The Nordic countries have traditionally been regarded as archetypal representatives of social dem... more The Nordic countries have traditionally been regarded as archetypal representatives of social democratic welfare states. But particularly since the 1990s the concept of universal welfare and educat ...
Att navigera bland olika framtidsvagar ar en avancerad uppgift for en tonaring, och detta blir ex... more Att navigera bland olika framtidsvagar ar en avancerad uppgift for en tonaring, och detta blir extra tydligt i samband med gymnasievalet i nian. Valet ror i praktiken inte bara kommande utbildning ...
Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021
ABSTRACT Enabled by market-oriented policies implemented in the early 1990s, a nation-wide for-pr... more ABSTRACT Enabled by market-oriented policies implemented in the early 1990s, a nation-wide for-profit education industry has emerged and flourished in Sweden. As a more recent expansion strategy, Swedish school companies have begun exporting their school and early childhood education and care services internationally. In this article, three such companies and a selection of the foreign operations they have set up are studied to analyse how they describe the education services they are establishing in the new national settings. The findings show that the companies have developed and followed different edu-business models, using and transforming particular pedagogical ideas and connecting them to different spatial imaginaries. These include the Swedish/Scandinavian as both places and idealized spaces, infused with borderless global transformative spatial imaginaries on the creation of autonomous learners and futuristic education visions for global futures. Educational profiles and concepts from the Swedish context are both adjusted and marketed to the foreign settings, and entail stories on spaces and mobilities, encompassing pedagogy, teachers and students.
This paper focuses on the support given by schools to students who are likely to leave Swedish co... more This paper focuses on the support given by schools to students who are likely to leave Swedish compulsory education without the grades required to enter upper secondary education (USE). The aim is to increase knowledge about career counselors’ and teachers’ strategies and work in lower secondary schools in order to facilitate this critical transition, and to examine factors influencing this support. It takes as its starting point theoretical frameworks stressing the agency of professionals in welfare organizations, and the importance of support during the educational transitions of young people at risk. The paper builds on interviews with 20 teachers and career counselors in six municipalities of varying character. Teachers’ and career counselors’ micro-choices have a major impact on the support provided to students. Their work consists of direct and indirect support, with the former referring to prescribed professional assignments. Indirect support, taking the form of advocacy, rel...
European Educational Research Journal : SPECIAL ISSUE Mapping the European Educational Research S... more European Educational Research Journal : SPECIAL ISSUE Mapping the European Educational Research Space: policy, governance and cultures
Svedska je bila ponavadi prikazana kot zgleden primer socialnodemokratske ureditve države blaginj... more Svedska je bila ponavadi prikazana kot zgleden primer socialnodemokratske ureditve države blaginje (Esping-Andersen, 1996), za katero sta znacilna obsežno državno upravljanje in aktivna vkljucenost ...
Var fjärde ung svensk (20-24 år) har saknar hel gymnasieutbildning. Projektet Osäkra övergångar h... more Var fjärde ung svensk (20-24 år) har saknar hel gymnasieutbildning. Projektet Osäkra övergångar handlar om karriärer i och efter ungdomsskolan för denna grupp unga och om lokala strategier och åtgärder för att förebygga skolmisslyckanden och underlätta övergångar till arbete och fortsatt utbildning. Det bygger på intervjuer med 100 unga vuxna och 45 kommunföreträdare i 20 kommuner, på enkäter och databasmaterial. Några slutsatser: Skolmisslyckandet är oftast en långvarig process där många faktorer bidrar. Skolan brister i att tidigt upptäcka och ge stöd för den unges inlärning, och att hantera mobbning och skolk, även om enskilda vuxna kan ha stöttat. På kommunnivå ses specialpedagogik och vägledning som prioriterade insatser, men man vet föga om deras omfattning och kvalitet. Lokala åtgärder för att underlätta ungas etablering uppvisar alltför stora skillnader. Särskilt i mindre kommuner är styrningen svag och resurserna små, även om ungdomsrelaterade problem kan vara betydande
Springer International Handbooks of Education, 2017
The Swedish education system has been thoroughly transformed in the last few decades, paralleling... more The Swedish education system has been thoroughly transformed in the last few decades, paralleling wider developments in other OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. However, in some respects the shift from a uniform, centrally regulated school system to one with far-reaching decentralization and market elements has been more radical and faster than elsewhere. The marketization of education has not been confined to urban areas, but it is most tangible there. This chapter firstly aims to add to our knowledge of how competition affects schools and students; secondly, it looks to critically examine marketization mainly as an urban phenomenon and discuss the consequences for rural areas. The Swedish development is situated in a wider Nordic and historical context and the contours of the new Swedish educational landscape are outlined. Some consequences of the school choice reforms and the resulting market-like situation are highlighted at societal, institutional and individual levels. It is concluded that the school market is far more visible and has a much stronger impact in the big city areas than in less densely populated regions. However, this does not mean that schools and youth in the rural regions are unaffected.
