Absenteeism and the New 10% Ruling in Norway: A Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Thomas, Paul; Hennum, Øyvind
Titel	Absenteeism and the New 10% Ruling in Norway: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Power and Education, 12 (2020) 1, S.1-22 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Thomas, Paul)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1757-7438
DOI	10.1177/1757743819850854
Schlagwörter	Attendance; School Attendance Legislation; Attendance Patterns; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Power Structure; Educational Philosophy; Technology Uses in Education; Discipline Policy; Truancy; Teacher Researchers; Minority Group Students; Refugees; Family Life; Handheld Devices; Norway (Oslo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anwesenheit; Bildungspflicht; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Disziplinarmaßnahme; Schulabsentismus; Schulschwänzen; Schulverweigerung; Lehrerforschung; Flüchtling
Abstract	This study considers the issue of absenteeism in Norwegian high schools with a particular focus on the new controversial 10% ceiling, which began in August 2016. Data was obtained through documentary sources and participant observation in one high school with one of the highest absenteeism rates in the capital, Oslo. Employing Foucault's 'panoptic gaze', the study also interrogates schools' growing dependence on technology in self-reporting absence and enacting more effective forms of 'disciplinary power'. The study argues that each school and each individual case warrant careful attention before macro-policies on a national level are enacted by politicians, who at best have a superficial familiarity with the challenges and uncertainties that constrain these students' academic progress. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01