Reconstructed Task Orientation and Local Time Governance in Compulsory Schools: The Swedish Case

Autor/in	Westlund, Ingrid
Titel	Reconstructed Task Orientation and Local Time Governance in Compulsory Schools: The Swedish Case
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 28 (2007) 6, S.783-796 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
Schlagwörter	Municipalities; School Activities; Educational Research; Foreign Countries; Governance; Student Needs; Pilot Projects; Time Perspective; Time Management; Scheduling; Focus Groups; Teacher Attitudes; Personal Autonomy; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Magistrat; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ausland; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Zeitbezug; Zeitmanagement; Disposition; Lehrerverhalten; Individuelle Autonomie; Schweden
Abstract	Recently, a five-year trial period without a set timetable for compulsory school education in 79 municipalities was concluded in Sweden. The overall idea of the trial was to facilitate local participation, local time governance and flexible learning. Within the pilot trial, each individual pupil's school activities were supposed to be designed to suit his/her needs, interests and prerequisites. This article examines how teachers, principals and students describe students' schoolwork as being located in the intersection between school/home, work/leisure, time/task and individual/collective spheres. Three empirical studies indicate that the essential part of new temporal habits of school concerns a reconstructed task orientation. Time has been taken into the service of tasks and clock-time is not always a taken for granted regulator in educational settings. Potential disadvantages with a more task-oriented education are also discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10