Standards-Based Curricula in a Denationalised Conception of Education: The Case of Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Sundberg, Daniel; Wahlstrom, Ninni
Titel	Standards-Based Curricula in a Denationalised Conception of Education: The Case of Sweden
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 11 (2012) 3, S.342-356 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.2304/eerj.2012.11.3.342
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Foreign Policy; Standards; Educational Administration; Educational Policy; Discourse Analysis; Educational Attitudes; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Außenpolitik; Standard; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Diskursanalyse; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Schweden
Abstract	In this article, the authors examine the development of the Swedish educational reform of 1991 from an international and European perspective, and from the perspective of what counts as knowledge in a recently implemented Swedish curriculum reform. With effect from 2011, the Swedish Government has significantly reshaped the curricula for pre-school, compulsory school and upper secondary school education, but in terms of governing principles for schools, these curriculum reforms can be regarded as a continuation of the 1991 reform. The authors argue that this latest reform, as part of an international policy discourse, can be said to represent a "denationalised and instrumental conception of education", and that the implications for the formation of knowledge within this conception can be understood as a "standards-based" curriculum shaped by two powerful international influences: a technical-instrumental discourse of curriculum, emphasising the form, structure and function of the curriculum; and a neo-conservative discourse of curriculum, with an emphasis on curriculum content as a given and uncontested body of knowledge. (Contains 3 notes and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Symposium Journals. P.O. Box 204, Didcot, Oxford, OX11 9ZQ, UK. Tel: +44-1235-818-062; Fax: +44-1235-817-275; e-mail: subscriptions@symposium-journals.co.uk; Web site: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/eerj
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10