Det rätta valet. En fallstudie av skolpersonals upplevelser av att vara konkurrensutsatta på en gymnasieskola

Abstract

The aim of this thesis has been to explore and to analyze how school choices provide different scenarios in a Swedish upper secondary school under the pressure of an urban local school market. The aim is to increase knowledge on how different perspectives can be found in this context by both teachers, student health care team, and school management.

A theoretical approach aims to use the concept of performativity to further analyze the different pattern in an optional Swedish upper secondary school.

The study used a method, with thematic analysis of transcribed semi-structured interviews based on a method described by Brown &Clarke (2013), then further analyzed with a theoretical framework inspired by the work of Stephen J Ball.

The result shows four main themes in how teachers, student health care team, and school management talks about school market competition. The four themes; the winning team, a knowledge with a caretaking team, and a client-based approach, and a correct response, are all more or less seen in this context by both teachers, student health care team, and school management.

Among some of the conclusions found in this study are that a client-based approach or performativity can be seen both by teachers, team of student health care, and school management in a Swedish upper secondary school, and can be seen as an answer to the system of an urban local school market