Privatisation of public education?: The emergence of independent upper secondary schools in Sweden

Erixon Arreman, Inger,1954-Umeå universitet,Institutionen för tillämpad utbildningsvetenskap (författare)

Privatisation of public education? : The emergence of independent upper secondary schools in Sweden

This article explores the upper secondary (or post-16) school market. The study on which it is based, funded by the Swedish Research Council, was entitled 'Upper-secondary education as a market'. Empirical data include official statistics, policy documents, school publications, company reports and school visits. Printed and other news media were also scrutinised to identify how the marketisation of education is represented in public discourse. A number of themes emerged from the study which included mapping the expansion of the school market, chains of ownership and influence, marketing strategies, choice and the school market and issues raised in the media. These imply that there is a new market discourse which represents a clear break with previous social democratic education policies primarily aimed at enhancing citizenship and wider democratic values within an inclusive public school. However, critiques have also emerged including a call for strengthened regulations of and control over independent schools and concern about an education market equated more with shares and profits rather than pedagogy and student citizenship. Keywords: upper secondary education; independent schools; Sweden; privatisation; marketisation; education funding; profit-maximisation; discourse

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Utbildningsvetenskap Pedagogiskt arbete hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Educational Sciences Pedagogical Work hsv//eng
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Utbildningsvetenskap hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Educational Sciences hsv//eng
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Utbildningsvetenskap Pedagogik hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Educational Sciences Pedagogy hsv//eng
Educational work
Pedagogiskt arbete
pedagogiskt arbete
educational work
upper secondary education; independent schools; Sweden;privatisation; marketisation; education funding; profit-maximisation; discourse
Lärarutbildning och pedagogisk yrkesverksamhet

Holm, Ann-Sofie,1959Högskolan i Borås,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik,Department of Education and Special Education,Institutionen för Pedagogik,Borås Högskola(Swepub:hb)ash (författare)
Umeå universitetInstitutionen för tillämpad utbildningsvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Journal of education policyLondon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group26:2, s. 225-2430268-09391464-5106

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