Koulutuksellisen tasa-arvon diskurssit ja toimijat peruskoulun tuntijakouudistuksessa
Julkaistu sarjassa
Jyväskylä studies in education, psychology and social researchTekijät
Päivämäärä
2017Oppiaine
KasvatustiedeIn this research the interest was to understand the discursive formation of educational equality in political texts concerning the national core curriculum in
Finland in the beginning of 2010s. The research problem was to describe and
analyze discourses of educational equality and to analyze who are portrayed as
actors of educational equality. The material consists of statements which different organizations, administrative bodies of education and private individuals
gave in response to presentations, prepared in 2010 and 2012, regarding the objectives of the comprehensive school and the distribution of lesson hours. The
research is based on critical discourse analysis and the analysis of social actors.
This research showed that educational equality in unified schooling and in
equal preparedness for further studies and as regional and socio-economic
equality is still represented as a strong ideological and political will in Finnish
educational policy. The research showed the multi-threaded nature of the concept of educational equality and the combination of new interpretations with
established, historically formed discourses. Six discourses of educational equality were identified from the research material: common school, differentiation,
legal, state control, freedom and internationality discourse. Pupils, freedom of
choice, equality and equity are represented as the active actors of educational
equality. Schools, local authorities, pupils and legislation are positioned as pas-
sive actors. Day-to-day educators, such as parents, teachers and other members
of personnel at schools are excluded from being actors of educational equality.
The policy of educational equality consists mostly of Finnish policy.
Based on this research it is possible to argue that due to its many meanings and static nature, educational equality has become a concept which is hard
to grasp. Its meaning is based on existence and positive characteristics but its
humane factors are mainly gone. At the same time several partly contradictory
meanings lessen the explanatory power of educational equality and it can be
described as a floating concept.
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Julkaisija
University of JyväskyläISBN
978-951-39-7048-2ISSN Hae Julkaisufoorumista
0075-4625Asiasanat
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