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Education and Civil Repair : Beliefs and Practices of Local Desegregation Policies in Sweden.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lund, Stefan.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.What happens when schools can no longer bind society together?In an era of growing segregation, this book explores how Swedish schools and municipalities work to counteract inequality and foster civil inclusion.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Epigraph
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Approaches to combating school segregation
- Composition effects and empowerment
- Education and civil repair
- Contextualization of the study
- The Swedish case
- Research on school desegregation
- Critique against the belief in composition effects
- Method and theoretical perspective
- Immigrant incorporation
- Understanding school culture
- Interpretations
- Outline of the chapters
- 2 School Crisis and Composition Effects
- Hypersegregated schools and school inequality
- Public responses regarding school closures and mergers
- School closure in Largetown
- Language and school achievement
- School merger in Smalltown
- Desegregation policies as civil repair
- Discussion
- 3 Beliefs and Actions in a Superdiverse Elementary School
- North Elementary School: a contextualization
- The importance of social relations in schooling
- Educational structures and school achievement
- Educational achievement
- 4 The Struggle of Constant Change
- East Elementary School - a contextualization
- Students' social interaction in East Elementary School
- Pedagogic segregation
- The Solid, Teacher turnover, and Noisy class
- New teaching conditions
- Ethnic division
- Lack of interest
- 5 A Failed Attempt at Civil Repair
- A microcosm of inequality: St Ellis Junior High School and the challenges of urban education
- Political disruption: is school segregation a 'problem'?
- Togetherness in diversity or micro-segregation
- Inclusion of children of immigrant background in St Ellis
- Poor academic achievement
- 6 School Leadership, Empowerment, and Civil Repair.
- Social problems in a segregated Sweden
- The free school system and territorial stigmatization
- Local schools and low expectations
- Students, stereotype threats, and emotional stress
- Memories, motives, and mobility
- A school culture of multicultural incorporation
- Mutual care and openness to differences
- Mixing is not an end in itself
- Resist assimilation, reduce shame, and cultivate pride
- A student-centred leadership model
- 7 For a Critical Pedagogy of Multicultural Incorporation
- The four strategies of critical pedagogy of multicultural incorporation
- Recognition
- I see effect
- Decolonizing the curriculum
- Meaningful representation
- Incorporation outcomes of the critical pedagogy of multicultural incorporation
- Cultural integrity, belonging, and openness
- Critical awareness
- School achievement
- 8 Conclusion
- Beliefs and practices of composition effects
- Two schools in Smalltown
- Composition effects in Largetown and Smalltown
- Beliefs and practices in a critical pedagogy of multicultural incorporation
- Civil solidarity
- Afterword: Choosing Hope
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lund, Stefan Education and Civil Repair
- ISBN:
- 9781529257700
- OCLC:
- 1593362239
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