Inclusive Elite Education in Sweden: Insights from Implementing Excellence Programs into an Egalitarian School Culture

Autor/in	Dodillet, Susanne
Titel	Inclusive Elite Education in Sweden: Insights from Implementing Excellence Programs into an Egalitarian School Culture
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 63 (2019) 2, S.258-271 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2017.1336480
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Gifted; Secondary Schools; School Culture; Educational Policy; Equal Education; Program Implementation; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Sekundarschule; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schweden
Abstract	A global demand for excellence programs and elite education for pupils identified as specially gifted has emerged in recent decades. This article provides preliminary insights into the ongoing efforts to integrate special tracks for "the best" with the egalitarian ideal of A School for All, which remains highly influential in the Swedish educational system. Focusing on a government resolution to introduce excellence programs at Swedish upper secondary schools, the official aim of promoting highly gifted students is compared to the policy's actual implementation. This comparison reveals that Swedish excellence programs are riven with contradictions, satisfying neither the elitist ambitions embedded in their official guidelines nor the egalitarian convictions of educational practitioners. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01