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ERIC Number: EJ409216
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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"A Spearhead into the Future"--Swedish Comprehensive School Reforms in Foreign Scholarly Literature 1950-80.
Nilsson, Ingrid
Comparative Education, v25 n3 p357-62 1989
Examines comparative methods and conflict-theory in foreign studies of Swedish educational reforms since World War II, focusing on the economic and social forces behind reform, the goals of reform, and educational outcomes. Concludes that Swedish school reform has failed to achieve its most important goal--social equality. (SV)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Sweden
Note: Special Number (12). Theme issue with title "Cross-National Attraction in Education."