The Nordic countries have traditionally been regarded as archetypal representatives of social dem... more The Nordic countries have traditionally been regarded as archetypal representatives of social democratic welfare states. But particularly since the 1990s the concept of universal welfare and educat ...
Att navigera bland olika framtidsvagar ar en avancerad uppgift for en tonaring, och detta blir ex... more Att navigera bland olika framtidsvagar ar en avancerad uppgift for en tonaring, och detta blir extra tydligt i samband med gymnasievalet i nian. Valet ror i praktiken inte bara kommande utbildning ...
Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021
ABSTRACT Enabled by market-oriented policies implemented in the early 1990s, a nation-wide for-pr... more ABSTRACT Enabled by market-oriented policies implemented in the early 1990s, a nation-wide for-profit education industry has emerged and flourished in Sweden. As a more recent expansion strategy, Swedish school companies have begun exporting their school and early childhood education and care services internationally. In this article, three such companies and a selection of the foreign operations they have set up are studied to analyse how they describe the education services they are establishing in the new national settings. The findings show that the companies have developed and followed different edu-business models, using and transforming particular pedagogical ideas and connecting them to different spatial imaginaries. These include the Swedish/Scandinavian as both places and idealized spaces, infused with borderless global transformative spatial imaginaries on the creation of autonomous learners and futuristic education visions for global futures. Educational profiles and concepts from the Swedish context are both adjusted and marketed to the foreign settings, and entail stories on spaces and mobilities, encompassing pedagogy, teachers and students.
This paper focuses on the support given by schools to students who are likely to leave Swedish co... more This paper focuses on the support given by schools to students who are likely to leave Swedish compulsory education without the grades required to enter upper secondary education (USE). The aim is to increase knowledge about career counselors’ and teachers’ strategies and work in lower secondary schools in order to facilitate this critical transition, and to examine factors influencing this support. It takes as its starting point theoretical frameworks stressing the agency of professionals in welfare organizations, and the importance of support during the educational transitions of young people at risk. The paper builds on interviews with 20 teachers and career counselors in six municipalities of varying character. Teachers’ and career counselors’ micro-choices have a major impact on the support provided to students. Their work consists of direct and indirect support, with the former referring to prescribed professional assignments. Indirect support, taking the form of advocacy, rel...
European Educational Research Journal : SPECIAL ISSUE Mapping the European Educational Research S... more European Educational Research Journal : SPECIAL ISSUE Mapping the European Educational Research Space: policy, governance and cultures
Svedska je bila ponavadi prikazana kot zgleden primer socialnodemokratske ureditve države blaginj... more Svedska je bila ponavadi prikazana kot zgleden primer socialnodemokratske ureditve države blaginje (Esping-Andersen, 1996), za katero sta znacilna obsežno državno upravljanje in aktivna vkljucenost ...
Var fjärde ung svensk (20-24 år) har saknar hel gymnasieutbildning. Projektet Osäkra övergångar h... more Var fjärde ung svensk (20-24 år) har saknar hel gymnasieutbildning. Projektet Osäkra övergångar handlar om karriärer i och efter ungdomsskolan för denna grupp unga och om lokala strategier och åtgärder för att förebygga skolmisslyckanden och underlätta övergångar till arbete och fortsatt utbildning. Det bygger på intervjuer med 100 unga vuxna och 45 kommunföreträdare i 20 kommuner, på enkäter och databasmaterial. Några slutsatser: Skolmisslyckandet är oftast en långvarig process där många faktorer bidrar. Skolan brister i att tidigt upptäcka och ge stöd för den unges inlärning, och att hantera mobbning och skolk, även om enskilda vuxna kan ha stöttat. På kommunnivå ses specialpedagogik och vägledning som prioriterade insatser, men man vet föga om deras omfattning och kvalitet. Lokala åtgärder för att underlätta ungas etablering uppvisar alltför stora skillnader. Särskilt i mindre kommuner är styrningen svag och resurserna små, även om ungdomsrelaterade problem kan vara betydande
Springer International Handbooks of Education, 2017
The Swedish education system has been thoroughly transformed in the last few decades, paralleling... more The Swedish education system has been thoroughly transformed in the last few decades, paralleling wider developments in other OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. However, in some respects the shift from a uniform, centrally regulated school system to one with far-reaching decentralization and market elements has been more radical and faster than elsewhere. The marketization of education has not been confined to urban areas, but it is most tangible there. This chapter firstly aims to add to our knowledge of how competition affects schools and students; secondly, it looks to critically examine marketization mainly as an urban phenomenon and discuss the consequences for rural areas. The Swedish development is situated in a wider Nordic and historical context and the contours of the new Swedish educational landscape are outlined. Some consequences of the school choice reforms and the resulting market-like situation are highlighted at societal, institutional and individual levels. It is concluded that the school market is far more visible and has a much stronger impact in the big city areas than in less densely populated regions. However, this does not mean that schools and youth in the rural regions are unaffected.
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