General provisions

The course is an optional course and can be taken on undergraduate level.

Entry requirements

To be accepted to the course there is a requirement of at least one year of studies in Educational Sciences or Political Sciences, 60 credits.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student will have the knowledge to:

• describe the present educational system in Sweden
• describe the development of the Swedish educational system in modern history
• identify and valuate key issues in the Swedish educational reform policy
• to describe and analyse one area within the Swedish educational system of the students own interest
• be able to use key issues in Swedish educational policy in analyses of educational systems.

Content

• The present educational system in Sweden
• The modern history and the development of the Swedish educational system
• Key issues in the Swedish educational policy as equal opportunities, freedom, decentralisation and efficiency
• The political, economical and cultural conditions for the development of Swedish educational system
• The descriptive part will be analysed through the planning strategies and reform work which have been used in Sweden during the last 60 years.

Instruction

The instruction consists of lectures, seminars, group exercises, study visits and tutoring.

Assessment

Written paper to be evaluated first regarding the thoroughness and carefulness of the description given and secondly regarding the amount of analysis made. Grades are awarded according the scale passed with distinction, passed or failed.

If there are special reasons, the examiner may make exceptions from the specified examination method and allow a student to be examined in another way. Special reasons can e.g. be information about pedagogical support from the university's coordinators for students with disabilities.