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Upper secondary school

Competition and its effects on upper-secondary school s . Perceptions of marketisation Ulf Lundström Department of Child an Youth Education , Special Education and Counselling Umeå U niversity ulf.lundstrom@educ.umu.se. Child and Recreation Construction Electrical engineering

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Upper secondary school

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  1. Competition and itseffects on upper-secondaryschools. Perceptions of marketisationUlf LundströmDepartment of Child an YouthEducation, Special Education and CounsellingUmeå Universityulf.lundstrom@educ.umu.se

  2. Child and Recreation Construction Electrical engineering Energy Arts Vehicle engineering Business and Administration Handicrafts Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Industry Foods Media Use of Natural resources Natural Science Health Care Social Science Technology Upper secondary school 17 national programs

  3. Research project: Upper secondary school as a market Aim: Analyze the occurrence of market solutions and market steering, strategies towards them from involved actors, and their impact on upper secondary education.

  4. National context • Management by goals and results • Decentralisation • Devolved economy-steering from the state • Voucher-system • New legislation: favourable conditions for independent schools

  5. Some visible effects • A market has been created • Marketing has become important • The proportion of students in independent schools increases rapidly • Bigger differences between schools. Segregation?

  6. International context • Global knowledge-economy • Neo-liberalism • New Public Management • Choice-discourse • Quality-discourse • Competitive performance-culture

  7. Focus of this presentation • how the respondents perceive the strength of competition in their municipality and • what they believe are the effects of increased school competition, on students, staff and schools.

  8. Participants • Heads of upper-secondary municipality education administration 41 • Headmaster 95 • Counsellor 60 • Total 196 70 per cent responded

  9. Summary • Influence on students’ performance and well-being is limited • School- and professional development are enhanced • Workload increases • Planning and resource-allocation become more difficult • School-market competition is not just about independent schools • Marketing takes money and time • The strength of competition vary due to local conditions • Effects on work and identity-construction?

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