Educational leadership practice is embedded and shaped in its own context. However,
contemporary policy makers are keen to use research findings from multiple educational …

This paper aims to report a study that develops knowledge of the geographic periphery as
architecture for leadership practices by principals in small primary schools with no more than …

This article focuses on Nordic school leaders and how rural principals experience autonomy
and control in current governance regimes using a sample of principals in the very north of …

In recent years, computer programming has been introduced into school curricula in several
national education systems across the world making it a key issue on the education policy …

Sweden is a democratic country with an established welfare system prioritizing education.
The overall standard is good, and both preschool and adult education have a good …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of Swedish school
leaders' relational and management work orientation, in terms of both techno and socio …

This chapter looks at who superintendents in Sweden are–what roles they have, what they
do, whom they contact, what positions they hold and their everyday work. We have gathered …

The tertiary education sector is subject to significant and rapid change such as disruption
from technology, diminishing government funding, demand for more personalised learning …

In this study, governing as re-contextualization of values in Swedish educational policy has
been described and analyzed. Two levels have been central to the study: the national level …

The school law has strengthened the rights for the pupils and parents not only through the
possibility to choose the school but also to test decisions taken by the law in court. The state …