Guarding the boundaries: a Swedish policy debate about geography and education for sustainable development
In this article, we analyse how educational policy debates regarding specific school subjects are related to the demarcation of science. Utilising boundary-work theory we analyse material from a later abandoned revision process for the Swedish upper secondary school curriculum in 2004–2006. During t...
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| description | In this article, we analyse how educational policy debates regarding specific school subjects are related to the demarcation of science. Utilising boundary-work theory we analyse material from a later abandoned revision process for the Swedish upper secondary school curriculum in 2004–2006. During this process a new subject – Sustainable Development – was proposed by the Swedish National Agency for Education. As a consequence, the Geography subject, potentially a suitable arena to naturally handle education for sustainable development, would be given a very peripheral role in the upper secondary school curriculum. From the suggestion a debate about scientific boundaries arose, with arguments that may be traced back to the theoretical concepts; ‘exclusion’, ‘expansion’ and ‘protection of autonomy’. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e1119645faec4a18937646af49cd28f32025-01-27T09:55:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupNordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy2002-03172025-01-0111310.1080/20020317.2025.2457171Guarding the boundaries: a Swedish policy debate about geography and education for sustainable developmentHampus Hallingfors0Henrik Åström Elmersjö1Department of Geography, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenDepartment of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenIn this article, we analyse how educational policy debates regarding specific school subjects are related to the demarcation of science. Utilising boundary-work theory we analyse material from a later abandoned revision process for the Swedish upper secondary school curriculum in 2004–2006. During this process a new subject – Sustainable Development – was proposed by the Swedish National Agency for Education. As a consequence, the Geography subject, potentially a suitable arena to naturally handle education for sustainable development, would be given a very peripheral role in the upper secondary school curriculum. From the suggestion a debate about scientific boundaries arose, with arguments that may be traced back to the theoretical concepts; ‘exclusion’, ‘expansion’ and ‘protection of autonomy’.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20020317.2025.2457171Geography disciplinegeography educationpolicy debatessustainable developmentboundary-work |
| spellingShingle | Hampus Hallingfors Henrik Åström Elmersjö Guarding the boundaries: a Swedish policy debate about geography and education for sustainable development Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy Geography discipline geography education policy debates sustainable development boundary-work |
| title | Guarding the boundaries: a Swedish policy debate about geography and education for sustainable development |
| title_full | Guarding the boundaries: a Swedish policy debate about geography and education for sustainable development |
| title_fullStr | Guarding the boundaries: a Swedish policy debate about geography and education for sustainable development |
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| title_short | Guarding the boundaries: a Swedish policy debate about geography and education for sustainable development |
| title_sort | guarding the boundaries a swedish policy debate about geography and education for sustainable development |
| topic | Geography discipline geography education policy debates sustainable development boundary-work |
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