Nordic research brought to life.
We follow new research from across the Nordic region and turn it into plain-language ideas you can use. For teachers and school leaders, and for teams and organisations. Our practical suggestions are inspired by the research, rather than direct recommendations from the researchers themselves.
NorwayLower secondary, Primary, Upper secondary17 October 20268 min read
When the workshop ends, what changes in the classroom?
Professional learning needs a route into practice: a specific change worth trying, time and support to try it, and a way to learn from what happens.
For school leaders, teachers
Nick Praulins
DenmarkLower secondary, Upper secondary25 August 20263 min read
Why "playful learning works" is a claim Danish researchers can't actually back up yet.
A Danish-led review of nine international studies finds that play in secondary maths and language classrooms is talked about with real confidence and studied with almost none. For anyone being pitched playful pedagogy as an evidence-based fix for disengaged teenagers, that gap is worth knowing about.
For school leaders, teachers
Nick Praulins
Sweden and NorwayEarly years, Primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary, Vocational24 August 20263 min read
Group coaching for school leaders: what makes it useful?
Group coaching helped school leaders in Norway and Sweden make sense of difficult leadership problems and consider different ways of responding. But one of the study’s more useful findings is about design: how leaders prepare for coaching, and what happens at the end of it, may shape what they get from the process.
For school leaders
Sweden and Rest of EuropePrimary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary22 August 20263 min read
Digital leadership is not just about the person at the top
Successful digital change depends on the structures, support and clear responsibilities around a school leader, not only on the skills of one person.
For teachers, school leaders
Nick Praulins
Nordic-wideLower secondary, Upper secondary, Primary, Early years22 August 20264 min read
Professional development only helps if teachers have room to use it
More professional development did not always coincide with better teacher wellbeing across four Nordic school systems. Professional learning seems to work best when schools also look at the demands teachers are being asked to absorb.
For teachers, school leaders
Nick Praulins
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