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'Post-Truth' and the Decline of Swedish Education

Sweden has gone the farthest toward abandoning a knowledge-based core curriculum and a pedagogy in which students internalize and learn to apply knowledge under the teacher’s instruction and supervision.

Magnus Henrekson and Johan Wennström
Magnus Henrekson and Johan Wennström
· 8 min read
'Post-Truth' and the Decline of Swedish Education
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