Player-Koro, C. (2014) 'Changing teacher education in Sweden : using meta-ethnographic analysis to understand and describe policy making and educational changes.', Teaching and teacher education., 44 . pp. 160-167. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2014.08.011Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Teaching and Teacher Education. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be re ected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A de nitive version was subsequently published in Teaching and Teacher Education, 44, 2014, 10.1016/j.tate.2014.011. Additional information:Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Based on a meta-ethnographic analysis of the policy ethnographies the article illustrates resistance toward unification and raises critical questions concerning the intellectual foundations and integrity of reform processes. Attempts are also made to locate the disclosures in relation to international research.

Artikeln fokuserar hur det för förskoläraren förtydligade ansvaret för den pedagogiska verksamheten som trädde i kraft 2011, tolkas och omsätts på en övergripande kommunal nivå och kommer till uttryck i förskolans pedagogiska praktik. Utifrån intervjuer och kommunala policydokument beskrivs och problematiseras hur detta ansvar tolkas och implementeras i två kommuner. Av studien framgår att tolkningarna varierar liksom sättet att implementera detta ansvar på när det gäller innehåll, omfattning och genomförande. På en diskursiv nivå beskrivs förskollärarens förtydligade ansvar både av utvecklingsledare, förskolechef och förskollärare som motiverat utifrån skillnader i yrkeskunskap mellan förskollärare och annan personal. I arbetslag bestående av olika yrkeskategorier i förskolans sociala praktik, beskrivs det däremot som känsligt att diskutera förändringar i ansvars-och arbetsfördelning utifrån denna skillnad.

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The revision of the Swedish Education Act and of the PreSchool Curriculum of 2010 involved a demand for improved pedagogical quality and for an alteration and clarification of roles and responsibilities within the preschool sector. In the revision the responsibilities, authorizations and rights to make decisions of the Heads of Preschool were articulated and clarified. This article describes and discusses how the new responsibilities and tasks of the Heads of Preschool have been interpreted and how the response to the revisions has manifested itself within a framework of municipal public administration. The data used consists of a questionnaire answered by 48 administrative officials with responsibility for education government in different municipalities. The result shows that the Heads of Preschool in a majority of municipalities are faced with increasing responsibilities and a new accountability structure. In order to meet the demands for improved pedagogical quality they are also expected to provide competence development opportunities for preschool staff.

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