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Daniel Nordholm; Carl-Henrik Adolfsson – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: Using a large-scale school improvement program in Sweden as a case, this article aims to explore the state governance of a large-scale school improvement program in Sweden and how officials at the state agency level made sense of the reform ideas and operationalized them in policy actions. Design/methodology/approach: Data were integrated…
Descriptors: Governance, Administrative Organization, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement
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Blossing, Ulf; Liljenberg, Mette – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
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 structure dimensions. The background is the neoliberal policy regime, underpinned by OECD and PISA, and an increased focus on school leaders' management work.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles, Meetings
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Frelin, Anneli; Fransson, Göran – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand, from principals' points of view, how a teacher registration reform is enacted by examining the potential changes in the relationships between principals and newly qualified teachers (NQTs). The reform entailed principals performing an aptitude assessment of new teachers in their probationary…
Descriptors: Principals, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Norberg, Katarina – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: Migration to Sweden dramatically increased in 2015 and challenged the reception system at all levels and societal institutions, one of which was the school. As a response to the lack of a comprehensive educational strategy for newly arrived students, new regulations were passed in January 2016, the purpose of which was to guarantee equity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Migration, Immigration
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Leo, Ulf – International Journal of Educational Management, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the professional norms surrounding school development, with a special emphasis on school principals' pedagogical leadership. Design/methodology/approach: A norm perspective is used to identify possible links between legal norms, professional norms, and actions. The findings are based on…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Internet, Questionnaires
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Merchant, Betty; Arlestig, Helene; Garza, Encarnacion; Johansson, Olof; Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth; Tornsren, Monika – International Journal of Educational Management, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this cross-cultural study of schools in Sweden and Texas is to examine the cultural contexts of schools in both settings, and the leadership role of principals in creating and sustaining inclusive schools for diverse populations. Design/methodology/approach: The data were drawn from two studies; the first involving school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership