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ERIC Number: EJ1047604
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1558-2159
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Too Much Information and Too Little Knowledge? An Attempt to Explain Findings from the Swedish Voucher System for Upper Secondary Education
Vamstad, Johan
Journal of School Choice, v8 n4 p567-588 2014
This article presents some unexpected findings from a study of the upper secondary school voucher system in Sweden. This publicly funded but relatively unregulated quasi-market offers a large number of alternatives to teenagers choosing an education. The choice situation is relatively complex and the stakes are high, but the youths themselves find the decision unproblematic. A possible explanation for this is that the future upper secondary students mistake information for knowledge. In lack of knowledge they follow a norm of conformity according to their outer circumstances. This leads youths from different socioeconomic groups to experience different choice situations and outcomes.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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