Managing Expectations by Projecting the Future School: Observing the Nordic Future School Reports via Temporal Topologies

Autor/inn/en	Hansen, Petteri; Sivesind, Kirsten; Thostrup, Rune
Titel	Managing Expectations by Projecting the Future School: Observing the Nordic Future School Reports via Temporal Topologies
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 20 (2021) 6, S.860-874 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hansen, Petteri)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.1177/1474904121995695
Schlagwörter	Futures (of Society); Politics of Education; Reports; Time; Semantics; Information Technology; Technology Integration; Well Being; Comparative Analysis; Social Systems; Educational Trends; Classification; Learning Processes; Teaching Methods; Systems Approach; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Public Agencies; Educational Administration; Government Publications; Elementary Secondary Education; Finland; Norway; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Future; Society; Zukunft; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Zeit; Semantik; Informationstechnologie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Social system; Soziales System; Bildungsentwicklung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Systemischer Ansatz; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Finnland; Norwegen; Dänemark
Abstract	This study focuses on the politics of time in education by analysing 'The Future School' reports published by Nordic state authorities between 2010 and 2015. Building on a system-theoretical understanding of social time, steering and second-order observations, we investigate how temporal political communication frames the future of Nordic basic education. By applying semantic analysis, we identified four temporal topologies according to which these reports deal with the future: (a) calculated futures based on future projections with numbers; (b) unpredictable futures based on future projections contrasting learning with adaptivity; (c) technology-determined futures; and (d) personalised futures based on child well-being. Whereas these topologies constitute a shared semantical base for discussing the future of school education, a comparison of the reports also reveals differences and paradoxes between the temporal topologies in the Nordic welfare state context. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01