1st Edition
Nordic Dialogues on Children and Families
List of contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1: The collectivity of family conduct of life and parental self-understanding (Charlotte Højholt, Pernille Juhl and Dorte Kousholt)
Chapter 2: Family life in the Nordic countries (Lena Bäckström)
Chapter 3: Constituting Cultures of Compassion in Early Childhood Educational Settings (Lasse Lipponen)
Chapter 4: Pedagogical leadership and families in Swedish preschool (Sonja Sheridan and Pia Williams)
Chapter 5: Early Childhood Education, gender relations and equality between parents and families in Sweden (Ingegerd Tallberg-Broman & Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson)
Chapter 6: Divorce, families and children (Per Arne Rød)
Chapter 7: “We have this family ‘under the microscope’ so to speak”: Schools, child abuse and family support (Ylva Odenbring; Thomas Johansson and Johannes Lunneblad)
Chapter 8: Economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and mathematics performance of immigrant students’ in the Finnish metropolitan area in PISA 2012 (Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Mirja Tarnanen, Kari Nissinen and Jouni Vettenranta)
Chapter 9: Coming and staying or coming and going? Immigrant families in Denmark: Challenges and opportunities for integration (Anette Hilton)
Chapter 10: Parental Engagement in Icelandic Preschools (Johanna Einarsdottir and Arna H. Jonsdottir)
Chapter 11: The Importance of Aesthetic Activities in Norwegian Kindergartens (Tona Gulpinar and Leif Hernes)
Biography
Susanne Garvis is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at the Department of Education, Communication and Learning, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Elin Eriksen Ødegaard is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Center of Educational Research, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway, and Visiting Professor at UiT The Artic University of Norway.
