This overview about research and development for higher education in Sweden discusses the organization of research and development, questions of policy and control, and the nature of the program areas. The research and development department is divided into the following components: research into higher education; followup of the reform of higher…

Parallel to the implementation of the comprehensive school system in Sweden, English has become obligatory for all pupils and has acquired increasing prominence. This is a report on the EPAL (English at the junior level) project in Sweden, a project which can be compared to FLES in the U.S. and the French-teaching project in England. The general…

"Preparedness for the Future as an Educational Objective" is the name of a research and development project in progress at the Malmo School of Education (Sweden). The project's main tasks are to: (1) inventory previous research and activities; (2) study pupils' ideas about the future; (3) collect and analyze viewpoints from various…