Equivalence and Choice in Combination: The Swedish Dilemma

Autor/in	Alexandersson, Mikael
Titel	Equivalence and Choice in Combination: The Swedish Dilemma
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 37 (2011) 2, S.195-214 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
Schlagwörter	School Restructuring; Secondary Education; Dropouts; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Educational Change; Equal Education; Accountability; Competition; Reputation; Educational Policy; Academic Education; Apprenticeships; Track System (Education); Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Sekundarbereich; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Bildungsreform; Verantwortung; Wettkampf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Akademische Bildung; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Schweden
Abstract	This article describes and analyses some crucial aspects in the latest reforms of Swedish upper secondary education. For decades Sweden stood out as a special case in several respects, in particular the integration of different tracks in upper secondary education; offering second chances to dropouts, and success in terms of equality and equivalence, as well as in terms of socially equal recruitment to higher studies. But, as in other OECD countries, the neo-liberal combination of markets, accountability and institutional rankings has begun to dominate educational policies in Sweden. This development has had a noticeable impact on the upper secondary school system as a whole. For instance, through the independent school reform of the 1990s, there has been a gradual shift from education as a common good to stressing the individual's freedom of choice. As a result of the new reform that begins in 2011 there will be a stronger division between tracks--academic and vocational education, and apprenticeship training will be organised in separate schools. (Contains 2 online resources, 4 tables, 1 figure, and 11 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10