Pia Skott

School boards and superintendents doing local curriculum work: Conflict or successful cooperation?

Purpose – The paper is about a specific part of the Swedish governing system: the municipality, which has the responsibility of implementing national school goals. The starting point is an identified local governing chain including the chairman of the politically elected school board, the superintendent, principals and head teachers. It is the first link in this chain which is in focus, between chairmen and superintendents. The purpose of this paper is to investigate their role understanding and enactment: what roles do they have, formally and enacted? Is it a clear or blurred line between them? What can be seen as causing conflict or success? Design/methodology/approach – The paper is part of a larger research project focussing on what happens when national policy meets local governing structures. The project as a whole has a mixed method design and includes surveys with superintendents, politicians and principals. It also includes interviews with chairmen of local school boards, superintendents and prin...

Codification of Present Swedish Curriculum Processes : Linking Educational Activities over Time and Space

Codification of present Swedish curriculum processes : linking educational activities over time and space

Educational Leadership in Transition

No abstract available. (Published: 11 December 2015) Citation: NordSTEP 2015, 1: 30410 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/nstep.v1.30410