Structural Injustices in Swedish Education Academic Selection and Educational Inequalities /

• Main Author: Beach, Dennis (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; School management and organization.; School administration.; International education .; Comparative education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; International and Comparative Education.

While Sweden is often viewed as a benchmark for equality within education, this book examines this assumption in greater depth. The author argues that Sweden's education system - even prior to the global spread of neoliberalism in education, meta-policies and privatization - was never particula...

Table of Contents:

• 1.The Myth of Swedish Education Equity
• 2.Education Differentiation Within Contemporary Globalization: A Meta-ethnographic Analysis of the Conferral of Power and Status in Modern Education Systems
• 3.Performativity, Creativity and Personalised Learning
• 4.Twelve Years of Upper-Secondary Education in Sweden: The Beginnings of a Neo-Liberal Policy Hegemony?
• 5.Social Class Stereotypes in Upper-Secondary School
• 6.Higher Education Expansion and Student Choices: A Critical Analysis
• 7.A Meta-ethnography of Research on Education Justice and Inclusion in Sweden with a Focus on Territorially Stigmatised Areas
• 8.Education Markets and Inequalities
• 9.Conclusions: Reconsidering Sweden's International Contemporary Recognition and Historical Standing in Regard to Matters of Educational Justice and Equity.