Technology for All: Turning a Keyword into a School Subject in Post-War Sweden

Autor/in	Hultén, Magnus
Titel	Technology for All: Turning a Keyword into a School Subject in Post-War Sweden
Quelle	In: History of Education, 42 (2013) 5, S.622-637 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2013.832410
Schlagwörter	Technological Advancement; Foreign Countries; Educational History; Economic Progress; Educational Change; Technology Education; Curriculum Development; Political Influences; Labor Market; Equal Education; Industrial Arts; Educational Policy; Educational Planning; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Ausland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Bildungsreform; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Industriekultur; Kunstgewerbe; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsplanung; Schweden
Abstract	The decades following the Second World War saw strong technological development and economic growth. They also saw "the advent of technology education", a period of extensive curriculum development in this field. But what was done and why? In order to obtain a better understanding of the historical roots of technology education, in this study the mid-century school reforms in Sweden are examined and, more specifically, the birth of the new subject of Technology ("Teknik") in compulsory schools. In this article, the political forces driving the introduction and shaping of this new subject are emphasised. In a time of rapid transformations of educational systems and labour markets, the term "Teknik" proved to be a useful concept for policy-makers and reform technocrats. However, the subject came to re-create the inequalities of the earlier differentiated school system, despite its presence within the framework of a school "for all". (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10