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The local governance of Swedish schools in light of a new educational policy landscape empirical exploration and theoretical elaboration
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Education and Teacher's Practice. (SITE)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1911-6615
2024 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, ISSN 2002-0317, Vol. 10, no 2, p. 85-97Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In the Nordic curriculum theory (CT) tradition, questions linked to educational change and school governance have long been a crucial research issue. However, despite several decades of decentralized school systems, local school governance has been a highly neglected field of research. Considering the changing landscape of school governance in terms of re-centralization, where the state’s aim is to take stronger control of school outcomes, the conditions for local school governance have changed. Based on results from two research projects in two Swedish municipalities, and from a neo-institutional theoretical perspective, the aim of this article is to contribute to the CT research field by exploring and theorizing on local school governance. Four management strategies that local educational authorities (LEAs) employed to manage the schools could be distinguished: local school management via i) data use, ii) the standardization and formalization of schools’ quality assurance processes and routines, iii) quality dialogues, iv) professional learning and best practices. These management strategies and activities were mostly organized, and conducted within the scope of the LEAs’ quality assurance systems and were primarily built on normative and cultural – cognitive elements. A way to conceptualize this form of governance is through the concept of ‘local quality management’.

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Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. Vol. 10, no 2, p. 85-97
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Local School Governance, Curriculum Theory, Local Quality Management, Neo-institutional theory
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Pedagogy
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Pedagogics and Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-129108DOI: 10.1080/20020317.2024.2348298Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85192203814OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-129108DiVA, id: diva2:1855502
Available from: 2024-05-01 Created: 2024-05-01 Last updated: 2025-01-22Bibliographically approved

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