During recent decades programmes aimed at the introduction of enterprise education have increasingly been found in Swedish schools. At first these were introduced at post-16 only but increasingly entrepreneurial learning is spreading throughout the education system. Sweden is not unusual in this respect; similar developments can be seen in other countries. Interesting questions arise over which the driving forces behind this development are. Structural changes in Swedish society and education during recent decades are among the factors to be considered. This paper reports on a project, currently in its early stages, which is seeking to provide a critical overview of Enterprise education. It will draw a literature overview and show theoretical and methodological frameworks for Enterprise education and will draw on the theoretical frameworks of Giddens, and Castells, among others. What forces and actors have contributed to this growing interest for enterprise education in Sweden and what happens at the local school level?
Session 7B, Education, Globalisation and Skills Development 2.
Ingår i avhandling publicerad 2006.