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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 12
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"That's Not What I Am": Teacher Reflections on Purpose, Practice and Professionalism in the Swedish Free School System
Milner, Alison
FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, v57 n2 p179-190 2015
In this article, four teachers reflect on what it means to work in a for-profit free school in Sweden. These narratives corroborate concerns about educational inequity and academic standards within the free school system. Equally, they reveal how teachers struggle to negotiate a professional identity within a competitive school market where social ideals and institutional practices often conflict.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Reflection, Educational Practices, Educational Objectives, Professional Identity, Free Schools, Proprietary Schools, Personal Narratives, Equal Education, Academic Standards, Institutional Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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