This article explores democratic education in a Swedish early childhood education and care (ECEC) setting through a collaborative project between a university and a local preschool. (pdf)

This study aims to bridge this knowledge gap by investigating shared book reading perceptions and practices of UK educators in a nursery setting in England. (pdf)

Using the narrative review procedure, this article examines how children’s scientific literacy development in the early years can be linked with the EYLF. The findings reveal little focus on addressing the core concepts (explicit meaning) of scientific literacy in the EYLF; however, the framework guides educators significantly in fostering the long-term impacts and benefits (implicit…

This article explores the transformative potential of digital technologies in early childhood education. Drawing on three qualitative case studies from Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings in Australia, we take up a postdigital theoretical perspective to illustrate how digital technologies can be integrated into ECEC environments to enhance children's play and learning experiences. (pdf)

In response to growing concerns surrounding children’s health and well-being, interprofessional collaboration across different sectors has become an important form of support for school-aged children. This study examined how professionals in teaching, student health, and social work in Finland describe their involvement in interprofessional collaboration and their perceived facilitators and barriers to it. Interview data…

This study contributes to the research field of research-based mathematics teacher education by offering insights into the scientific competencies of students at the end of their education. Ninety-eight pre-service secondary school teachers’ uses of theoretical and methodological frameworks in 74 degree theses in mathematics education at 14 Swedish universities were examined. (pdf)

Building on prior research indicating that the native-immigrant achievement gap in Finland is tied to language proficiency and an absence of suitable multilingual teaching resources, this study qualitatively investigates how preparatory education teachers select materials. (pdf)

The present study is the first to examine the development of adaptive number knowledge and its relation to the development of routine mathematical knowledge. We examine 675 secondary school students’ adaptive number knowledge, along with their arithmetic fluency and their general curriculum-based mathematics achievement. (pdf)

Adolescents’ educational expectations shape their futures. School burnout has been identified as affecting these expectations; however, research remains limited. Therefore, this study investigated the associations between school burnout (exhaustion and cynicism) and students’ educational expectations. It also examined parental involvement, offering new insights into how school burnout and parental involvement jointly affect students’ expectations. (pdf)

Det övergripande syftet är att bidra med kunskap om lärares didaktiska val för undervisning om de globala hållbarhetsmålen för elever med IF. (pdf)

Denna studie belyser och problematiserar styrning och ledning av SKA med fokus på en likvärdig utbildning i förskolan inom ramen för en verksamhetslednings (VL’s) deltagande i en utvecklings- och forskningspraktik – ett aktionsforskningsprojekt i nära samverkan mellan huvudman och akademi (pdf).

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