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Sweden School Transitions and the concept Rites of Passage Conference Canberra 25 th of FEB 2016 Professor Anders Garpelin Mälardalen University, Västerås (Westeros) Sweden School Transitions and the Concept Rites of Passage, Anders Garpelin 2016 AUS

• 10 million people (24 AUS) • Stockholm, 2,2 million 0,45 mln km 2 (7,69 AUS) •

Preliminal Liminal Post-liminal phase phase phase Transition in School Summer Primary Lower secondary school school vacation separation incorporation transition School Transitions and the Concept Rites of Passage, Anders Garpelin 2016 AUS

Compulsory Secondary ”Grundskola” Preschool Preschool- school (primary & (1-5) class (6) high school) (16-19) (7-16) School Transitions and the Concept Rites of Passage, Anders Garpelin 2016 AUS

The Swedish POET research project 2011-2016 Focussed Group Interwievs Ethnographic case studies Interviews Participant observations Municipality A Municipality C Municipality A Municipality B • 8 Preschool Preshool • 8 Preschool-class 10 full days Preshool-class Preshool-class • 8 first grade, 10 full days 10 full days Preshool-class primary school 10 full days • 8 school managers First grade First grade First grade 10 full days 10 full days •3 researchers as Municipality B 10 full days moderators Interviews •6 groups (3 C A and 3 • 8 Preschool C B), each group: Teachers & • 8 Preschool-class Teachers & Teachers & 6-8 teachers (mixed: • 8 first grade, children/pupils children/pupils children/pupils preschool/pre-school primary school class and first grade) • 8 school managers documents •6 meetings (1½ year) documents documents •feedback to their own educational settings Licentiate Thesis, Doctoral Dissertations, Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Monographs and Conference Papers 2016 – Concluding report School Transitions and the Concept Rites of Passage, Anders Garpelin 2016 AUS

Preliminal Liminal Post-liminal phase phase phase When do Swedish Children Start School? Preschool Summer vacation Preschool- class (separation) (incorporarion) (transition) Summer vacation Preschool- class Primary school (separation) (incorporarion) (transition) Preschool- class Preschool Primary school (separation) (incorporation) (transition) School Transitions and the Concept Rites of Passage, Anders Garpelin 2016 AUS

Separation Incorporation Transition What can Australia learn from our research? • Sweden can serve as a warning example – Preschool-class a political compromise – One year on the bridge – Uncertainty for children, parents, teachers • Transitions from a teacher perspective – Borderlands for teachers as shared spaces of understanding: • of each other’s pedagogical work • of critical challenges from the perspective of inclusive education • The Right for Rites of Passage from a child perspective – Recognising transitions as rites of passage with three phases – marked transitions together with others – a celebration day entering the world of school children – positive experiences help manage later transitions in school and life School Transitions and the Concept Rites of Passage, Anders Garpelin 2016 AUS