The Battle for Whole-Child Approaches: Examining the Motivations, Strategies and Successes of a Parents' Resistance Movement against a Performance Regime in a Local Norwegian School System

Autor/inn/en	Skedsmo, Guri; Camphuijsen, Marjolein K.
Titel	The Battle for Whole-Child Approaches: Examining the Motivations, Strategies and Successes of a Parents' Resistance Movement against a Performance Regime in a Local Norwegian School System
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 30 (2022) 136, (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Skedsmo, Guri) ORCID (Camphuijsen, Marjolein K.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Parent Participation; Educational Change; Activism; Public Schools; Holistic Approach; Parents; Motivation; Standardized Tests; Norway (Oslo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Elternverhalten; Elternmitwirkung; Bildungsreform; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Holistischer Ansatz; Eltern; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test
Abstract	In different parts of the world, social movements led by parents, educators, and professional organizations have emerged that resist educational standardisation and use of (high stakes) standardised tests, and that push for educational change. With the aim of extending empirical coverage of protest movements in non-English speaking countries, this study examines a Norwegian parental movement called "Foreldreopprør i Osloskolen" (FiO) (in English: Parental Uprising in the Oslo School). We draw on exploratory research based on in-depth interviews with initiators and members of FiO (n=8), as well as documentary and press analysis and an examination of social media sites. The analysis sheds light on the emergence and nature of the movement, parents' main motivations and discourses, as well as the movements' collective action strategies and main successes. The findings highlight how rather than opting-out their children from standardised tests, some Norwegian parents chose to opt-out their children from public schools, while continuing their fight for whole-child approaches in public education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01