Too Much Information and Too Little Knowledge? An Attempt to Explain Findings from the Swedish Voucher System for Upper Secondary Education

Autor/in	Vamstad, Johan
Titel	Too Much Information and Too Little Knowledge? An Attempt to Explain Findings from the Swedish Voucher System for Upper Secondary Education
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 8 (2014) 4, S.567-588 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2014.973778
Schlagwörter	Educational Vouchers; School Choice; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Knowledge Level; Socioeconomic Status; Outcomes of Education; Freedom; Educational Philosophy; Moral Development; Surveys; Questionnaires; Statistical Significance; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Wissensbasis; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Freiheit; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Moralische Entwicklung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fragebogen; Schweden
Abstract	This article presents some unexpected findings from a study of the upper secondary school voucher system in Sweden. This publicly funded but relatively unregulated quasi-market offers a large number of alternatives to teenagers choosing an education. The choice situation is relatively complex and the stakes are high, but the youths themselves find the decision unproblematic. A possible explanation for this is that the future upper secondary students mistake information for knowledge. In lack of knowledge they follow a norm of conformity according to their outer circumstances. This leads youths from different socioeconomic groups to experience different choice situations and outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10