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Dumbing Down : The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great School System--And How to Reverse the Trend.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henrekson, Magnus.
Other Authors: Wennström, Johan.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dumbing Down
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • About the Authors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Introduction: The Rise and Puzzling Fall of the Swedish Educational System
  • The Miracle
  • Sweden's Educational Crisis
  • The Purpose of the Book
  • Outline
  • 2 The Silver Age of Swedish Education
  • The Pedagogy of the Old School System
  • The Teachers
  • In Sum
  • 3 Educational Performance in Swedish Schools-What Are the Facts?
  • Test Results and National Economic Performance
  • Sweden's Downward Trajectory
  • TIMSS
  • TIMSS Advanced
  • PISA
  • Later Results and Comparability to Previous PISA Assessments
  • The PISA Assessment of Creative Problem Solving
  • Other Relevant Comparisons
  • PIAAC
  • The Diagnostic Test in Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology
  • The Macroeconomic Effects of the Knowledge Decline
  • In Sum
  • 4 The Malaise in the School System
  • The Students
  • Grade Inflation
  • Boys versus Girls
  • Undemocratic Attitudes and "Fake News"
  • A Dysfunctional Work Environment
  • Mental Health
  • The Teachers
  • The Low Status and Shortage of Teachers
  • Working Conditions
  • A Lost Professional Ethos
  • In Sum
  • 5 Two Views of Knowledge and Teaching
  • The Classical View
  • The Contradictory View
  • In Sum
  • 6 The Rise of "Post-Truth" Schooling
  • The End of Herbartian Education
  • The Unity School
  • The 1994 National Curriculum
  • In Sum
  • 7 The Deinstitutionalization and Fragmentation of the Swedish School System
  • Governance Transferred to Municipalities
  • The Voucher School Reform
  • The 2011 National Curriculum
  • The Main Features of the Curriculum
  • Grading in the 2011 National Curriculum
  • Calibration of Grades and National Tests
  • In Sum
  • 8 A Perfect Storm
  • The Decline in Knowledge and Rise in Grades
  • The Students (and Boys)
  • The Teachers: The Vicious Circle.
  • 9 The Way Forward for Sweden and Other Western Countries
  • The Denial of Human Nature
  • The Virtuous Circle
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A
  • Index.

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