Search for dissertations about: "school leader"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words school leader.

  1. 1. What Role of God and National Curriculum in School life? : A Comparative Study of Schools with a Muslim Profile in England and Sweden

    Author : Åsa Brattlund; Holger Daun; Geoffrey Walford; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islamic school; Muslim; Muslim school; Primary school; comparative study; International Education; independent school; school leader; intercultural; confessional school; faith school; religious education; confessional; school head; islamiska skolor; muslim; muslimska skolor; grundskolor; jämförande studie; internationell pedagogik; interkulturell; konfessionella skolor; religiösa skolor; skolledare; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education; Didactics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of principles and ethics that dominate four schools with a Muslim profile, two in Sweden and two in England.The specific objectives of the study are:  to examine educational policies with regard to primary schools with a confessional orientation in Sweden and England; to compare two primary schools with a Muslim profile in Sweden with two such schools in England; and in these four schools to describe and examine the manner in which school heads, teachers and other staff deal with the encounters between the values found in the national curriculum of Sweden and England respectively and the principles and ethics embodied in their private philosophy of life; to describe and examine the views of school heads, teachers and other staff on school leadership and any educational, ideological or personal role model they emulate; to describe and examine the expectations and views of parents with regard to the school with a Muslim profile; and describe the views of the pupils regarding their schools and the norms and values in school and; finally, to examine the attitudes of some local authority politicians in Sweden to MP schools. READ MORE

  2. 2. Human Being Leader

    Author : Joanne Pirie; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  3. 3. Leading learning through digitalization in Swedish schools : beyond school leaders?

    Author : Josef Siljebo; Ola J. Lindberg; Ulrika Haake; Neil Selwyn; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Leading; learning; digitalization in schools; cultural-historical activity theory; critical studies; education; education; pedagogik;

    Abstract : How can digitalization in schools be led towards positive outcomes? This has for education policy makers in Sweden been a question for decades. In recent years, formal school leaders in schools have come in focus in policy as important not only for schools in general, also specifically concerning digitalizing schools. READ MORE

  4. 4. Leadership in digitalisation : A practice-oriented approach for expanding access and application of digital technologies in K–12 education

    Author : Jussara Reis-Andersson; Jimmy Jaldemark; Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist; Mona Lundin; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Collaboration; digitalisation; digital competence; digital technology; K–12 education; leader; leadership; practice; schools;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to identify, describe, and analyse practices in school organisers’ and school leaders’ collaborative efforts to expand access to and application of digital technologies in K–12 education from a leadership perspective. A practice-oriented approach has been used to analyse practices for expanding this access and application. READ MORE

  5. 5. Conditions for Technology Enhanced Learning and Educational Change : a case study of a 1:1 initiative

    Author : Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist; Anders D. Olofsson; Limin Gu; Trond-Eiliv Hauge; Rosemary Luckin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; digital technologies; ICT; laptops; one-to-one; school development; school leaders; students; teachers; teacher professional development; TEL;

    Abstract : The uptake and use of digital technologies continues to increase in schools throughout the world. In many schools the uptake and use of digital technologies takes place in One-to-One (1:1) initiatives in which teachers and students have their own laptops. READ MORE