Between Obedience and Resistance: Transforming the Role of Pupil Councils and Pupil Organisations in Sweden (1928-1989)

Autor/in	Landahl, Joakim
Titel	Between Obedience and Resistance: Transforming the Role of Pupil Councils and Pupil Organisations in Sweden (1928-1989)
Quelle	In: History of Education Review, 52 (2023) 1, S.14-28 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Landahl, Joakim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0819-8691
DOI	10.1108/HER-09-2022-0030
Schlagwörter	Student Organizations; Educational History; Criticism; Activism; School Policy; Comparative Analysis; National Organizations; Case Studies; Democracy; Educational Change; Student Needs; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Social Change; Self Determination; Grades (Scholastic); Discipline; Student Government; Institutional Characteristics; Sweden (Stockholm) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Kritik; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Schulpolitik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Demokratie; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Sozialer Wandel; Selbstbestimmung; Notenspiegel; Disziplin; Schülerparlament
Abstract	Purpose: The overall aim of this article is to discuss the conditions and character of collective protest in schools. When do pupils as a collective gain the ability to express critical views on the policies of schools, and what is that criticism about? Using Sweden as an example, I discuss this question by studying the collective organisation of pupils from the 1920s to the 1980s. Design/methodology/approach: The article discusses and compares two phases of pupils' collective organisation in Sweden--one dominated by pupil councils, one by national organisations. The article discusses how pupil councils at individual schools arose in the wake of the 1928 grammar school charter, and illustrates its influence using a case study of a grammar school in Stockholm. Furthermore, the article investigates how national organisations, first formed in 1952, expressed their concerns about national school policies. Findings: The first phase (ca. 1928-1951) was dominated by the idea of discipline, and the main task of pupil councils was to help teachers in maintaining discipline. The second phase (ca. 1952-1989) was instead characterised by a heightened focus on protests and democracy. From then on, the main idea was that pupil councils and national pupil organisations should change the school, making it more suited to the needs of the pupils. Originality/value: There is much research on university students and student uprisings. However, much of the previous research on the student voice is related to the upheavals of the long 1968. By concentrating its efforts on a limited time period when protest was more obvious, previous research has arguably not been able to discuss transformations over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01