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Berglund, Barbro Morsing – 1994
This qualitative study examined preschool programs for 6-year-olds in Sweden and the principles underlying children's activities. Ten preschool groups including preschool teachers, student teachers, and children were interviewed about their conceptions of content and methods of working in preschool. The results showed that the program is founded…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Developmental Psychology

Englund, Tomas – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1997
Provides an overview and an examination of educational didactics in Sweden. In this context, didactics refers to the study of what content is chosen and how it is taught. Some theorists have extended this to include how students conceptualize what they are taught. Discusses the conflicting schools of thought. (MJP)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles
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
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1973
This publication is aimed at assisting countries as they respond to the problem of organizing a continuing process of change in the schools. The seven case studies contributed to this volume illustrate ways of balancing organizational processes and the free initiative of individual schools and teachers, within the varying traditions of each…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Hoachlander, Gary – 1998
The issue of developing a new framework of industry programs for vocational education in the United States was examined in a study of the current status of programmatic structures nationally and among the 50 states. The following are among the topics that were explored: (1) the rationale for a new programmatic framework in the context of changing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Classification, Curriculum Development