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Pechmann, Philipp; Haase, Sanne – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Quality in higher education (HE) can be considered a floating signifier that lacks a stable meaning due to the many possible interpretations different actors may ascribe to it in different contexts. We investigate how policy makers employ the term quality in HE policymaking attempting to legitimize policy reforms and find that it is employed in…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Quality, Educational Change
Kirikkaleli, Dervis; Ertugrul, Hasan Murat; Sari, Arif; Ozun, Alper; Kiral, Halis – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The purpose of this study is to determine the direction of causality between the quality of education and technological development for the selected Northern European countries over the period 2006-2017. To this end, we employ the bootstrap panel causality test. The findings of our study indicate that the quality of education leads to changes in…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation, Technology Uses in Education
Schmidt, Cecilie Ullerup – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This article engages critically with the conception of the temporality of artistic work taught in higher artistic education, which has recently been implemented through the Bologna Process. Through an analysis of new study regulations and assessments within fine arts and performing arts education in Denmark, this article proposes that not only is…
Descriptors: Art Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Costa, Patrícia; Araújo, Luísa – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
This study investigates how reading achievement relates to student and school characteristics in countries with different reading scores at the fourth grade level. Data comes from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011 for Denmark, Sweden, and France and the multilevel analysis includes two levels: student/home and…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, School Effectiveness, Institutional Characteristics
Imsen, Gunn; Blossing, Ulf; Moos, Lejf – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The Nordic Education Model was an important part of the social democratic welfare state for many years in the second half of the 20th century. Since the millennium, transnational agencies have drawn education from the realm of politics into a global market place by advocating strategies such as efficiency, competition, decentralisation, governing…
Descriptors: Models, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Efficiency
Nielsen, Mathias Wullum – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study investigates how Denmark, Norway, and Sweden approach issues of gender equality in research differently. Based on a comparative document analysis of gender equality activities in six Scandinavian universities, together with an examination of the legislative and political frameworks surrounding these activities, the article provides new…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Hansen, Hanne Foss – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
Current educational evaluation is institutionalized as an element in national educational policy in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. This article analyses how higher education and primary and lower secondary education have adopted and institutionalized educational evaluation. The analysis shows similarities and differences in organizing and practicing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Carlgren, Ingrid; Klette, Kirsti – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2008
This article deals with the question of how the restructuring of educational systems in Nordic countries affects teachers' working conditions. It is based on results from the project "Restructuring in Education: Reform policy and teacher professionalism in different Nordic contexts" in which the construction of the "New…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Teaching Conditions, Teaching Experience
Telhaug, Alfred Oftedal; Medias, Odd Asbjorn; Aasen, Petter – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2006
This article describes, analyses and discusses the development of the Nordic school model in three phases of the post-war period, viewed in the light of the development of the political system throughout the period and in comparison with the development of the school system in the western world in this period. The "classical period" from…
Descriptors: Models, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, General Education
Learning from School-based Teacher Training: Possibilities and Constraints for Experienced Teachers.
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Carney, Stephen – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2003
Studied teachers' development in a large English "comprehensive" school during a period of intense educational reform, focusing on eight experienced teachers. Findings highlight a range of factors that appeared to constrain teachers' professional development. Considers the implications for recent Danish policy related to school-focused…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers