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Digital transformation in Swedish schools: Principals’ strategic leadership and organisation of tablet-based one-to-one computing initiatives
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of applied educational science. (UGARD)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4418-7930
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of applied educational science.
2018 (English)In: Seminar.net: Media, technology and lifelong learning, E-ISSN 1504-4831, Vol. 14, no 2, p. 174-187Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This paper reports on a research study about principals’ strategic leadership and organisation of schools within established tablet-based one-to-one computing initiatives. The aim was to investigate how principals lead and guide one-to-one computing initiatives in K–12 education. The research questions focused on principals’ expressed intentions and their strategic leadership and organisation when implementing tablet-based one-to-one computing initiatives in Swedish schools. The empirical material was collected through semi-structured interviews with seven principals in five municipalities where the schools had used tablets for more than six months within a one-to-one computing initiative. The findings are organised by themes concerning one-to-one computing as a strategy to change teaching and working methods, using technology for adapting teaching and learning to every pupil’s needs, and strategies for organisation. The findings show that marketisation of schools (e.g. the school-choice reform) in combination with the annual presentation of national rankings have had an impact on the financial situations of schools because they receive a voucher for every attending pupil. The participating principals’ strategic leadership concerning their intentions and applied strategies on how to lead and organise the digitalised school are an attempt to meet the demands that the marketisation and digitalisation of Swedish schools requires.

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2018. Vol. 14, no 2, p. 174-187
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qualitative study, principals, strategic leadership, one-to-one computing, marketisation of schools
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educational work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-152770OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-152770DiVA, id: diva2:1257910
Available from: 2018-10-23 Created: 2018-10-23 Last updated: 2023-07-24Bibliographically approved

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