Regional Educational Development Research and School Improvement: A Systematic Literature Review of Research
Keywords:
literature review, mainstream schools, regional educational development, school improvementAbstract
With the background of regional educational problems in
some counties in Sweden, in the form of lower educational level and
school achievements an integrative and systematic literature review
(SLR) has been implemented in order to examine regional educational
development in combination with school development worldwide
during the last 50 years. The literature review shows an internationally
sprawling view of the content and object of the study as well as a few
international studies on the relationship between regional development
and school improvement in mainstream school. Different regions,
countries, and continents show various problems within this focus. The
study shows different aspects; networks and knowledge-based clusters
as guidelines; political decentralization and its repercussions on student
learning; technical solutions; the importance of vocational schools in
rural areas; tax reduction to compensate rural areas; the importance of a
majority/national language and rural versus urban values. Regional
development policies aimed at stimulating regional industrial
competitiveness and innovativeness, educational attainment, and
creative occupations emphasize that creative professionals are strongly
related to regional income. The most important implication common
worldwide, are concerns pertaining to urbanization, depopulation of
rural areas, the need to highlight regional development factors, and a
belief in education, especially involving mainstream schools.
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