Early childhood education and care in Sweden
In Sweden, all children are considered to be entitled to a preschool
place. For almost three decades, child care has been an integral part
of the Swedish welfare state and of most families' everyday lives. In
1996 the government moved responsibility for child care from the Ministry
of Health and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Education and Science
as part of an effort to reform and expand early childhood education and
care. In short, Sweden continues its commitment to a child care system
that is designed to meet the twin aims of supporting early childhood education
and promoting gender equality. This issue file provides selected online
documents detailing Sweden's highly developed early childhood education
and care system.
DOCUMENTS ABOUT SWEDEN FROM THE OECD THEMATIC REVIEW
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Starting
strong: Curricula and pedagogies in early childhood education and care
SOURCE: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004
Full report in pdf
Early
childhood education and care country profiles - Sweden
SOURCE: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002
This 3-page profile provides an overview of the Swedish system of ECEC
Full profile in pdf
Early
childhood education and care in Sweden
by Barbara Martin Korpi
SOURCE: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development & Human
Resources Development Canada Conference on Lifelong Learning, 2000
Conference paper in pdf
OECD
Background report: Early childhood education and care policy in Sweden
by Lars Gunnarsson, Barbara Martin Korpi & Ulla Nordenstam.
SOURCE: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999
Full report in pdf
OECD
country note: Early childhood education and care policy in Sweden
SOURCE: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999
Full report in pdf
OTHER SELECTED DOCUMENTS |
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Swedish family policy
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
SOURCE: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 2005
Policy brief in pdf
Lessons from the North
Various
SOURCE: Cafébabel, 2005
Complete dossier
Strategy to Implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Sweden
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
SOURCE: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 2004
Fact sheet in pdf
Skolverket: continuous pedagogical monitoring in child care and school
Ullén, Lars
SOURCE: Keynote address from Child Care in a Changing World European conference, , 2004
Conference notes in pdf
Sweden: Child care and education
Korpi, B.
SOURCE: Ministry of Education and Science, 2004
Powerpoint presentation in pdf
Pre-school in transition: A national evaluation of the Swedish pre-school
The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket)
SOURCE: The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket), 2004
Full report in pdf
Consolidating early childhood education and care under the Ministry of Education and Care: A Swedish case study (UNESCO early childhood and family policy series no.6)
by Taguchi, H. L. & Munkammer, I.
SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization, 2003.
Child
care in Sweden
SOURCE: The Swedish Institute, Stockholm, 2001
Fact sheet
A comparison
of the national preschool curricula in Norway and Sweden
by Marit Alvestad & Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
SOURCE: Early Childhood Research & Practice, Volume 1, Number 2, 1999
Full report in html
Comparative
family policy: Eight countries' stories
by Kathy O'Hara
SOURCE: Canadian Policy Research Networks, 1998
The report compares family policy in Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Full report in pdf
Curriculum
for pre-school
SOURCE: National Agency for Education, 1998
Document in pdf
Pre-school activities
SOURCE: National Agency for Education
Document in pdf
The
pre-school class
SOURCE: National Agency for Education
Document in pdf
USEFUL WEBSITES |
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National Agency for Education
The National Agency for Education ensures that national targets for child
care and the school system are achieved through evaluation, development,
and research, and contributes information on the current state of affairs
in Swedish child care and the school system.
Sweden. Ministry
of Education and Science
The Ministry of Education and Science is responsible for matters regarding
education, including pre-school education and child care for school children,
pre-school classes and compulsory education. Website provides links to
publications and research. Selected content available in English.
Sweden
This website is part of Columbia University’s Clearinghouse on International
Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies.
ESTIA
ESTIA provides information about education, work, and the labour market
in various European countries. Member states include Finland, France,
Sweden and the United Kingdom. The ESTIA web site includes the following
webpages relating to Swedish child care:
- Pre-school
education
- Pre-school
class
- After-school
centres
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LAST UPDATE:
12/8/05
This list in not intended to be an exhaustive examination of this topic;
for a more comprehensive list, search the Childcare Resource and Research
Unit resource library catalogue Childcare
Information Resource Collection (CIRC).
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