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Rebecka 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
Jelena Radišic; Ksenija Krstic; Barbara Blažanin; Katarina Micic; Aleksandar Baucal; Francisco Peixoto; Stanislaw Schukajlow – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Based on the expectancy-value perspective on identity and identity formation, this paper explores the relationship between math identity (MI) and the dimensions of motivation (i.e. intrinsic value, attainment value, utility value and perceived competence) and math achievement in primary school. An additional aim of our research was to explore…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Mathematics Skills, Student Motivation, Mathematics Achievement
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
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
Kim, Meereem; Kim, Hyesook – Computers in the Schools, 2023
This study aims to identify the profiles regarding students' familiarity with information and communication technology (ICT) and their relationships to reading literacy and background variables for high-performing countries in PISA 2018. We distinguished four classes in each of the six countries (Estonia, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland,…
Descriptors: Profiles, Use Studies, High Achievement, Foreign Countries
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
Björn Högberg; Mattias Strandh – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
School stress is widespread among students' worldwide, impacting academic success and mental health. Most research focuses on average stress levels but lacks insights into temporal trends and inequalities. Using repeated longitudinal survey data on 33,000 students in Swedish compulsory school from the Evaluation Through Follow-up (ETF) study, we…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Stress Variables, Academic Achievement, Mental Health
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
Johanna Jormfeldt – Journal of Social Science Education, 2023
Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the link between upper secondary school students' experiences of school democracy and their future role as democratic citizens, focusing on a comparison between men and women. Design/methodology/approach: The data derives from a questionnaire conducted to all last year upper secondary school students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Gender Differences, Voting
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
Hudson, Christopher; Luguetti, Carla; Spaaij, Ramon – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2023
The field of physical education (PE), sport, and forced migration studies has grown considerably in recent years. Although we have seen an increase in publications in the field, no reviews of pedagogies regarding people with refugee backgrounds in PE and sport have been published to date. The purpose of this review is to critically examine…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Refugees, Cultural Differences
Carlman, Peter; Hjalmarsson, Maria; Vikström, Carina – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2020
This study investigated how gender and sports capital are expressed in sports leaders' talk about sports for young people with a refugee background. Empirical data were derived from four focus group interviews representing 21 sports club leaders in Sweden. The leaders defined boys and girls as distinct groups but also as groups within which there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Athletics, Refugees