Value Conflicts and Faith Based Schools – In Contemporary Sweden
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This article identifies value conflicts in debate regarding Swedish faith based schools 2010– 2012 explored against the background of a study by Gerle (1999). As the policy changes of the Swedish school system from the 1990s form the preconditions for contemporary faith based schools those changes are outlined. The results show that the value conflicts observed by Gerle can still be noted e.g. the wish to freedom of religion in educating children into one’s own religion, as well as the conflict of the right of parents vs. the rights of children in education. A new value conflicts is the ending of school ceremonies of municipal schools in churches and the role of religion in them. Does this mirror a shift in the influence of a Lutheran majority culture? Another surfacing value conflict is whether the making of profit in the school sector is acceptable or not.
Author: Karin Sporre
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W97240604