Learning study. From the study of teaching to the study of learning. The learning study movement in sweden

Learning Study was introduced in Sweden in 2003 by a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council. Since then, hundreds of schools have implemented the model in different degrees. One main trait of the Swedish learning studies is the use of a theory of learning, the variation theory, as a guiding principle to design and analyse classroom learning processes. This article describes the Learning Study movement in Sweden, including its cyclic process of learning from how an object of learning is defined, to the design of tests and lessons based on the theoretical framework and conjectures teachers use as guiding principles. The analysis is on three levels: the intended (planned) object of learning, the enacted (implemented) object of learning and the lived object of learning (what is learned).