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Dumbing Down

The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great School System—and How to Reverse the Trend

By: Magnus Henrekson,Johan Wennström

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Dumbing Down

The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great School System—and How to Reverse the Trend

By: Magnus Henrekson,Johan Wennström

This open access book examines the challenges and issues caused by a move to a marketized education system in Sweden. Observing the introduction of the school voucher system and a postmodern social constructivist view of knowledge, the move away from objective knowledge is identified as the core reason for Sweden’s current education crisis. The impact of declining education standards on the labor market is also discussed. This book highlights the issues seen in Sweden and suggests policies that can improve education in the rest of the Western world as well. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in education and labor economics.

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3030934292

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The Confessing Society

Foucault, Confession and Practices of Lifelong Learning

By: Andreas Fejes,Magnus Dahlstedt

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The Confessing Society

Foucault, Confession and Practices of Lifelong Learning

By: Andreas Fejes,Magnus Dahlstedt

I highly appreciate the quality of Fejes’ and Dahlstedt’s research and writing. They manage to present in a comprehensible way some essential concepts of Foucault that help us to understand better what practices of lifelong learning, in a broad sense, are emerging nowadays in advanced liberal societies. In doing so, they contribute to the renewal of critical thinking in education. They convince me that such renewal is important and necessary... and I think both theoreticians and practitioners of lifelong learning will equally recognize and value this analysis, particularly also, because they present a good mix of theory and practice." -Professor Danny Wildemeersch Today, people are constantly encouraged to verbalise and disclose their "true" inner self to others, whether on TV shows, in newspapers, in family life or together with friends. Such encouragement to disclose the self has proliferated through discourses on lifelong learning through which each citizen is encouraged to become a constant learner. The Confessing Society takes a critical stance towards the modern relentless will to disclose the self and argues that society has become a confessing society. Drawing on Foucault’s later work on confession and governmentality, this book carefully analyses how confession operates within practices of lifelong learning as a way to shape activated and responsible citizens and provides examples of how it might be possible to traverse the confessional truth of the present time. Chapters include: Reflection and Reflective Practices Deliberation and Therapeutic Intervention Lifelong Guidance Medialised Parenting This controversial book is international in its scope and pursues current debates regarding trans-national policy and to research discussions on education, lifelong learning and governance, and it will provoke lively debate amongst educational practitioners, academics, postgraduate and research students in education and lifelong learning in Europe, North America and Australasia.

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137

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Routledge

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1136734317

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9781136734311

How To Live Icelandic

By: Nína Björk Jónsdóttir,Edda Magnus

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How To Live Icelandic

By: Nína Björk Jónsdóttir,Edda Magnus

The ultimate insider’s guide to Iceland, full of inspiration and ideas and how to's to help you experience the very best of Icelandic life, landscape, culture, style and art.

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How to Live

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0711267375

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9780711267374

Equivalency Sprinkler Fire Tests

By: Magnus Arvidson,Sören Isaksson,NORDTEST.,Swedish National Testing and Research Institute,Statens provningsanstalt (Sweden). Division of Fire technology

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Equivalency Sprinkler Fire Tests

By: Magnus Arvidson,Sören Isaksson,NORDTEST.,Swedish National Testing and Research Institute,Statens provningsanstalt (Sweden). Division of Fire technology

Full scale sprinkler tests have been conducted in order to establish performance acceptance criteria for water based extinguishing systems equivalent to that referred to in SOLAS regulation II-2/12. The tests were conducted according to decisions taken at the 64th IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting. The fire scenarios studied include cabin fires, corridor fires and fires in public spaces on board passenger ships. The latter represents restaurants, lobbies and similar areas with "indefinitely" large floor area. A full presentation of the tests is given in the report, including temperature recordings and photographs.

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125

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9178485487

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9789178485482

Recommended Acceptance Criteria for Sprinkler Systems Equivalent to SOLAS II-2/12

By: Magnus Arvidson,Sören Isaksson,Maarit Tuomisaari,Statens provningsanstalt (Sweden). Division of Fire technology,Swedish National Testing and Research Institute,Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus

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Recommended Acceptance Criteria for Sprinkler Systems Equivalent to SOLAS II-2/12

By: Magnus Arvidson,Sören Isaksson,Maarit Tuomisaari,Statens provningsanstalt (Sweden). Division of Fire technology,Swedish National Testing and Research Institute,Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus

This report concludes the two sprinkler test series performed by the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) and the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (SP). The tests were conducted in accordance with the fire test procedures developed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The aim of the tests was to establish acceptance criteria for the performance of equivalent sprinkler systems in accordance with SOLAS II-2/12 in accommodation and public space areas on passenger ships. Apart from the acceptance criteria, this report contains a discussion of the tests and the results as well as an explanation about the justification for the criteria.

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Dumbing Down

Dumbing Down

The Confessing Society

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How To Live Icelandic

How To Live Icelandic

Equivalency Sprinkler Fire Tests

Equivalency Sprinkler Fire Tests

Recommended Acceptance Criteria for Sprinkler Systems Equivalent to SOLAS II-2/12

Recommended Acceptance Criteria for Sprinkler Systems Equivalent to SOLAS II-2/12

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