The Key Role of the School Principal’s Leadership in the Schooling of Newly Arrived Immigrant Pupils in Sweden : Experiences from an Interactive Action Research Project

When newly immigrated children and young people begin school in Sweden, certain challengesarise. These may result from weak Swedish-language skills and different schooling backgrounds,as well as organizational and pedagogical limitations in the schools. This generates demands onschool leaders to lead and develop the organization and teachers competences to meet these pupils’needs. This situation was behind the initiation of the project “New Immigrants and Learning—Competence Development for Teachers and School Principals.” The project ran in schools infour Swedish municipalities, its aim was to develop leadership, organizational and pedagogicalskills that would facilitate the schooling and integration of newly arrived pupils. This article aimsto describe and discuss a Participant Action Research (PAR) based on a think tank and researchcircles, drawing special attention to the role of the school leaders. It will also examine whether theresearch circles and the project overall served to develop educational and intercultural leadership,organizational conditions, collegial learning, pedagogical methods and competence in terms ofschooling for this pupil group.

Fullständigt swenkst och latinskt lexicon /

Mode of access: Internet.

Torpmålets ljud- och formlära /

Akademisk avhandling - Upsala.

Studier över utvecklingen af fsv. ŏ ock ŭ i starktonig ställning inom Västgötadialekterna,

Akademisk afhandling--Uppsala.

Ordbok öfver Svenska språket /

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De pugna Bravalliensi fragmentum gothicum ...

Old Swedish and Latin on opposite pages.

Svenska landsmål ock svenskt folkliv.

Founded by J. A. Lundell.

Språk och stil.

Mode of access: Internet.

Bidrag till ordbok öfver Skånska landskapsmålet.

Mode of access: Internet.

Spår af hednisk tro och kult i fornsvenska personnamn,

"De vigtigaste källorna": p. ii-iv.

Forn-svenskans (Svaensku ok Gözku) och forn-norskans (Norroenu) språkbyggnad, jemte ett bihang om den äldsta runskriften.

Mode of access: Internet.

Svenskt-tyskt [parlörlexikon] /

Mode of access: Internet.

Praktischer Lehrgang zur schnellen und leichten Erlernung der schwedischen Sprache für Schul- und Privatunterricht und namentlich zum Selbstudium für Kaufleute.

Mode of access: Internet.

Schwedisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch,

Mode of access: Internet.

Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket.

Issued in 29 parts.