• Building leadership capacity in school leadership groups: an action research project 

      Aas, Marit; Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (Educational Action Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-08)
      This research study focuses on school leadership groups taking part in an action research project (AR project) within schools in a Norwegian municipality. The study aims to show and discuss how action research (AR) adopted ...
    • Deputy heads—leadership and power in change? 

      Abrahamsen, Hedvig Neerland; Aas, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Much current research emphasizes the importance of leadership as an interactive activity in leading school change and improvement. In the Norwegian context, there is growing interest in redesigning the historical ...
    • Enhancing system thinking - a superintendent and three principals reflecting with a critical friend 

      Henriksen, Øyvind H.; Aas, Marit (Educational Action Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-11)
      There is a growing body of action research on school improvement and development. Many of these studies have found the use of critical friendship valuable in relation to teachers’ or principals’ practice. Yet, little ...
    • Ethical thinking and decision-making in the leadership of professional learning communities 

      Ballangrud, Brit Bolken; Aas, Marit (Educational Research;Volume 64, 2022 - Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-16)
      Background: Despite widespread interest in the leadership and establishment of professional learning communities (PLCs), the ethical dimension may be overlooked. This article examines, in a Norwegian context, how principals ...
    • How school leaders can gain role clarity and grow their leadership identity 

      Aas, Marit; Andersen, Fred Carlo; Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (Research in Educational Administration and Leadership;Volume: 5, Issue: 2/June 2020, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10-02)
      Over the past decades, principals have experienced an increased pressure emanating from the responsibility for managing change and building organisations, whilst striving to improve students’ learning outcomes (Abrahamsen, ...
    • Leadership in low- and underperforming schools—two contrasting Scandinavian cases 

      Ahlstrøm, Bjørn; Aas, Marit (International Journal of Leadership in Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11-25)
      In this paper, we investigate how professional cultures and situated, material and external contexts relate to dynamic low- and underperforming schools in Scandinavia, particularly how the leadership is constructed through ...
    • Organisering av samarbeid mellom skole og arbeidsliv i yrkesfagutdanningen 

      Rekdahl, Merete C.; Aas, Marit; Ballangrud, Brit Bolken (Skandinavisk tidsskrift for yrker og profesjoner i utvikling;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Norsk og nordisk forskning tyder på at det er utfordringer med samarbeidet mellom skole og arbeidsliv i den yrkesfaglige utdanningen. Et manglende samarbeid mellom skole og arbeidsliv kan føre til at elevene får en mindre ...
    • Veiledning som lederstøtte i skoleutvikling: den utfordrende oppstarten 

      Abrahamsen, Lena; Aas, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Skoleledelse har betydning for skoleutvikling og påvirker dermed elevenes læring indirekte. Av den grunn trenger skolen ledere som har kunnskap om å lede endrings- og utviklingsarbeid, og en slik kompetanse kan utvikles ...