Pedagogikens politik

Overview & Synopsis

Pedagogy and politics have arguably never been so closely intertwined as they were in Sweden after the Second World war. For some decades, researchers in pedagogy took up a central role in reforming the welfare state’s education system, which resulted in the introduction of nine years compulsory schooling, a greatly expanded preschool program, and major changes to the higher education sector. Many appreciated the close collaborative toes between educational research and educational policy, but it also became the subject of criticism both within and outside academia. This edited anthology presents some notable cases from Sweden’s post-second world war educational reforms, highlighting the complex relationship between pedagogy and public policy. The volume offers in-depth knowledge of how educational researchers and pedagogical experts were involved in influencing public policy, but also how political forces and actors directly or indirectly influenced educational research.