Leadership and school improvement within Swedish municipal adult education

Swedish municipal adult education, MAE, is facing severe challenges. Research on school leadership and school improvement within Swedish municipal adult education is, however, scarce. There is consequently  a call for such research. This research project meets this call. The project started in 2019 and has been developed in collaboration between the researcher and two practising teachers within local MAE. The collaboration has an action research approach, where research actions are a consequence of previous actions within the project. 

Publications

Portfelt, I. & Mufic, J. (in print). Rektor i komvux. In A. Fejes, K. Muhrman & S. Nyström (Eds.). Om vuxenutbildning och vuxnas studier. Studentlitteratur. 

Portfelt, I. (2025). Principals’ influences on research-based education. The case of Swedish local municipal adult education institutions. European Journal of Education, 60(2), Article e70081. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70081

Portfelt, I. (2024). Att leda lokal skolutveckling i komvux med aktionsforskande ansats. In O. Johansson & L. Svedberg (Eds.). Att leda mot skolans mål (pp. 133–145]. Gleerups.

Portfelt, I. (2021). Komvuxrektorers professionella autonomi – frivillig eller påtvingad? In B. Ahlström, G. Berg, M. Håkansson Lindqvist &  F. Sundh (Eds.), Att jobba som rektor: Om rektorer som professionella yrkesutövare (pp. 137-151). Studentlitteratur.