Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (especially statistics)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Swedish readers?
A friend recently told me that in Sweden children are taught the basics of plumbing and electric wiring in primary school. Is this true? Hackhanded attempts to find out more through Google have failed.
Compulsory Elementary School (grundskola) curriculum gives prominence to the core subjects, which are Swedish, or Swedish as a second language, mathematics and English, which children normally begin to learn from around age 9.
From a Swedish summer student in our lab, "I don't know how it is nowadays, but I was not taught plumbing and electric in elementary school. You can choose plumbing or electric after nine-year compulsory school, but nothing before that I know of. I'll ask around, got me curious too. :)"
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ReplyDeleteCompulsory Elementary School (grundskola) curriculum gives prominence to the core subjects, which are Swedish, or Swedish as a second language, mathematics and English, which children normally begin to learn from around age 9.
ReplyDeleteSee point 9. "Statutory curricula" here
and for info on vocational training see page 27 onwards here
From a Swedish summer student in our lab, "I don't know how it is nowadays, but I was not taught plumbing and electric in elementary school. You can choose plumbing or electric after nine-year compulsory school, but nothing before that I know of. I'll ask around, got me curious too. :)"
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