Inclusion in the light of competing educational ideals: Swedish Policy approaches to differentiation and their implications for inclusive education

Teachers and schools face multiple demands regarding how they should respond to student diversity. Thus, it is crucial study these different in order understand shape inclusive education practice. Following this line of reasoning, article presents an analysis Swedish educational policy documents, which shows that differentiation policies are constructed as answers problems, problems framed by ideals assumptions about education. Five approaches described discussed relation the ideal By studying case, illuminates can interact over time within context system. The thus be understood types used analyses other systems. Implications for addressed discussing conditions schools’ teachers’ enactments conflicting demands.