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Direct linkRebecka Fingalsson – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
This paper illuminates how teachers are influenced by age, gender and sexuality in teaching about sex and relationships. In this analysis grounded in feminist theory, age, gender and sexuality are considered to be enacted as doings. Six interviews with teachers working with sexuality education in K-12 schools in Sweden were chosen from of a larger…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Intersectionality, Age Differences
Sara Backman Prytz – History of Education Quarterly, 2024
The educational mission of most western schools today includes the nurturing of children's sexual upbringing, which many scholars see as a way of controlling their sexuality and forming them into "sexual citizens." This article examines how official Swedish school guidelines and textbooks have mediated sexuality norms through education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Guidelines, Textbooks
Erik Lundberg – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
Mock elections are an increasingly popular form of active learning, adopted in many European countries and the United States. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the extent to which they enhance students' civic competence. This article analyzes data from over 9,000 students aged 13-19 who participated in a 2022 mock election in Sweden.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elections, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Leek, Joanna; Rojek, Marcin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Conflicts between young immigrants and older native populations are widely recognized as a challenge in different parts of the world. In the European context, the following paper focuses on presenting the research results of a community-based project entitled "ICT Guides" conducted in Gothenburg (Sweden), Sheffield (the United Kingdom),…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Intergenerational Programs, Community Programs, Immigrants
Thornberg, Robert; Bjereld, Ylva; Caravita, Simona C. – Cogent Education, 2023
Despite the fact that bullying has been consistently linked to moral disengagement among schoolchildren, research that distinguishes among the four loci of moral disengagement (cognitive restructuring, minimizing one's agentive role, distorting consequences, and victim attribution) to better understand bullying is scarce. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Bullying, Gender Differences
Lindahl, Jonas; Colliander, Cristian; Danell, Rickard – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This article provides an explanation for previously observed gender differences in scientific performance during doctoral studies and the early career. Data is based on doctoral students in science, technology, and medicine at a Swedish university. We collected information on each doctoral student's publication and employment history. We also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Samson, Ineke; Schalling, Ellika; Herlitz, Agneta; Lindström, Elisabeth; Sand, Anders – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: We aimed to cross-sectionally describe the impact of stuttering on persons who stutter (PWS): children, adolescents, and young adults. Based on previous research on PWS and psychosocial health in the general population, we hypothesized that (a) the adverse impact of stuttering in PWS would be larger among adolescents than children and…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Gender Differences, Children, Adolescents
Emilson, Anette; Eek-Karlsson, Liselotte – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The aim of this study is to contribute knowledge about the politics of belonging that is embedded in the educational practice of early childhood institutions in Sweden, with the focus on children's doing of belonging. The research questions are: What appears as important aspects for belonging in everyday children's interactions in the ECE…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Cooperative Learning, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Jansson, Alexander; Sundblad, Gunilla Brun – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: The aim of this study was to critically examine previous studies' claims about the magnitude of gender differences and gender inequality in physical education (PE) in Sweden. Method: The data were based on students' (N = 39,980) perceptions of PE and were gathered from four large research projects in Sweden. Three effect size measures…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Gender Differences, Equal Education, Gender Bias
Lagerberg, Tove B.; Anrep-Nordin, Elin; Emanuelsson, Helena; Strömbergsson, Sofia – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Intelligibility can be defined as the speakers' ability to convey a message to the listener and it is considered the key functional measure of speech. The Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) is a parent rating scale used to assess intelligibility in children. Aims: To describe normative and validation data on the ICS in Swedish and…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Rating Scales, Intelligibility, Construct Validity
Malin Dahlby-Skoog; Tamara Kalandadze; Eva Karltorp; Björn Lyxell; Ulrika Löfkvist – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: There is solid evidence that an early age at cochlear implantation, which reduces the period of auditory deprivation, positively impacts early spoken language development. However, there is an urgent need for more research to understand the long-term effects of early implantation on higher linguistic skills, such as metaphor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hard of Hearing, Sensory Aids, Age Differences
Star, Jon R.; Tuomela, Dimitri; Joglar-Prieto, Nuria; Hästö, Peter; Palkki, Riikka; Abánades, Miguel Á.; Pejlare, Johanna; Jiang, R. H.; Li, Lijia; Liu, Ru-De – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: In this cross-national study, Spanish, Finnish, and Swedish middle and high school students' procedural flexibility was examined, with the specific intent of determining whether and how students' equation-solving accuracy and flexibility varied by country, age, and/or academic track. The 791 student participants were asked to solve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, High School Students, Problem Solving
Download full textRebecca Wheater; Lisa Kuhn; Rachel Classick; Juan Manuel del Pozo Segura; Maria Jose Guevara; Jennie Harland; Jose Liht; Gustavo Henndel Lopes – UK Department for Education, 2024
The Survey of Adult Skills is a product of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) led by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The Survey of Adult Skills aims to measure the skills needed by adults to participate in society and for economies to prosper. The 2023 survey assessed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Numeracy, Problem Solving
Tyrer, Freya; Kiani, Reza; Rutherford, Mark J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: There is a need to systematically compare and contrast mortality predictors and disparities in people with intellectual disabilities (ID) for global prevention strategy development. Method: Bibliographic databases and grey literature were searched using systematic review methodology and the machine learning tool "Abstrackr."…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Death, Predictor Variables, Prevention
Lansford, Jennifer E.; Zietz, Susannah; Bornstein, Marc H.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Gurdal, Sevtap; Liu, Qin; Long, Qian; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Chang, Lei – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural similarities and differences in problem behavior during adolescence. Adolescents from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries…
Descriptors: Aggression, Cultural Influences, Cultural Differences, Adolescent Development
