Open AccessRegional Educational Development Research in Sweden of Forty Years
Author(s) -
Lena Boström
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of studies in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-6952
DOI - 10.5296/jse.v5i2.7197
Subject(s) - dozen , regional science , order (exchange) , economic growth , regional development , political science , geography , sociology , pedagogy , business , economics , arithmetic , mathematics , finance
In order to examine regional educational development in combination with school development in Sweden during the last 40 years, this paper presents the results of an integrative, systematic literature review. The study shows a sprawling result: a dozen regional projects mostly directed to higher education, little debate, mostly descriptive studies, weakly evaluated governmental educational initiatives, and hardly any research or debates ranging from preschool through the whole school system. However, the most important implication is the need for reanalysis of the values that permeate the entire school system and the community of life values in rural areas.The best regional educational system in the worl