The Process of Finding a Shape: Stabilising New Research Structures in Swedish Teacher Education, 2000–2007
This article explores the development and effects of Swedish post-war policies on the emergence of a research base for teacher education. From 2001 onwards, it is possible to undertake research and postgraduate studies within teacher education in Sweden, which prior to the 2001 reform was not possib...
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crsagepubl:10.2304/eerj.2008.7.2.157 2024-09-30T14:40:19+00:00 The Process of Finding a Shape: Stabilising New Research Structures in Swedish Teacher Education, 2000–2007 Arreman, Inger Erixon 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/eerj.2008.7.2.157 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2304/eerj.2008.7.2.157 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license European Educational Research Journal volume 7, issue 2, page 157-175 ISSN 1474-9041 1474-9041 journal-article 2008 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.2304/eerj.2008.7.2.157 2024-09-17T04:39:14Z This article explores the development and effects of Swedish post-war policies on the emergence of a research base for teacher education. From 2001 onwards, it is possible to undertake research and postgraduate studies within teacher education in Sweden, which prior to the 2001 reform was not possible. The article draws on a variety of frameworks to explore relationships between various parts of teacher education and also more widely in the university. These include relations of power, discourse and gender based on the theoretical perspectives of Bourdieu, Foucault, Sarfatti Larson and Connell among others. Policy documents relating to teacher education and research into national, regional and local perspectives were used to explore institutional history, structures and research development in teacher education from 1946 to the present time. For a micro-level perspective, an interview study was also carried out between 2000 and 2002 with teacher educators and senior managers who from the late 1940s were responsible for teacher education programmes, in and around Umeå, in northern Sweden. A further complementary interview study was carried out with teacher educators and union representatives between 2005 and 2007. The extended study reveals the emergence of new research areas in teacher education as a multilayered process involving a variety of actors at different levels at Umeå University and elsewhere. The aim of the article is to explore the implications of the new research structures for teacher education in Sweden and also to contribute to current cross-national discourses on the need to establish a research base for teacher education. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden SAGE Publications European Educational Research Journal 7 2 157 175 |
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This article explores the development and effects of Swedish post-war policies on the emergence of a research base for teacher education. From 2001 onwards, it is possible to undertake research and postgraduate studies within teacher education in Sweden, which prior to the 2001 reform was not possible. The article draws on a variety of frameworks to explore relationships between various parts of teacher education and also more widely in the university. These include relations of power, discourse and gender based on the theoretical perspectives of Bourdieu, Foucault, Sarfatti Larson and Connell among others. Policy documents relating to teacher education and research into national, regional and local perspectives were used to explore institutional history, structures and research development in teacher education from 1946 to the present time. For a micro-level perspective, an interview study was also carried out between 2000 and 2002 with teacher educators and senior managers who from the late 1940s were responsible for teacher education programmes, in and around Umeå, in northern Sweden. A further complementary interview study was carried out with teacher educators and union representatives between 2005 and 2007. The extended study reveals the emergence of new research areas in teacher education as a multilayered process involving a variety of actors at different levels at Umeå University and elsewhere. The aim of the article is to explore the implications of the new research structures for teacher education in Sweden and also to contribute to current cross-national discourses on the need to establish a research base for teacher education. |
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The Process of Finding a Shape: Stabilising New Research Structures in Swedish Teacher Education, 2000–2007 |
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The Process of Finding a Shape: Stabilising New Research Structures in Swedish Teacher Education, 2000–2007 |
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