Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2299056
Sara Carlbaum, Linda Rönnberg
ABSTRACT This special issue focuses on important facets of market-oriented reforms in Nordic Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). It aims to promote discussion on interlinked dimensions of marketisation, privatisation and commercialisation in Nordic ECEC and their manifestations in policy, practice and outcomes. With contributions from authors in five Nordic countries, the articles in the special issue offer accounts of marketisation, including the organisation of ECEC quasi-markets and shifts in the use and function of parental choice. The articles also analyse privatisation by researching the delivery of private services and the nature of the non-state providers within early childhood education markets. Finally, the theme of commercialisation is addressed through research on the commodification of preschool knowledge within Nordic countries but also its export in the global education industry. This special issue highlight how a variety of market-oriented policies, parental choice and private actor involvement are evolving. Taken together, the articles illustrate connections and mutually-reinforcing mechanisms of policy and practice that contribute to the expansion of marketisation, privatisation, and commercialisation in Nordic ECEC. This special issue provides a call to continue exploration of how these processes and actors contribute to the transformation of ECEC in the Nordic countries and elsewhere.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-29DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2299504
O. O. Bragason, I. A. Jóhannesson, Gudrun Geirsdottir
{"title":"Police education reform in Iceland: examining the legitimating principles, contradictions, and tensions in policy discourse","authors":"O. O. Bragason, I. A. Jóhannesson, Gudrun Geirsdottir","doi":"10.1080/20004508.2023.2299504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2023.2299504","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37203,"journal":{"name":"Education Inquiry","volume":" 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139142281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-25DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2298527
Marit Ulvik, Liv Eide, Edel Karin Kvam
{"title":"Newly qualified secondary school teachers’ perspectives on workplace learning","authors":"Marit Ulvik, Liv Eide, Edel Karin Kvam","doi":"10.1080/20004508.2023.2298527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2023.2298527","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37203,"journal":{"name":"Education Inquiry","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139159199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-21DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2296143
William Foley
{"title":"Status beliefs negatively affect expected university attainment of lower class students","authors":"William Foley","doi":"10.1080/20004508.2023.2296143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2023.2296143","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37203,"journal":{"name":"Education Inquiry","volume":"3 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138949126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-21DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2297506
Gareth Evans
{"title":"A new dawn or false hope? Exploring the early implementation of curriculum for Wales","authors":"Gareth Evans","doi":"10.1080/20004508.2023.2297506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2023.2297506","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37203,"journal":{"name":"Education Inquiry","volume":"56 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138951150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-13DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2292824
Håkan Forsberg, Jennifer Waddling, Andreas Alm Fjellborg
{"title":"Class-based preschool enrolment - social stratification and quality differences in the Swedish preschool market","authors":"Håkan Forsberg, Jennifer Waddling, Andreas Alm Fjellborg","doi":"10.1080/20004508.2023.2292824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2023.2292824","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37203,"journal":{"name":"Education Inquiry","volume":"242 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-11DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2292828
Dimitrios Pavlounis, K. Pashby, Fernando Sanchez Morales
{"title":"Linking digital, visual, and civic literacy in an era of mis/disinformation: Canadian teachers reflect on using the Questioning Images tool","authors":"Dimitrios Pavlounis, K. Pashby, Fernando Sanchez Morales","doi":"10.1080/20004508.2023.2292828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2023.2292828","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37203,"journal":{"name":"Education Inquiry","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138978769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-06DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2291934
Katri Sarkio, T. Korhonen, Kai Hakkarainen
{"title":"Preparing students for the future: multidisciplinary perspectives on pedagogical activities and their spatial embeddedness","authors":"Katri Sarkio, T. Korhonen, Kai Hakkarainen","doi":"10.1080/20004508.2023.2291934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2023.2291934","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37203,"journal":{"name":"Education Inquiry","volume":"41 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138597494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-06DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2291887
Kristín Dýrfjörð, B. Magnúsdóttir, Valgerður S. Bjarnadóttir
{"title":"Principals’ financial and pedagogical challenges when choosing programs and educational materials: the scope of the private education industry for preschools","authors":"Kristín Dýrfjörð, B. Magnúsdóttir, Valgerður S. Bjarnadóttir","doi":"10.1080/20004508.2023.2291887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2023.2291887","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37203,"journal":{"name":"Education Inquiry","volume":"44 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138597800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}