@article{Mårell-Olsson_Bergström_2018, title={Digital transformation in Swedish schools – Principals’ strategic leadership and organisation of tablet-based one-to-one computing initiatives}, volume={14}, url={https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/seminar/article/view/2978}, DOI={10.7577/seminar.2978}, abstractNote={ <p><span lang="EN-US">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 <span class="shorttext">change teaching and working methods</span>, 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<span class="shorttext"> the digitalised school </span>are an attempt to meet the demands <span class="shorttext">that the marketisation and digitalisation of Swedish schools requires. </span></span></p>}, number={2}, journal={Seminar.net}, author={Mårell-Olsson, Eva and Bergström, Peter}, year={2018}, month={Oct.}, pages={174–187} }