Lärares möjligheter och svårigheter att utforma gemensamma värderingar

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study is to examine what enables and makes it difficult for teachers to create common values ​​in a school. The study is a case study of a school in Kunskapsskolan Education Sweden (KED). The organization has common values as a goal with the purpose to be a tool for teachers in the work, and to create an organizational culture. The empirical material consists of interviews and observations. The result shows that the school's operation and structure provides support for teachers' collaboration and it will be fundamental to the ability to create consensus about the school's goals. The organization, cooperation and a common goal is expressed as a key condition for the possibility of developing common values. The teachers are aware of the organization's formal goals and values, but the most important is the informal values ​​created through the collaboration in teams and by common perceptions of the target in the work. The pedagogical approach in the school also affects to the common values expressed in the school's culture. Organization and cooperation on goal must have the potential to become a common system of thought in the school's inner workings if they are to be shared values. They then expressed in the school's culture and in everyday work and contribute to school activities is perceived as a shared responsibility.