Changing teacher education in Sweden: Using meta-ethnographic analysis to understand and describe policymaking and educational changes

Beach, D.; Bagley, C.; Eriksson, A.; Player-Koro, C.

Abstract

This article derives from policy ethnographic research on teacher-education change in Sweden concerning the development of a unified profession with a common professional-knowledge base. This was a social democratic government policy for teacher education from the 1950s up until 2007, when the newly elected right wing government turned away from unification and toward re-traditionalisation. Based on a meta-ethnographic analysis of the policy ethnographies the article illustrates resistance toward unification and raises critical questions concerning the intellectual foundations and integrity of reform processes. Attempts are also made to locate the disclosures in relation to international research.

Citation

Beach, D., Bagley, C., Eriksson, A., & Player-Koro, C. (2014). Changing teacher education in Sweden: Using meta-ethnographic analysis to understand and describe policymaking and educational changes. Teaching and Teacher Education, 44, 160-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2014.08.011

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 26, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Sep 19, 2014
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Oct 13, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 13, 2014
• Journal: Teaching and Teacher Education
• Print ISSN: 0742-051X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 44
• Pages: 160-167
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2014.08.011
• Keywords: Bernstein, Meta-ethnography, Policy.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1443949