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Nordin, Andreas – European Educational Research Journal, 2017
The aim of this article is to show how the European Union (EU) and the Swedish government have recently become co-producers of education policy that increasingly emphasises compulsory education. The paper draws on the following two kinds of empirical material: 1) an analysis of central official policy documents produced by the EU and the Swedish…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Social Problems, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Lindberg, Lisbeth; Maerker, Leif – 2001
Changes in mathematics instruction in vocational programs in Swedish upper secondary schools are intended to improve mathematics skills so students will perform better on national mathematics tests. Curriculum requires that all vocational students in Course A take 100 hours of mathematics instruction, but nearly 50% of them have been failing.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Attitudes, Educational Cooperation