Den formella skoldemokratins roll f r medborgarfostran och elevinflytande

The importance of school democracy for civic education among students in primary and secondary schools. In Swedish schools, thereare two kinds of student governed institutions, the class council and the school council, designed to promote student influence on education and development of tools for participating in deliberative discussions as future democratic citizens. In the present article, this double function is problematized and factors relevant to its accomplishment are discussed. There seems to be a paradoxical relation between the fostering goals and the ambition of providing the students with more influence and autonomy. The article concludes that this paradox might be resolved by meta-communication about the problems and by involving the students more in planning and discussions about their education.