensk förskola och skola. Skolutvecklingsprojektet omfattade flera olika faktorer och aktiviteter såsom gemensam planering, dagkonferenser, återblickar, forskningscirklar och självskattningar.

The study in this paper aims to contribute knowledge about what characterizes STREAM didaktik in preschool based on a theory-informed teaching arrangement in an ULF network. The study is guided by the question: What can characterize STREAM didaktik in preschool with a focus on literac/y/(ies) in what and who/whichquestions?

Research shows that educators’ capability to build positive and supportive relationships is critical for educational success,particularly for at-risk students. The purpose of this article is to discuss how special educators – “speciallärare” (SL) and “specialpedagoger” (SP) – perceive relational competence working with their students’ peer relationships and with the students’ parents. The article presents an…

This study examines how secondary school students balance the use of Generative AI (GenAI) tools while maintaining authenticity in reflective writing. Reflective writing, a cognitively demanding task, can benefit from AI's ability to improve efficiency and organisation. (pdf)

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

School leader turnover affects school stability, staff cohesion, and student outcomes. While stress and workload are well-documented factors, fewer studies examine school-specific conditions influencing leaders’ decisions to leave. Through qualitative interviews with former school leaders, this study identifies two key themes: fragmentation and pressure, encompassing institutional and organizational conditions, as well as operational and leadership demands. (pdf)

Distributed leadership (DL) has gained importance in educational leadership research, especially in Western (mainly Anglo-American) contexts. This study explores DL’s conceptualization and enactment in the Muslim world through a meta-synthesis of existing qualitative studies, addressing the need for broader cultural perspectives. (pdf)

School governance is a contested concept due to ongoing disagreements over its meaning and application, particularly in education sub-fields like leadership, management, and administration (ELMA). Aware of global efforts to differentiate ELMA’s knowledge base, this paper critically reviews school governance literature from 2000 to 2023. (pdf)

The study is part of a three-year project aimed at analysing inclusive practices and strategies among teachers as it concerns students’ individual needs. This study focuses on a specific inclusive strategy – peer learning (PL). The aim was to identify the strategies teachers use to engage all students in peer learning activities and to examine…

The growing problem of misinformation underscores the importance of teaching civic information criticism as a part of citizenship education. To support students’ abilities to participate in democracy, it is central today to address issues of free speech, free press, and protection against harmful misinformation in education. (pdf)

Technology usage in rural schools has benefits that can lead us to undercount the costs. While technology has proven useful in facilitating learning that is impossible to facilitate in rural schools, it has also been used indiscriminately. When we stop looking at rural schools solely through a deficit lens, we see that rural schools have…