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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Teachers' Work in Complex Times: The 'Fast Policy' of Swedish School Reform
Hardy, Ian; Rönnerman, Karin; Beach, Dennis
Oxford Review of Education, v45 n3 p350-366 2019
This paper analyses recent educational reforms on teachers' work in Sweden following the 2010 Education Act, and up to the School Commission Report released in April 2017. We draw upon key policy texts and associated documents from the Ministry of Education, and the Swedish National Agency for Education ("Skolverket"). We consider the background to the reforms, their relations with one another and how they have played out in the Swedish educational policy context. We argue that these reforms exhibit features of 'fast policy' in terms of how they have taken on an increasingly centralised and neoliberal character, and the rapid-fire way they have been directed at teachers as individuals, rather than broader schooling structures. We show how the fast policy reforms have recentralised schooling and teachers' work--effectively de-professionalising educators.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Policy Analysis, Neoliberalism, Professional Identity, Governance, Educational History, Professional Recognition, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Salaries, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Work Environment, Administrative Organization
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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