Dumbing Down : The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great School System--And How to Reverse the Trend.

By: Henrekson, MagnusContributor(s): Wennstr�om, JohanMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783030934293Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dumbing DownLOC classification: LC65-67.68Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Dumbing Down -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: The Rise and Puzzling Fall of the Swedish Educational System -- The Miracle -- Sweden's Educational Crisis -- The Purpose of the Book -- Outline -- 2 The Silver Age of Swedish Education -- The Pedagogy of the Old School System -- The Teachers -- In Sum -- 3 Educational Performance in Swedish Schools-What Are the Facts? -- Test Results and National Economic Performance -- Sweden's Downward Trajectory -- TIMSS -- TIMSS Advanced -- PISA -- Later Results and Comparability to Previous PISA Assessments -- The PISA Assessment of Creative Problem Solving -- Other Relevant Comparisons -- PIAAC -- The Diagnostic Test in Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology -- The Macroeconomic Effects of the Knowledge Decline -- In Sum -- 4 The Malaise in the School System -- The Students -- Grade Inflation -- Boys versus Girls -- Undemocratic Attitudes and "Fake News" -- A Dysfunctional Work Environment -- Mental Health -- The Teachers -- The Low Status and Shortage of Teachers -- Working Conditions -- A Lost Professional Ethos -- In Sum -- 5 Two Views of Knowledge and Teaching -- The Classical View -- The Contradictory View -- In Sum -- 6 The Rise of "Post-Truth" Schooling -- The End of Herbartian Education -- The Unity School -- The 1994 National Curriculum -- In Sum -- 7 The Deinstitutionalization and Fragmentation of the Swedish School System -- Governance Transferred to Municipalities -- The Voucher School Reform -- The 2011 National Curriculum -- The Main Features of the Curriculum -- Grading in the 2011 National Curriculum -- Calibration of Grades and National Tests -- In Sum -- 8 A Perfect Storm -- The Decline in Knowledge and Rise in Grades -- The Students (and Boys) -- The Teachers: The Vicious Circle.
9 The Way Forward for Sweden and Other Western Countries -- The Denial of Human Nature -- The Virtuous Circle -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendices -- Appendix A -- Index.
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Dumbing Down -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: The Rise and Puzzling Fall of the Swedish Educational System -- The Miracle -- Sweden's Educational Crisis -- The Purpose of the Book -- Outline -- 2 The Silver Age of Swedish Education -- The Pedagogy of the Old School System -- The Teachers -- In Sum -- 3 Educational Performance in Swedish Schools-What Are the Facts? -- Test Results and National Economic Performance -- Sweden's Downward Trajectory -- TIMSS -- TIMSS Advanced -- PISA -- Later Results and Comparability to Previous PISA Assessments -- The PISA Assessment of Creative Problem Solving -- Other Relevant Comparisons -- PIAAC -- The Diagnostic Test in Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology -- The Macroeconomic Effects of the Knowledge Decline -- In Sum -- 4 The Malaise in the School System -- The Students -- Grade Inflation -- Boys versus Girls -- Undemocratic Attitudes and "Fake News" -- A Dysfunctional Work Environment -- Mental Health -- The Teachers -- The Low Status and Shortage of Teachers -- Working Conditions -- A Lost Professional Ethos -- In Sum -- 5 Two Views of Knowledge and Teaching -- The Classical View -- The Contradictory View -- In Sum -- 6 The Rise of "Post-Truth" Schooling -- The End of Herbartian Education -- The Unity School -- The 1994 National Curriculum -- In Sum -- 7 The Deinstitutionalization and Fragmentation of the Swedish School System -- Governance Transferred to Municipalities -- The Voucher School Reform -- The 2011 National Curriculum -- The Main Features of the Curriculum -- Grading in the 2011 National Curriculum -- Calibration of Grades and National Tests -- In Sum -- 8 A Perfect Storm -- The Decline in Knowledge and Rise in Grades -- The Students (and Boys) -- The Teachers: The Vicious Circle.

9 The Way Forward for Sweden and Other Western Countries -- The Denial of Human Nature -- The Virtuous Circle -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendices -- Appendix A -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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