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Direct linkGunnulfsen, Ann Elisabeth, Ed.; Ärlestig, Helene, Ed.; Storgaard, Merete, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2023
This book discusses principals' prerequisites and work within the five Nordic countries and focuses on schools as formal institutions that carry out functions delegated to them by the social collective. It includes a discussion about what kind of state policy demonstrates autonomy in Nordic schools, as well as the ways in which school leaders as…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Leadership, Principals, State Policy
Krejsler, John Benedicto, Ed.; Moos, Lejf, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2021
This book offers an original contribution to the area of international research on comparative education policies and the influence of transnational agencies on national school policy and reform. With a focus on grasping what "the Nordic model" or "the Nordic dimension" means in school and educational policy, the book explores…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Policy, Comparative Education, Policy Analysis
Download full textBiseth, Heidi, Ed.; Hoskins, Bryony, Ed.; Huang, Lihong, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2021
This open access book presents an in-depth analysis of data from ICCS. An international group of scholars critically address the state of civic and citizenship education in the four Nordic countries that participated in the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) in 2009 and 2016. The findings are of particular relevance to…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Democracy, Teaching Methods
Rasmussen, Annette, Ed.; Dovemark, Marianne, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2022
This work discusses how the complex relationship between welfare policies of equity and market efficiencies/deficiencies of education policies is handled in local practices. It offers contributions from the five Nordic countries - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland - and pays special attention to questions about access and diversity in…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne, Ed.; Holm, Lars, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2012
"Literacy Practices in Transition" explores the connections between local, situated literacy practices and global processes of mobility in the geographical space of the Nordic countries, an example of contemporary mobile societies. The detailed empirical analyses show how these connections affect individuals, practices and policies; how…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Educational Trends
Trimmer, Karen, Ed.; Hoven, Debra, Ed.; Keskitalo, Pigga, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
This book focuses on Indigenous participation in postgraduate education. The collaborating editors, from the contexts of Australian, Canadian and Nordic postgraduate education, have brought together voices of Indigenous postgraduate students and researchers about strategies to support postgraduate education for Indigenous students globally and to…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, School Role, Student Needs
Sriraman, Bharath, Ed.; Bergsten, Christer, Ed.; Goodchild, Simon, Ed.; Palsdottir, Gudbjorg, Ed.; Sondergaard, Bettina Dahl, Ed.; Haapasalo, Lenni, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
The First Sourcebook on Nordic Research in Mathematics Education: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and contributions from Finland provides the first comprehensive and unified treatment of historical and contemporary research trends in mathematics education in the Nordic world. The book is organized in sections co-ordinated by active researchers in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Problems, Mathematics Education, Public Education
Taylor, Gail, Ed. – 1996
This book contains 21 papers from the Nordic-Canadian Learning for the Workplace Conference, which was held in Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland in June 1995. The following papers are included: "Introduction to the Nordic-Canadian Learning for the Workplace Conference" (Olli-Pekka Heinonen); "Conference Design and Process" (Diane…
Descriptors: Certification, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Conservation Education
Linkoping Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Education and Psychology. – 1992
This yearbook contains papers that provide the reader with a general idea of the aspects and issues that interest Nordic researchers today and how they approach these problems. To provide a more uniform picture of the status of adult education in the different Nordic countries, four brief general surveys begin the book: "Adult Education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Vocational Education, Developed Nations
Tampere Univ., Hameelinna (Finland). Dept. of Education. – 1994
This yearbook contains 18 papers reflecting the major trends in adult education research in the Nordic countries in 1992-93. The following papers are included: "Popular Adult Education and Social Mobilization: Reflections in Connection with the Swedish Committee on Power" (Rubenson); "Direction of Finnish Adult Education Policies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education
Remes, Pirkko, Ed.; And Others – 1997
The 13 papers in this yearbook discuss 4 broad subject areas: questions of competence, evaluating quality, professional cultures, and learning and trends in adult education. The following papers are included: "Human Resource Development (HRD) Practitioners Analyzing Their Work"(Tuija Valkeavaara); "Life Competence in a World of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Disadvantaged
Phillipson, Robert; Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove – 1983
Three papers discuss intercultural communication and second language learning in Scandinavia. The first paper, "Good Learning Strategies in Foreign and Second Language Learning--The Case of English in Denmark," discusses principles and strategies for learning second languages for the purpose of effective intercultural communication.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Paulsen, Morten; Keegan, Desmond; Dias, Ana; Dias, Paulo; Pimenta, Pedro; Fritsch, Helmut; Follmer, Holger; Micincova, Maria; Olsen, Gro-Anett – 2002
This document contains the following papers on Web-based education systems in Europe: (1) "European Experiences with Learning Management Systems" (Morten Flate Paulsen and Desmond Keegan); (2) "Online Education Systems: Definition of Terms" (Morten Flate Paulsen); (3) "Learning Management Systems (LMS) Used in Southern…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Management Systems
Tight, Malcolm, Ed.; Mok, Ka Ho, Ed.; Huisman, Jeroen, Ed.; Morphew, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today. Consisting of newly commissioned chapters and impressive journal articles, it surveys the state of the discipline and includes the examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Higher Education, Political Science
Lindfors, Linnea, Ed.; Peltonen, Juhani, Ed.; Porko, Mia, Ed. – 1996
These nine articles deal with basic philosophical questions concerned with the general nature of sloyd or with the educational aspect of sloyd. (Sloyd, derived from a Swedish word, is an umbrella term for making or crafting things by hand.) They report research on cultural questions related to goals and contents, ranging from sociocultural…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Creative Development, Creativity, Culture
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