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Lindqvist, Henrik; Weurlander, Maria; Wernerson, Annika; Thornberg, Robert – Research Papers in Education, 2020
The aim of the present study was to use the narratives of beginning teachers to investigate the emotionally challenging situations they face, with a focus on how their perspectives and definitions of such situations guided their actions and made coping possible. A short term longitudinal qualitative interview study was adopted. Twenty participants…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Emotional Response, Teaching Conditions, Preservice Teachers
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Walan, Susanne; Mc Ewen, Birgitta; Gericke, Niklas – Education 3-13, 2016
Studies of inquiry- and context-based science education (IC-BaSE) have shown that teachers find these approaches problematic. In this study, 12 primary school teachers' reflections on challenges related to IC-BaSE are explored. The aim of the study was to investigate which challenges primary teachers experience when working with IC-BaSE and how…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Content Analysis, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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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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Bergqvist, Kerstin – Education Inquiry, 2012
What picture of schoolwork do we obtain if we take a close look at everyday classroom activities and consider what students and teachers do and say about them? This is the basic focus of the study reported here which examines a teaching and learning practice called "own work" ("eget arbete") in the context of primary classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students