Interprofessionellt arbete och standardisering: spänningar i kvalitetssäkring av samhällsorientering för nyanlända

Abstract

Integration initiatives aimed at newly arrived immigrants have been criticized for a lack of equivalence and a weak knowledge base. This article is about the interprofessional work to produce a standardized, national information material to improve civic orientation. In the study a process was followed when various occupational groups worked together to produce the material about Swedish society. The analysis shows how the work was characterized by ambiguities when the different groups oriented themselves towards different sub-goals: to create the scientifically correct, the pedagogically simplified, the politically neutral or the relevant for the newly arrived immigrants.