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Hedlin, Maria – International Education Studies, 2013
In Sweden, as in many countries before Sweden, boys' academic achievements are getting considerable attention as the big gender issue. The Swedish gender equality policy that was put on the agenda in the 1970s is now associated with extreme discussions. This study aims to explore how gender equality was discussed in the 1970s, in connection with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness, Equal Education, Gender Issues
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Hultén, Magnus – History of Education, 2013
The decades following the Second World War saw strong technological development and economic growth. They also saw "the advent of technology education", a period of extensive curriculum development in this field. But what was done and why? In order to obtain a better understanding of the historical roots of technology education, in this…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Economic Progress
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Karlsson, Marie; Lofdahl, Annica; Prieto, Hector Perez – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013
This article aims to contribute to our understanding of how moral aspects of parents' choices of preschool play a part in the processes of marketisation and privatisation of childcare in Sweden. The paper explores parents' narratives of preschool choice as moral claims of parental identities. The analysed data are based on a study of how parents…
Descriptors: School Choice, Parents, Moral Values, Foreign Countries
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Flensner, K. Kittelmann; Larsson, G. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2014
The aim of this article is to present a unique corpus of film-recorded classroom observations of sixth-grade classes (age 12-13) in the Swedish cities of Gothenburg, Partille and Trollhättan in the late 1960s. The material documents how RE could be taught in Swedish schools in line with the curriculum of Lgr 62 which internationally was an early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Religious Education, Class Activities
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Brantefors, Lotta – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2015
The aim here is to describe and discuss how different cultural meanings, offered in education, can contribute to unjust cultural relations such as othering and xenophobia. By analysing the cultural and discursive content in curricula using a (neo)pragmatic curriculum theory research method, dominating ideas, values and discourses between 1948 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Content Analysis, Educational History
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Nylund, Mattias – Education Inquiry, 2012
Over the last few decades, less importance has been attached to the concept of class in educational policy and educational research. Due to the continued relevance of class in many educational contexts, this article argues that this trend is unfortunate, untimely and unwarranted, and that important questions are overlooked as a result. As a case…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Class, Educational Policy
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Åkerlund, Andreas – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2014
Programmes of international educational exchange are not only carried out for educational purposes, but form an important part of modern-day public diplomacy. Through exchange programmes education and research are linked with foreign policy interests, which then in turn should affect the international contacts of universities and research…
Descriptors: International Educational Exchange, Foreign Policy, Scholarship, Public Policy
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Stensaker, Bjorn; Vabo, Agnete – Higher Education Quarterly, 2013
Shared governance has been a key historical characteristic of higher education although this form of governance has come under increased pressure in recent decades. It is often argued that shared governance is less relevant for tackling the challenges related to a more dynamic environment of the sector. This paper discusses underlying premises for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Governance, Colleges
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Gougoulakis, Petros; Christie, Michael – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2012
The aim of this philosophical and historical position paper is to discuss the ways in which Popular Education--folkbildning--has contributed to the social transformation of Sweden through self-directed and collaborative educational practices. One of our premises is that individual transformative learning, fostered by folkbildning, has contributed…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Popular Education, Foreign Countries, Social Change
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Reynolds, David; Sammons, Pam; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan; Townsend, Tony; Teddlie, Charles; Stringfield, Sam – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
Research and scholarship into educational effectiveness research (EER) is comprehensively reviewed from the UK, The Netherlands, the US, Cyprus, Belgium, Sweden, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, and other societies, dating from the field's origins in the 1970s. Issues include its history, methodological and theoretical advances, scientific…
Descriptors: Educational Research, School Effectiveness, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
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Nilsson, Anders – History of Education, 2014
Adult education is often defined to emphasise cultural and societal development. This paper proposes that the concept should be more inclusive and that vocational education and training for adults has played a bigger role than is usually recognised. This has not been subject to much research and basic facts are often virtually unknown. In this…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Foreign Countries
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Hedlin, Maria – Education Inquiry, 2013
A historical perspective may provide important insights for understanding contemporary discussions and the expectations attached to women and men in today's teaching. The role of gendered meanings in relation to teachers' work is explored in this article by focusing on discussions on school discipline during the period 1960-1970. Teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Periodicals, Content Analysis, Teachers
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Bergh, Andreas – Education Inquiry, 2011
This article analyses "why" the concept of quality has become such a central theme in Swedish education policy, and "what" quality or qualities successive governments have pursued between 1990 and 2010. The analysis is based on a close reading of a collection of policy texts from the late 1980s onwards.With a linguistic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Policy, Public Policy
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Lindgren, Joakim; Hult, Agneta; Segerholm, Christina; Rönnberg, Linda – Education Inquiry, 2012
This paper reports on an analysis of how school inspection in Sweden -- its aims, directions and procedures -- is portrayed in texts produced by the responsible national authorities. The study involves a textual analysis of official annual accounts and plans (texts directed to the government, municipalities, schools and the public) produced by the…
Descriptors: School Visitation, Inspection, Governance, Foreign Countries
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Ekstrand, Britten – Educational Review, 2015
Unauthorized absence from school, commonly labelled truancy, absenteeism, and dropout, is a problem that has been increasingly noted in recent years by the National Agency for Education, county councils, communities, and media in Sweden. It is also a prioritized issue in Europe and worldwide. Many students leave school without credentials or a…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Truancy, Academic Persistence, Dropouts
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