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ERIC Number: EJ660261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-3831
Educating for the New Sweden?
Lindblad, Sverker; Lundahl, Lisbeth; Lindgren, Joakim; Zackari, Gunilla
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v46 n3 p283-303 Sep 2002
Studied Sweden as an advanced welfare state with a centralized education system through interviews with 12 administrator and policy makers and 42 teachers and headteachers as well as surveys completed by 413 ninth graders. Findings show large differences in the context of schools in terms of social and cultural backgrounds of students and demonstrate changes in the education culture in Sweden. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Policy Formation, Student Characteristics, Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Sweden; Welfare State
Note: Special issue titled "Changing Education Governance in Nordic Welfare States: Finland, Iceland, and Sweden as Cases of an International Restructuring Movement."