Teacher Education In The Nordic Region

Author : Eyvind Elstad
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031260513

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Teacher Education in the Nordic Region by Eyvind Elstad Pdf

This open access book is the first account of the whole diversity of teacher education in the Nordic region: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, the Åland Islands and Sápmi (where the Sámi people live). Today, large parts of the world are looking to the Nordic model of social organization, and interest in the Nordic comprehensive school system and teacher education arrangements is no exception. A good education is a key to prosperity and well-being. And the quality of students’ education is undoubtedly linked to the quality of their teachers’ education. While teacher education in the Nordic region is globally admired, it also faces new challenges. The leading scholars writing in this volume discuss the challenges and opportunities that professional environments are facing. By providing solid portraits of each area as well as analyses across the region, this book will be a great resource to students, academics in teacher education and schooling as well as social scientists and policy-makers inside and outside the Nordic region. This is an open access book.

Author : Jesper Eckhardt Larsen,Barbara Schulte,Fredrik W. Thue
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000521313

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Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model by Jesper Eckhardt Larsen,Barbara Schulte,Fredrik W. Thue Pdf

Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model examines the cultural distinctiveness of the Nordic teaching profession and teacher training compared to examples from Europe and North America. The book explores the concept of these ‘teacher cultures’ as various dimensions of professional identities, recruitment patterns, teachers’ social status, values and knowledge. It considers how Nordic teachers ́ socio-cultural backgrounds and their shifting societal roles compare with continental European examples, analysing the societal consequences of teacher cultures for the current Nordic welfare states. Offering a unique focus on teachers, the book uses a shared comparative and historical approach to add new knowledge to the analysis of global convergence and divergence in educational systems. The book will be of great interest to researchers, scholars and post-graduate students in the fields of comparative education, educational policy, the sociology of education and the history of education. It will also be of interest to policy makers, teacher educators and school leaders. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Jónsson, Ólafur Páll,Guðmundsson, Bragi,Øyehaug, Anne Bergliot,Didham, Robert James
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789289369534

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Mapping Education for Sustainability in the Nordic Countries by Jónsson, Ólafur Páll,Guðmundsson, Bragi,Øyehaug, Anne Bergliot,Didham, Robert James Pdf

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2021-511/ The project is concerned with sustainability in compulsory education in the Nordic countries and is part of the Iceland Presidency Project for the Nordic Council of Ministers initiated in 2018. The overall focus of the Presidency Project is on young people but this report looks at policy, curricula, teacher education and school practices. The analysis shows both similarities and differences across the Nordic Region. Compulsory education in the Nordic countries share some striking similarities, reflecting a strong emphasis on certain aspects of sustainability such as equality, democracy.Although sustainability education has a clear application in the fields of social and political life and economic activities in all of the Nordic countries, it is still the case that when sustainability education is discussed, an environmental perspective is most often taken.

Author : Tove Stjern Frønes,Andreas Pettersen,Jelena Radišić,Nils Buchholtz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030616489

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Equity, Equality and Diversity in the Nordic Model of Education by Tove Stjern Frønes,Andreas Pettersen,Jelena Radišić,Nils Buchholtz Pdf

Does the Nordic model of education still stand by its original principles and safeguard education for all? This Open Access volume is a carefully crafted collection of chapters that investigate the different aspects of equity, equality and diversity across the education systems in the Nordic countries. Based on data from various national and international large-scale assessments, the volume provides a better understanding of both the functions and foundations of the Nordic model, along with how the concepts mentioned above are enacted in practice. Across the chapters, data from different national and international large-scale assessment studies are used for cross- and single-country analyses on a variety of issues related to equity, equality and inequality in diverse educational settings. The investigations address different subject domains (i.e., mathematics, science, reading), age and grade groups, but also issues related to teachers and the schools themselves. In addition to these empirical chapters, the book addresses the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the ideas and tools embedded in the phenomena of equity and equality and how they have met in the Nordic model of education.

