School Reforms in Norway and Sweden,and the Redistribution of Educational Attainments |
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| Authors: | Tore Lindbekk |
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| Institution: | Department of Sociology and Political Science , University of Trondheim , N‐7055 Dragvoll, Norway |
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| Abstract: | The paper studies the educational reforms and expansions (comprehensivization) of Sweden and Norway after 1900 and their effects upon the populations’ general attainment levels and the distributions of attainments according to gender, class, cultural origin and geographical background. The Norwegian developments were much more uneven than the Swedish. It is shown that the great changes in attainment levels and attainment distributions in Norway during the most recent period were caused partly by the lower secondary education reforms around 1970. However, the Norwegian reform of the upper secondary school was largely ineffectual. |
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| Keywords: | Parental Expectations Social Representations Intelligence Social Class |
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