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ERIC Number: EJ1262813
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-3831
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Decision-Making in Context: Swedish and Finnish Teachers' Perceptions of Autonomy
Paulsrud, David; Wermke, Wieland
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v64 n5 p706-727 2020
This article presents the results from a survey investigating 708 Swedish and 1583 Finnish teachers' perceived autonomy with a focus on the teachers' perceptions of who makes the most important decisions in school. Teacher autonomy is seen as exercised at different levels; by teachers individually in the classroom or by teachers as a collective in school; and in different domains of teachers' work, since the degree of decision-making by teachers is likely to differ between educational, social, developmental and administrational issues. Finnish and Swedish teachers' perceived autonomy varied in somewhat different ways between the domains. Finnish teachers generally perceived themselves to be more individually autonomous, while Swedish teachers were more collegially oriented.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden; Finland
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