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Eiríksdóttir, Elsa; Rosvall, Per-Åke – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
The age at which young people leave education for the labour market has increased in recent decades, and entering upper secondary education has become the norm. As a result, the diversity of the student population has increased, for instance in terms of students' academic merits and achievements at school. Increased diversity seems to affect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Skill Development
Nylund, Mattias; Rosvall, Per-Åke – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
The five articles in this special issue present studies focusing on two key aspects of vocational education and transitions in the Nordic countries in relation to social justice: (a) impacts of policies and reforms on transitions and (b) content, practices, curriculum and equality. Collectively, the articles outline important similarities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Justice, Educational Policy
Lappalainen, Sirpa; Nylund, Mattias; Rosvall, Per-Åke – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
Educational equality has been a central tenet framing educational policy in Nordic welfare states and stimulating school reforms in the 1960s and 1970s. However, the conceptualisation of equality has fluctuated, reflecting the changing economic and political climate within which policy statements have been made. In this article, we analyse policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Curriculum, Equal Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Rosvall, Per-Åke; Hjelmér, Carina; Lappalainen, Sirpa – European Educational Research Journal, 2017
Vocational education has a historical legacy of being low-status and aimed at producing skilled workers. Students with low marks in comprehensive school are still often guided to the vocational educational track. In this article we examine how mathematics teaching in a vocational educational context is framed (henceforth VET). Therefore, our aim…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Skilled Workers