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Decision-making in Context: Swedish and Finnish Teachers' Perceptions of Autonomy
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Education.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8423-2428
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Education.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3699-8610
2020 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, ISSN 0031-3831, E-ISSN 1470-1170, Vol. 64, no 5, p. 706-727Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This article presents the results from a survey investigating 708 Swedish and 1583 Finnish teachers' perceived autonomy with a focus on the teachers' perceptions of who makes the most important decisions in school. Teacher autonomy is seen as exercised at different levels; by teachers individually in the classroom or by teachers as a collective in school; and in different domains of teachers' work, since the degree of decision-making by teachers is likely to differ between educational, social, developmental and administrational issues. Finnish and Swedish teachers' perceived autonomy varied in somewhat different ways between the domains. Finnish teachers generally perceived themselves to be more individually autonomous, while Swedish teachers were more collegially oriented.

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Informa UK Limited , 2020. Vol. 64, no 5, p. 706-727
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Teacher autonomy, teaching profession, decision making, Sweden, Finland
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-421223DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2019.1596975ISI: 000464591900001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-421223DiVA, id: diva2:1475033
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Swedish Research Council, 2015-01448Available from: 2020-10-12 Created: 2020-10-12 Last updated: 2020-10-12Bibliographically approved

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