Author : Ulf Blossing,Gunn Imsen,Lejf Moos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400771253

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The Nordic Education Model by Ulf Blossing,Gunn Imsen,Lejf Moos Pdf

This book presents a detailed analysis of the educational model in Nordic European countries. It describes the traditional idea of education for all, which can be characterized by the right for every child to have an education of equal quality in a common school for all pupils regardless of social class, abilities, gender, or ethnicity. Against this background, The Nordic Education Model traces the rise of neo-liberal policies that have been enacted by those who believe the School for All ideology does not produce the knowledge and skills that students need to succeed in an increasingly competitive and global marketplace. It examines the conflict between these two ideas and shows how neo-liberal technologies affect the Nordic model in different ways. The authors also show how social technologies are being interpreted in different ways in actual school practices. This process of translating national regulations into internal sense builds on the values in the culture to which they are introduced. In the end, this book reveals that a Nordic model can constitute a delicate balance between traditional values, institutionalized practices, and contemporary, neo-liberal forms of governance and policies. It may be argued from a new institutional perspective that the main structures of the Nordic educational model will sustain as long as the deeply rooted Nordic culture survives in the globalised society.

Author : Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789289318457

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Comparative Study of Nordic Teacher-training Programmes by Nordic Council of Ministers Pdf

This is the first report to compare the teacher-training programmes in all of the Nordic countries. The main purposes of this comparative study are to create the basis for exchanges of information and to encourage mutual inspiration and learning. The study compares the Nordic programmes in four main areas: regulation; student characteristics and recruitment; structure; terms and conditions of employment. The report also includes pan-Nordic analyses and recommendations for further studies.The Nordic Council of Ministers commissioned the Danish Evaluation Institute and the Danish School of Education at the University of Aarhus, to conduct the study, along with partners in the other Nordic countries.

Author : Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Teachers
ISBN : 9289332735

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Comparative Study of Nordic Teacher-training Programmes by Nordic Council of Ministers Pdf

This is the first report to compare the teacher-training programmes in all of the Nordic countries. The main purposes of this comparative study are to create the basis for exchanges of information and to encourage mutual inspiration and learning. The study compares the Nordic programmes in four main areas: - Regulation - Student characteristics and recruitment - Structure - Terms and conditions of employment The report also includes pan-Nordic analyses and recommendations for further studies. The Nordic Council of Ministers commissioned the Danish Evaluation Institute and the Danish School of Education at the University of Aarhus, to conduct the study, along with partners in the other Nordic countries.

Author : Lars Emmerik Damgaard Knudsen,Merete Wiberg,Karen Bjerg Petersen,Lisbeth Haastrup
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003852070

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Teacher Ethics and Teaching Quality in Scandinavian Schools by Lars Emmerik Damgaard Knudsen,Merete Wiberg,Karen Bjerg Petersen,Lisbeth Haastrup Pdf

This edited volume explores the idea that educational success in Scandinavian countries can be attributed to the inherent connectedness of teacher ethics and teaching quality, providing inspiration to teachers and school systems outside Scandinavia. Acknowledging that Scandinavian school systems are known for mirroring the welfare systems and democratic societies with respect for both institutions and individuals, this book explores new educational demands, possibilities, and research developments taking place in Scandinavian countries such as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden that place the education system, and teachers’ professional development and identities, under pressure. Chapters address teacher ethics and quality in relation to topics such as the dialogical teacher, democratic teaching, parental collaboration, and the ethics of classroom management to inform non-Scandinavian, international school systems and teacher education initiatives. Discussing current developments in the Scandinavian school systems and the emerging educational ideas and practices within them, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students studying teachers and teacher education, moral and values education, and teacher identities more broadly. It will also be useful to policymakers and teacher educators involved with teachers’ professional development more broadly.

Author : LIT Verlag
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783643962409

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The Nordic Folk High School Teacher by LIT Verlag Pdf

This anthology presents the Nordic folk high school teacher through thirteen research articles combined under three themes: identity, work, and education, each part capped by overarching summary chapters. The folk high schools are given a central role in the democratic development of the Nordic region and are described as a significant influence on adult education globally, but there have been few regional research projects describing the schools. The inclusion of research covering five Nordic countries in a peer reviewed anthology makes this publication a unique portrayal, both of the schools' common identity and their national variations.

