Vilka styrinstrument innehåller policyn "Jämlik skola"? : Kan de kompensera för elevers olika kulturella kapital?

• Main Author: Ytterell, Albhin
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linköpings universitet, Statsvetenskap 2019
• Subjects: Cultural capital; policyinstruments; policy; middle class; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-156601

In order to meet the problems of inequalities between students in swedish school, the governmentissues thepolicy "Jämlik skola" that aims to increase knowledge resultsand reduce inequalities in schools. The policy is based on the fact that the state must take greater responsibility for the distribution of resources to schools in order to strengthen the conditions for these to supply all studentswith equivalent education. The aim of thisessay is to conduct a policy analysis of "Jämlik skola" where the policyinstruments are identified and categorized to get an idea of how policies are supposed to address the problem of inequality in school. In addition, this essay aimsto carry out an evaluation based on the ”theory of the middle-class”that partially treats the concept of cultural capital and create an understanding of whether the policy compensates for different cultural capital among students. The conclusion indicates that the policy shows some signs of compensating for cultural capital, but several measures in the policy are far too vague, or focus on areas that lacks support regarding working against inequalities.