Teachers navigating the diversified Swedish school market: lock-in and exclusion in the local labour market

This study examines the consequences that a highly diversified school market has on the teacher labour market. By interviewing 43 teachers in two different local school markets, one large and highly segregated and one smaller and less segregated, the teacher´s views and attitudes towards competing s...

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Main Authors: Magnus Persson, Per Dannefjord
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-11-01
Series:Education Inquiry
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20004508.2024.2427442
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description This study examines the consequences that a highly diversified school market has on the teacher labour market. By interviewing 43 teachers in two different local school markets, one large and highly segregated and one smaller and less segregated, the teacher´s views and attitudes towards competing schools, different working conditions and educational ideas have been analysed. The results indicate that teachers in the more segregated school market compare their current workplace to others in terms of pupil composition. In the less segregated school market, there are small differences in terms of pupil composition, and the comparisons tend to focus on differences in organisational or educational ideas. The study shows that teachers are locked into various types of schools, where the diversity of the schools themselves is a consequence of the emerging diversification of the school market. The nature of the locking-in effects can be connected to the characteristics of the diversification in the local school market.
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spelling doaj-art-c30f10a54d8540d8b6a5b12f8fe93ea32025-08-20T02:13:41ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEducation Inquiry2000-45082024-11-0111710.1080/20004508.2024.2427442Teachers navigating the diversified Swedish school market: lock-in and exclusion in the local labour marketMagnus Persson0Per Dannefjord1Department of social studies, Linnaeus University, Växjö, SwedenDepartment of social studies, Linnaeus University, Växjö, SwedenThis study examines the consequences that a highly diversified school market has on the teacher labour market. By interviewing 43 teachers in two different local school markets, one large and highly segregated and one smaller and less segregated, the teacher´s views and attitudes towards competing schools, different working conditions and educational ideas have been analysed. The results indicate that teachers in the more segregated school market compare their current workplace to others in terms of pupil composition. In the less segregated school market, there are small differences in terms of pupil composition, and the comparisons tend to focus on differences in organisational or educational ideas. The study shows that teachers are locked into various types of schools, where the diversity of the schools themselves is a consequence of the emerging diversification of the school market. The nature of the locking-in effects can be connected to the characteristics of the diversification in the local school market.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20004508.2024.2427442School segregationlock-in effectsorganisational fieldprofessional dispositionlabour marketteacher career
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Teachers navigating the diversified Swedish school market: lock-in and exclusion in the local labour market
Education Inquiry
School segregation
lock-in effects
organisational field
professional disposition
labour market
teacher career
title Teachers navigating the diversified Swedish school market: lock-in and exclusion in the local labour market
title_full Teachers navigating the diversified Swedish school market: lock-in and exclusion in the local labour market
title_fullStr Teachers navigating the diversified Swedish school market: lock-in and exclusion in the local labour market
title_full_unstemmed Teachers navigating the diversified Swedish school market: lock-in and exclusion in the local labour market
title_short Teachers navigating the diversified Swedish school market: lock-in and exclusion in the local labour market
title_sort teachers navigating the diversified swedish school market lock in and exclusion in the local labour market
topic School segregation
lock-in effects
organisational field
professional disposition
labour market
teacher career
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