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ERIC Number: EJ646404
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0261-9768
Mentor, Master and Mother: The Professional Development of Teachers in Norway.
Hansen, Arvid; Simonsen, Birte
European Journal of Teacher Education, v24 n2 p171-82 2001
Examines the context and organization of Norway's teacher education, discussing teacher roles and responsibilities, preservice and inservice teacher education programs, and society's expectations that teachers will act as masters, mentors, and mothers. The paper describes recent curriculum developments and the organization of Norway's educational system, noting that current professional development does not prepare teachers for the new national curriculum. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Mentors, National Curriculum, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Norway; Professionalism