Essays about: "Swedish educational reforms"

Found 5 essays containing the words Swedish educational reforms.

  1. 1. Independent Schools and Academic Achievement: A Synthetic Control Approach on Swedish Municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Folke Schröder Frykhammar; Anna Sandros Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Education quality; School privatization; Vouchers; Education reform; Synthetic Control;

    Abstract : During the early 1990's, the Swedish school system underwent a period of groundbreaking reforms, including the contentious independent school reform. The reforms coincided with a decline of Swedish results in international educational assessments, leading to a debate on whether independent schools positively or negatively contribute to students learning. READ MORE

  3. 2. Socio-Geographical Mobilities : A Study of Compulsory School Students’ Mobilities within Metropolitan Stockholm’s Deregulated School Market

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Rina Wahls; [2022]
    Keywords : school market; big data; mobility; k-nearest neighbour;

    Abstract : The Swedish educational reforms of the 1990s introduced a choice- and voucher-based system, which allowed students to choose schools regardless of their proximity to them. As a consequence, new opportunities for geographical disparities in educational provisions as well as in home-to- school mobilities have emerged. READ MORE

  4. 3. Making sense of children’s mental illness and behaviours in school settings : Unravelling the cultural repertoires of school staff in Swedish compulsory education

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Helena Kestener; [2021]
    Keywords : Medicalization; Childhood; Schools; Sweden;

    Abstract : Increasing numbers of children are being diagnosed with some kind of mental illness and especially the diagnosis ADHD and Autism are often discussed in popular media and academic articles. Several studies have underlined the relation between educational systems and the processes of diagnosing the children. READ MORE

  5. 4. Stakeholder influence, school organization and education quality: How education quality is understood and pursued in Swedish schools

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jenny Larsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Sweden; education quality; veto players; stakeholder influence; organizations; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since the late 1980s the Swedish educational system has been transformed through a number of market-based reforms. The purpose of the reforms was to increase efficiency and quality in Swedish schools by introducing private producers and reducing state regulation. READ MORE

  6. 5. An Act of Interpretation? : A case study exploring the role of school principals in implementing educational reforms in Swedish upper secondary schools

    University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Timothy Row; [2011]
    Keywords : school principals; Education Act; Swedish educational reforms; interpretation; implementation.; rektorer; skollag; utbildningsreformer; tolkning; implementering.;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats undersöker vilken roll två rektorer för gymnasieskolor spelar för hur den nya skollagen tolkas och implementeras. Tidigare forskning kring rektorrollen i Sverige har visat att  kommunaliseringsreformerna under 1990-talet ledde till att styrdokumenterna fick mycket större utrymme för tolkning. READ MORE