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050		4	_aLC65-67.68
100	1		_aHenrekson, Magnus.
245	1	0	_aDumbing Down : _bThe Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great School System--And How to Reverse the Trend.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCham : _bSpringer International Publishing AG, _c2022.
264		4	_c�2022.
300			_a1 online resource (222 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aDumbing 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.
505	8		_a9 The Way Forward for Sweden and Other Western Countries -- The Denial of Human Nature -- The Virtuous Circle -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendices -- Appendix A -- Index.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aWennstr�om, Johan.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHenrekson, Magnus _tDumbing Down _dCham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 _z9783030934286
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6892674 _zClick to View
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