A "Deleterious" Driver: The "First Teacher" Reform in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Hardy, Ian; Rönnerman, Karin
Titel	A "Deleterious" Driver: The "First Teacher" Reform in Sweden
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 63 (2019) 5, S.805-818 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hardy, Ian)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2018.1452289
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Faculty Development; Teacher Improvement; Teacher Salaries; Teacher Role; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Lehrerrolle; Schweden
Abstract	This article investigates the implementation of the "förstelärare" or "First teacher" reform in Sweden. We draw upon the insights of a superintendent, union official, principal, three First teachers, and two of their colleagues in one school, and recent literature on career development reform. We employ Michael Fullan's overview of the "right" and "wrong" drivers of educational reform to analyse the extent to which the First Teacher initiative cultivated productive "professional capital." The research reveals: how broader national policy aims were in clear tension with municipal-wide school development, and school-level development efforts; the perverse effects of a strong focus upon salary on professional conduct; and how an emphasis upon teachers' roles "per se" undermined the espoused policy focus on enhancing teaching. The research cautions against the problematic effects of the initiative on more profession-oriented prerogatives, and how more external, "deleterious," drivers of reform militate against more productive professional capital. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01