School as System and Idea

The course includes descriptions and problematisations of the following components with a focus on secondary education:
- the political school governance at different levels including the impact of the monitoring and inspecting functions of the National Agency for Education and the Swedish Schools Inspectorate
- the organisation of the education system in Sweden and other countries
- the regulatory system of education with a focus on core values in relation to international agreements on human rights and children's rights
- pedagogical and subject-specific education research on school
- the history of the modern Swedish education system with early examples in relation to diversity with an emphasis on equality in terms of class and gender
- core values in education nationally and locally from an intersectoral perspective.

Progressive specialisation: G2F (has at least 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: Teacher education: subject studies 60 ECTS cr

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Secondary Education Programme (studied during year 2)