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Sporre, Karin – Journal of Religious Education, 2023
In which ways do curricula recognize existential questions of compulsory school students, and what direction is given regarding how to address them? By asking these two questions, this study analyses syllabi for the school subject of religion education and its equivalents in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and in the two German regions of Bavaria and…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries
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Stagg Peterson, Shelley; Parr, Judy; Lindgren, Eva; Kaufman, Douglas – Curriculum Journal, 2018
In this article, researchers in the field of early writing identify underlying beliefs and values about writing and learning to write for the beginning years of formal schooling in four jurisdictions: the American state of Connecticut, New Zealand, the Canadian province of Ontario, and Sweden, as reflected in the respective curricula and standards…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Instruction, Foreign Countries, Beginning Writing
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Janemalm, Lucas; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Barker, Dean – European Physical Education Review, 2019
In 2011, the Swedish National Agency for Education introduced a new national curriculum. The curriculum contained a number of new terms. One in particular proved problematic for physical educators -- "complex movement." The confusion surrounding the term could be seen as somewhat unexpected since movement is and has been a central…
Descriptors: Movement Education, National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis
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Nordin, Andreas; Sundberg, Daniel – European Educational Research Journal, 2016
In this paper we will address the impact of Europeanisation on national curriculum reforms with empirical reference to the Swedish compulsory school, and based on the concept of competence discuss the question of transnational curriculum convergence. The main interest is directed towards how the answers to the question of what counts as knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Bergqvist, Ewa; Bergqvist, Tomas – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
More than 15 years after the introduction of a standards-based curriculum reform, the mathematics teachers are positive towards the reform message but have not changed their classroom practice accordingly. To improve the impact of future reforms, it is important to learn from this situation and to better understand the role of the national policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Academic Standards
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Sundberg, Daniel; Wahlstrom, Ninni – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
In this article, the authors examine the development of the Swedish educational reform of 1991 from an international and European perspective, and from the perspective of what counts as knowledge in a recently implemented Swedish curriculum reform. With effect from 2011, the Swedish Government has significantly reshaped the curricula for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Foreign Policy
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Hedlin, Maria – International Education Studies, 2013
In Sweden, as in many countries before Sweden, boys' academic achievements are getting considerable attention as the big gender issue. The Swedish gender equality policy that was put on the agenda in the 1970s is now associated with extreme discussions. This study aims to explore how gender equality was discussed in the 1970s, in connection with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness, Equal Education, Gender Issues
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Liberg, Caroline; Wiksten Folkeryd, Jenny; Af Geijerstam, Åsa – Education Inquiry, 2012
The focus in this article is the extent to which the school subject of Swedish in the new national curriculum in Sweden introduced in 2011 (compulsory school) has been updated in relation to ways of discussing mother tongue education. Discourse analysis is used to analyse the syllabus for Swedish from 2011. A comparison is made with the previous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Swedish, Native Language Instruction, National Curriculum
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Leffler, Eva; Svedberg, Gudrun – European Educational Research Journal, 2005
The northern part of Sweden is characterised by depopulation and relatively high levels of unemployment among young people. As a consequence, a number of projects have been established for the purpose of strengthening young people's creativity and spirit of enterprise. The aim of this article is to problematise the concept of "enterprise…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Entrepreneurship, Rural Youth