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Liljenberg, Mette; Ärlestig, Helene; Nordholm, Daniel – Journal of Educational Administration, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to expand knowledge on Swedish principals' professional development (PD) from the perspectives of superintendents. In particular, the article analyzes how superintendents understand and organize PD for principals. Design/methodology/approach: Empirical data are derived from a strategic sample of ten (n = 10)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Professional Development
Democratic Governing Ideals and the Power of Intervening Spaces as Prerequisite for Student Learning
Johansson, Olof; Ärlestig, Helene – Journal of Educational Administration, 2022
Purpose: In the rational model of the democratic governing chain, intervening spaces at all levels are neglected in relation to the policy process. An intervening space is a group of persons with the power and responsibility to interpret policy at their level in an organization. The research question is as follows: How are democratic policy ideas…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Public Schools, Leadership Role
Lüddeckens, Johanna; Anderson, Lotta; Östlund, Daniel – Journal of Educational Administration, 2022
Purpose: The aim of this case study is to describe what commitment and actions are needed in the Swedish school so that principals -- within the Swedish school policy framework and with the goal of creating an inclusive school culture and practice -- can positively affect schooling for students with disabilities, with a particular focus on…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Inclusion, Autism
Norqvist, Lars; Ärlestig, Helene – Journal of Educational Administration, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how leaders within a school district system understand their own and others' leadership positions from the perspectives of systems thinking and systems thinking skills. Design/methodology/approach: The findings are based on interviews with superintendents, area managers (deputy superintendents),…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Instructional Leadership, School Administration, School Districts
Aas, Marit; Paulsen, Jan Merok – Journal of Educational Administration, 2019
Purpose: A number of empirical studies and evaluations in Norway and Sweden shows variabilities in the degree to which the municipalities succeed in their endeavors to support school principals' instructional leadership practices. In response to this situation, the Norwegian and Swedish directorates of education have developed a joint…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training
Nordholm, Daniel – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the Swedish National Agency for Education's launch of the nationwide Lgr11 curriculum reform and how local education authorities (LEAs) in one municipality translated and responded to the National Agency's directives. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents empirical data from a qualitative…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Policy, Qualitative Research, Interviews
Ylimaki, Rose; Jacobson, Stephen – Journal of Educational Administration, 2013
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to utilize successful leadership practices drawn from seven nations to improve leadership preparation. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a case study approach to gain a contextualized understanding of successful leadership across seven nations. Data sources primarily featured interviews with principals,…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Organizational Culture
Lindberg, Erik; Wilson, Timothy L. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2011
Purpose: This paper seeks to explore how managing by objectives (MBO) has been adopted in Swedish schools and to reflect on some of the consequences in a longitudinal study. Results relate to whether introduction has increased student performance and whether it works as a tool for the principals to create more effective schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Management by Objectives, Principals
Hoog, Jonas; Johansson, Olof; Olofsson, Anders – Journal of Educational Administration, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of a follow-up study of two Swedish schools in which, five years previously, the principals had been successful leaders. Had this success been maintained? Design/methodology/approach: Two schools were revisited to enable the authors to interview principals and teachers as well as…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Followup Studies, Principals, Instructional Leadership
Hoog, Jonas; Johansson, Olof; Olofsson, Anders – Journal of Educational Administration, 2005
Purpose: This paper seeks to describe the Swedish compulsory school system and explore a hypothesis about the relationship between structure, culture and leadership as preconditions for successful principalship. Design/methodology/approach: On the basis of earlier research, argues that a principal's success depends on how he or she alters school…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries, Effective Schools Research, Institutional Environment