Author : Svein Michelsen,Marja-Leena Stenström
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315411798

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Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries by Svein Michelsen,Marja-Leena Stenström Pdf

Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries: The Historical Evolution is the first of two books that disseminate new and systematic knowledge on the strengths and weaknesses of the different models of vocational education and training (VET) in four Nordic countries. Vocational education in Europe has resisted standardisation to a higher degree than other fields of education, and during the last decade, there has been a growth in international, comparative VET research. While the Nordic countries provide an ideal case for comparative education studies, the literature in English on the Nordic VET systems is at present very limited. This first book provides thorough examinations of VET in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland over 150 years. Each section examines the historical evolution of VET at upper secondary level in one of the four Nordic countries. Contributors also analyse how each country have tried to reform their respective VET systems, and compare the paths which each nation has taken. The book explores what can be learned from the diversity of the VET-systems in the Nordic countries, which otherwise have many similarities and share a common heritage in education policy. This volume will help strengthen the knowledge base required for transnational policy learning, and for developing vocational education internationally for the future. It will be of interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students involved in the study of vocational education, educational studies and educational policy, education planners and teachers educators.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Baltic States
ISBN : 9291206466

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Teacher Training in the Baltic States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jennifer Chung
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030895181

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The Impact of Finnish Teacher Education on International Policy by Jennifer Chung Pdf

This book explores the partnership between Finnish universities and the university-affiliated teacher training schools known as 'normal schools'. It examines the benefits of school-based learning combined with Master’s-level teacher education, uncovering the advantages of this unique school-university partnership. This book also explores the possibility of Finnish teacher education, and more specifically, the normaalikoulu, and its potential as an international export product. Although policy borrowing theory has long warned about the difficulties in successful transfer, interest in Finnish teacher education continues to rise. Therefore, this book investigates, in depth, the historical, cultural, and current context of Finnish teacher education and the normal schools, and the potential to move this policy abroad.

Author : Stewart. E Fraser,Barbara. J Fraser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351716703

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Scandinavian Education by Stewart. E Fraser,Barbara. J Fraser Pdf

This title was first published in 1973.

Author : Karin Rönnerman,Petri Salo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462097223

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Lost in Practice: Transforming Nordic Educational Action Research by Karin Rönnerman,Petri Salo Pdf

Lost in Practice offers a further development of the notion of Nordic educational action research (as described in a earlier volume Nurturing praxis 2008), aiming to deepen and enrich understandings of the Nordic educational tradition and its various practices. It explores Nordic traditions and theories, such as bildung, practical knowledge regime and translation theory, with the aim of furthering a seminal conversation between practice theory and action research. Furthermore it illuminates the use of these theories in the context of Nordic countries by presenting a number of case studies on professional development practices, in which specific forms and arenas for enhancing dialogue and meaning making are in focus. The practices of study and research circles, peer group mentoring and dialogue conferences, as developed in the Nordic countries throughout the 20th century, are presented and discussed, both in terms of established traditions and of practices of collaborative development. The book also reflect on the “regional” traditions and educational practices in the Nordic countries are reflected on in the third part of the book. The volume addresses teachers at all levels in the educational system, particularly those who are interested in understanding educational action research and furthering collaborative forms of professional development, based on insights from different traditions for understanding and furthering the development of educational practices without getting lost.

Author : Christian Helms Jørgensen,Ole Johnny Olsen,Daniel Persson Thunqvist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315414478

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Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries by Christian Helms Jørgensen,Ole Johnny Olsen,Daniel Persson Thunqvist Pdf

Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries: Learning from Diversity is the second of two books that disseminates new and systematic knowledge on the strengths and weaknesses of the different models of vocational education and training (VET) in four Nordic countries. Vocational education in Europe has resisted standardisation to a higher degree than other fields of education, and during the last decade, there has been a growth in international, comparative VET research. While the Nordic countries provide an ideal case for comparative education studies, the literature in English on the Nordic VET systems is at present very limited. This book provides thorough examinations of VET in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Each section examines the current challenges for VET, compares how these challenges are managed, and explores recent reforms and institutional innovations. Contributors also analyse institutions and policies at the national level and include comparative studies of two occupations at the micro-level in the four countries. The book explores what can be learned from the diversity of the VET systems in the Nordic countries, which otherwise have many similarities and share a common heritage in education policy. This volume will help strengthen the knowledge base required for transnational policy learning, and for developing vocational education internationally for the future. As a result, the book will be of interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students involved in the study of vocational education, educational studies and educational policy, as well as policy makers.