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Principals’ Preparation and Professional Development in Nordic Countries
Principals in Nordic countries face increasing and changing demands in their work that have transformed the expectations of their knowledge and...
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Principals’ Autonomy in the Nordic Countries: Governing Positions, Responsibilities, and Expectations
Growing political expectations exist for educational leaders in terms of their efforts to enhance students’ outcomes and apply education as a tool in...
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Teacher Education of the Future: Trends and Possible Scenarios in the Nordic Context
This chapter uses current trends to outline possible scenarios in teacher education programmes in the Nordic countries. The starting point is that,...
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School Leadership in Norway: Key Characteristics and Current Challenges
This chapter discusses the role and practices of Norwegian school principals in a policy context of increased monitoring and regulation and in a...
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Professionalism in Practice: Contextual Differences in Understandings, Practices, and Effects of Teacher Autonomy
This chapter reports a three-year case study of a primary school in England, in which a recently appointed principal attempted to build “collegial...
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In Quest of Principalship
The chapter uses a sco** literature review of Finnish school research to make sense of the task and practice of principalship in the Finnish...
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School Leadership in Denmark: Leading Education and Leading a School
In this chapter, we elucidate tendencies in and prerequisites for school leadership in Denmark. School leadership is often constructed within a...
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Exploring the Architecture of Policy Knowledge: A Methodological Note
This chapter discusses the theoretical and methodological foundations of the research project. Drawing on research in social network analysis and...
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Professionalism in Practice: Contextual Differences in Understandings, Practices, and Effects of Teacher Autonomy
This chapter reports a three-year case study of a primary school in England, in which a recently appointed principal attempted to build “collegial...
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Sweden – Good Will on All Governance Levels Is Not Enough to Create Sustainable Improvement
In Sweden as in the other Nordic countries schools are an important part of how individuals as well as society develops. How schools are led and...
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Leadership Preparation and Development Policies in England, Sweden and Russia: Exploring Policy and Practice
This chapter explores Teacher EducationTeacher education as an ongoing professional trajectory, exploring the implications for both the policyPolicy...
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Critical Potential of Nordic School Leadership Research
Nordic governments often use phrases like this in education policy discussions. They are vague and serve as fluid signifiers that everybody can...
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School Leaders within the Icelandic Education System: Complex Roles, Multilevel Relations, and Fragmented Support
The tasks and roles of school leaders in Iceland have changed in parallel with a steady and constant development taking place within the education...
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The Complexity of Context in Legitimating National School Reforms: The Case of Sweden
This chapter examines the use of evidence in legitimating national school reforms in a globalized context. Although international policy knowledge is...
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‘Happy Stories’ of Swedish Exceptionalism
Sexuality education (SE) takes place in fields of tension where biology, legislation, norms, and values intersect. Drawing on Ahmed’s...
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From ‘Didactics’ to ‘Curriculum-and-Didactics’ and Beyond: A Non-affirmative Approach to the Analysis of the Changes in Didactics in Mainland China
Beginning with a resounding remark about how to regenerate a new civilization made by a Chinese modern philosopher, Hu Shih, this chapter briefly...
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Situated technology infusion in a school district: how systems and structures mediate the process
This study explores educational technology infusion in the U.S. school district context. We used a complex systems perspective to understand the...
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Conceptions of Diversity Among Finnish Principals
Principals have a crucial role when leading the school community towards more responsive and equitable education. Changes in Finnish society have...
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Educational Policy, Governance, and Leadership
This chapter investigates the educational policy and governance, and also leadership in educational contexts in Finland from the 1950s into today’s...