1st Edition
Scrutinising the Nordic Dimension in Education Myths, Realities, and Integration Efforts in Europe’s Nordic Region
Foreword: “’We Are All Equal’: Education and the Nordic struggles for equality and democracy”, Herner Saeverot
Foreword: “Interrogating the Nordic Dimension in Education as a Metaspace”, Bob Lingard
INTRODUCTION:
Chapter 1: “The Nordic dimension in education – emerging from myths and realities”, John Benedicto Krejsler
PART 1: Reflections upon the Nordic as a dimension
Chapter 2: “Metaspace – a conceptual tool to capture the Nordic”, John Benedicto Krejsler
Chapter 3: “The Nordic interactive and comparative spaces within the arena of education”, Jón Torfi Jónasson and Valgerður S. Bjarnadóttir
Chapter 4: “Between ‘Down-South’ and Norden: the case for Scottish Education”, Paul Adams
Chapter 5: “Action Research for Being – charactersistics of a tradition and practice”, Petri Salo and Karin Rönnerman
PART 2: Comparative cases in Nordic education policies and practice
Chapter 6: “Policy Borrowing and Path Dependency in the Evolution of Extended Comprehensive Schooling in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark”, Eyvind Elstad
Chapter 7: “Governance and Goals in Early Childhood Education and Care: Does a Nordic welfare dimension prevail?”, Håkon Solbu Trætteberg, Karl Henrik Sivesind, Maiju Paananen and Steinunn Hrafnsdóttir.
Chapter 8: “The paradox of documentation in early childhood special education in Finland and Norway: Debating national documentation policies within a Nordic framework”, Noora Heiskanen and Karianne Franck
Chapter 9: “Commercialising the 'Nordic Model': Education export rhetoric in Finland and Sweden”, Linda Rönnberg and Helena Hinke Dobrochinski Candido
Chapter 10: “Newly arrived students in Nordic education policies and practices”, Annette Rasmussen, Marianne Dovemark, Gunilla Holm and Jenni Helakorpi
Chapter 11: “Second language and mother tongue education for immigrant children in Nordic educational policies: Search for a common Nordic dimension”, Renata Emilsson Pesková, Anna Lindholm, Maria Ahlholm, Eva Thue Vold, Hermína Gunnþórsdóttir, Anna Slotte and Sofia Esmann Busch
Chapter 12: “Rural education and professional learning in relation to the Nordic model - progress and pitfalls?”, Sandra Lund and Gunilla Karlberg-Granlund
DISCUSSION:
Chapter 13: “The Nordic Dimension: A resource for education between lived realities and myth”, John Benedicto Krejsler
Biography
John Benedicto Krejsler is Professor at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark.
