A historical tension between a more general and a more specific focus in post-compulsory
education is made visible in some educational systems by the division into more academic …

In this study we examine how the academic–vocational divide is manifested today in
Finland, Iceland and Sweden in the division between vocationally (VET) and …

Title: Teaching writing in upper secondary school. The role of the Swedish subject in social
reproduction. Author: Pernilla Andersson Varga Language: Swedish with an English …

This article takes as a starting point the segregation of urban areas and discusses schooling
in the neighbourhoods typically associated with problems and challenges, in order to …

Over the last few decades, less importance has been attached to the concept of class in
educational policy and educational research. Due to the continued relevance of class in …

Research material from ethnographic studies of vocational upper secondary educational
programmes in Finland and Sweden presented here indicates that the discourse of …

The aim of this study is to acquire knowledge regarding democratic education in upper
secondary school programmes with different gender and social class profiles. It covers the …

Previous research presented in this journal and elsewhere has suggested that vocational
education is highly gender segregated and it is the heavy industrial sectors such as industry …

The age at which young people leave education for the labour market has increased in
recent decades, and entering upper secondary education has become the norm. As a result …

Vocational education has a historical legacy of being low-status and aimed at producing
skilled workers. Students with low marks in comprehensive school are still often guided to …