Mari Paloniemi Lindström (1974-)


Teachers’ professional competence and working conditions in Swedish schools

relationships with student achievement

Paloniemi Lindström, Mari | TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN SWEDISH SCHOOLS : relationships with student achievement


BoklivArtikelnr: 9789179632137

Denna avhandling utforskar sambandet mellan lärares professionella kompetens, arbetsvillkor och elevers prestationer i svenska grundskolor.

  • Analys av lärarkompetens och elevresultat.

  • Tre empiriska studier om arbetsvillkor.

  • Utgiven som häftat band, 2025.

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REA-pris311 kr

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Bindning: Häftat band

Bokförlag: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis
ISBN: 9789179632137
Bokserie: Gothenburg Studies in Educational Sciences

Omfång: 112
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2025-05-23

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The Swedish teaching profession has undergone extensive reforms over the past four decades, leading to variations in teacher competence and specializations. More recently, the teaching profession has also faced challenges related to declining status, as well as difficulties in recruitment and retention. These disparities contribute to inequalities in teacher distribution and a widening achievement gap, yet there is limited understanding of how variations in teacher competence affects student achievement. This thesis investigates how teachers’ professional competence and working conditions relate to student achievement in Swedish middle schools (grades 4-6). It analyses data from TIMSS and PIRLS, combined with Swedish register data, to explore relationships between teacher competence and student outcomes in mathematics, reading, and overall performance in grade 6. The thesis consists of an integrative essay and three empirical studies, each focusing on different aspects of teachers’ professional competence and working conditions. The essay evaluates various models and frameworks of teacher competence while also summarizing research in this field. Study I investigates how formal education, subject-specific specialization, and teaching experience relate to grade 4 mathematics achievement, finding that a latent construct of formal teacher competence is strongly related to student performance. Study II examines teacher qualifications, reading specializations, reading comprehension activities, and cognitive activation strategies in grade 4, exploring their short- and long-term associations with student achievement. Study III examines how teachers’ working conditions and school climate relate to their job satisfaction and student achievement. Findings highlight the importance of formal education in improving students’ mathematics performance and subject-specific expertise in enhancing outcomes in both mathematics and Swedish. A curvilinear relationship emerges between reading comprehension activities in grade 4 and student achievement in PIRLS and Swedish by grade 6. Additionally, cognitive activation strategies appear to have a positive cross-subject relationship. The findings also underscore the importance of a positive school climate for both teacher well-being and student success.

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Boken analyserar hur lärarnas professionella kompetens och arbetsvillkor påverkar elevers prestationer i svenska grundskolor, med fokus på årskurserna 4-6.

Teman inkluderar sambanden mellan lärarkompetens och studentresultat i matematik och läsförståelse, samt vikten av skolklimat och arbetsmiljö för lärarnas arbetstillfredsställelse och studenternas framgång.

Boken är ett häftat band, omfattar 112 sidor, publiceras den 23 maj 2025 av Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis och ingår i bokserien Gothenburg Studies in Educational Sciences.

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