Travelling concepts in national curriculum policy-making: the example of competencies

In this paper we will address the impact of Europeanisation on national curriculum reforms with empirical reference to the Swedish compulsory school, and based on the concept of competence discuss the question of transnational curriculum convergence. The main interest is directed towards how the ans...

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Published inEuropean educational research journal EERJ Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 314 - 328
Main Authors Nordin, Andreas, Sundberg, Daniel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2016
Subjects
Comparative Education
Competence
curriculum change
Curriculum Development
curriculum theory
Discourse Analysis
discursive institutionalism
Educational Policy
Entrepreneurship
European Union
Europeanisation
Foreign Countries
Global Approach
International Cooperation
National Curriculum
Pedagogics and Educational Sciences
Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap
Policy Formation
Sweden
Swedish compulsory school
European Union
Sweden
Competence
Europeanisation
curriculum theory
curriculum change
discursive institutionalism
Swedish compulsory school
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Abstract In this paper we will address the impact of Europeanisation on national curriculum reforms with empirical reference to the Swedish compulsory school, and based on the concept of competence discuss the question of transnational curriculum convergence. The main interest is directed towards how the answers to the question of what counts as knowledge and skills are changing in national curricula. The analysis shows that the recent Swedish compulsory school reform converges to the broader European knowledge discourse on the underlying level of philosophical ideas, but also that several core concepts used in European policy texts are being reconceptualised and given a different meaning when recontextualised in the national arena.
AbstractList In this paper we will address the impact of Europeanisation on national curriculum reforms with empirical reference to the Swedish compulsory school, and based on the concept of competence discuss the question of transnational curriculum convergence. The main interest is directed towards how the answers to the question of what counts as knowledge and skills are changing in national curricula. The analysis shows that the recent Swedish compulsory school reform converges to the broader European knowledge discourse on the underlying level of philosophical ideas, but also that several core concepts used in European policy texts are being reconceptualised and given a different meaning when recontextualised in the national arena.
In this article we will address the impact of Europeanisation on national curriculum reforms with empirical reference to the Swedish compulsory school, and based on the concept of competence discuss the question of transnational curriculum convergence. The main interest is directed towards how the answers to the question of what counts as knowledge and skills are changing in national curricula. The analysis shows that the recent Swedish compulsory school reform converges to the broader European knowledge discourse on the underlying level of philosophical ideas but also that several core concepts used in European policy texts are being reconceptualised and given a different meaning when re-contextualised in the national arena.
Author Sundberg, Daniel
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Educational Policy
Entrepreneurship
European Union
Europeanisation
Foreign Countries
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International Cooperation
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Pedagogics and Educational Sciences
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Policy Formation
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