Syllabus for Current Transformations of Educational Systems

Samtida transformationer av utbildningssystem

Syllabus

  • 7.5 credits
  • Course code: 4PE285
  • Education cycle: Second cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Sociology of Education A1N

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2022-10-06
  • Established by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Autumn 2023
  • Entry requirements:

    A Bachelor's degree including at least 90 credits from a discipline pertaining to the social sciences or the humanities.

  • Responsible department: Department of Education

Decisions and guidelines

The course is part of the Master's Programme in Sociology of Education and the Master's Programme in Educational Sciences with a Specialisation in Sociology of Education. It can also be given as an independent course.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course students are expected to be able to:

  • describe new modes of governance in education and analyse how they affect contemporary educational systems
  • compare the transformation of educational systems in different countries and analyse differences and similarities in structure, organisation and usage
  • analyse how the re-organisation of educational systems in terms of marketisation, privatisation, and internationalisation has changed the conditions for institutions, professions and social groups
  • give short oral presentations

Content

The course deals with contemporary transformations of educational systems in different countries. It focuses particularly on the emergence of new modes of governance, marketisation, privatisation and internationalisation and how these have changed the conditions for educational institutions, professions and social groups.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars and workshops.

Assessment

The assessment is based on oral and written assignments.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Autumn 2023

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

  • Abbott, Andrew Delano. The system of professions : an essay on the division of expert labor

    Enskede: TPB, 2008

    pp. 1-113

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Ball, Stephen Privatising education policy, privatising educational research

    Part of:

    Journal of education policy

    vol. 24 (2009) nr. 1 s. 83-99

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Brunsson, Nils; Sahlin-Andersson, Kerstin Constructing Organizations : The Example of Public Sector Reform

    Part of:

    Organization studies : an international multidisciplinary journal devoted to the study of organizations, organization, organizing and the organized in, of and between societies

    1980-

    vol. 21 (2000) nr. 4 s. 721-746

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Evetts, Julia Professionalism : Value and ideology

    Part of:

    Current sociology [Elektronisk resurs] : published in association with the International Sociological Association

    [London]: SAGE Publications, 1999-

    vol. 61 (2013) nr. 5-6 s. 778-796

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Fligstein, Neil; Dauter, Luke The Sociology of Market

    Part of:

    Annual review of sociology.

    (2007) nr. 33 s. 105-128

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Forsberg, Håkan School Competition and Social Stratification in the Deregulated Upper Secondary School Market in Stockholm

    Part of:

    British journal of sociology of education.

    (2018) s. 1-17

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Gewirtz, Sharon The managerial school : post-welfarism and social justice in education

    London: Routledge, 2002

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Gingrich, Jane R.. Making Markets in the Welfare State [Elektronisk resurs] : The Politics of Varying Market Reforms

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011

    Table of Contents / Abstracts

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Goyette, Kimberly A.; Lareau, Annette Choosing homes, choosing schools

    New York, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Hood, Christopher A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS?

    Part of:

    Public administration : an international quarterly : journal of the Royal Institute of Public Administration

    London: Blackwell, 1922-

    vol. 69 (1991) nr. 1 s. 3-19

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    Mandatory

  • Josephson, Peter; Karlsohn, Thomas; Östling, Johan The Humboldtian tradition : origins and legacies

    Leiden: Brill, [2014]

    Chapter: Hasselberg, Ylva: "Reclaiming norms: The value of normative structures for the university as workplace and enterprise."

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    Mandatory

  • Lubienski, Christopher; Gulosino, Charisse; Weitzel, Peter School and Competitive Incentives : Mapping the Distribution of Educational Opportunities across Local Education Markets

    Part of:

    American journal of education

    vol. 8 (2009) nr. 4 s. 601-647

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Lundström, Ulf Teacher Autonomy in the Era of New Public Management

    Part of:

    Nordic journal of studies in educational policy : Nordstep

    Järfälla: Co-Action Publishing, 2015-

    vol. 2 (2015) s. 73-85

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Nowotny, Helga; Limoges, Camille; Gibbons, Michael The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies [Elektronisk resurs]

    Sage Publications, 1994

    Chapter3, pp 70-89

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    Mandatory

  • Raveaud, Maroussia; Zanten, Agnes van Choosing the Local School : Middle Class Parents' Values and Social and Ethnic Mix in London and Paris

    Part of:

    Journal of education policy

    vol. 22 (2007) nr. 1 s. 107-124

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    Mandatory

  • Rider, Sharon; Hasselberg, Ylva; Waluszewski, Alexandra Transformations in Research, Higher Education and the Academic Market : The Breakdown of Scientific Thought

    Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2013

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

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