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Why Should People Outside the Nordic Region Be Interested in Teacher Education in the Nordic Region?
The Nordic region consists of five northern European countries—Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland—along with their autonomous territories:...
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Current postgraduate training in emergency medicine in the Nordic countries
BackgroundEmergency Medicine (EM) is an independent specialty in all five Nordic countries. This study aims to evaluate the structure of...
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Teacher Education in the Nordic Region Challenges and Opportunities
This open access book is the first account of the whole diversity of teacher education in the Nordic region: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark,...
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Equality in Content Coverage in the Nordic Countries?
Socioeconomic inequalities in student achievement are often attributed to diverse family backgrounds, which provide students with different...
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Teacher Education of the Future: Trends and Possible Scenarios in the Nordic Context
This chapter uses current trends to outline possible scenarios in teacher education programmes in the Nordic countries. The starting point is that,...
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Supportive climates and science achievement in the Nordic countries: lessons learned from the 2015 PISA study
Teacher-student interactions are crucial in understanding the role of a supportive climate in instructional practices. The present study investigates...
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Danish School Policy: Remaining Nordic While Going Transnational
This chapter presents Denmark as a case among the Nordic countries where school policies have turned increasingly transnational. In all five of the...
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The Twinning of Bildung and Competence in Environmental and Sustainability Education: Nordic Perspectives
This chapter explores the twinning of Bildung (political and democratic formation) and competence in the action competence (AC) concept, highlighting...
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Teacher Education in the Nordic Remake: How Transnational Policymaking Transforms Regional Collaboration
Since the 1990s, teacher education policies and programmes in Nordic countries have been increasingly shaped by their profound involvement in...
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Contextual effects on students’ achievement and academic self-concept in the Nordic and Chinese educational systems
BackgroundThe current study investigates school contextual effects on students’ academic self-concept and achievement, that is, peer socioeconomic...
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Introduction: Student Achievement and Equity Over Time in the Nordic Countries
This chapter introduces the importance of promoting fair, effective, and equitable teacher practice for both individual students and society in...
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Principals’ Preparation and Professional Development in Nordic Countries
Principals in Nordic countries face increasing and changing demands in their work that have transformed the expectations of their knowledge and...
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Making Sense of Nordic School Leadership – Four Perspectives on Similarities and Variations
This book can be regarded as a follow up to the series of Springer-editions about the Nordic perspectives on studies in educational leadership. Lejf...
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The Twinning of Bildung and Competence in Environmental and Sustainability Education: Nordic Perspectives
This chapter explores the twinning of Bildung (political and democratic formation) and competence in the action competence (AC) concept, highlighting...
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Principals’ Autonomy in the Nordic Countries: Governing Positions, Responsibilities, and Expectations
Growing political expectations exist for educational leaders in terms of their efforts to enhance students’ outcomes and apply education as a tool in...
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Principals’ Roles in a Nordic Education Context: Shared Responsibility and Pedagogical Engagement
The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss the role of Nordic school principals in a cross-national context and to highlight the...
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Associations between teacher quality, instructional quality and student reading outcomes in Nordic PIRLS 2016 data
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) focuses on the reading proficiency of students mostly in the fourth year of schooling. A...
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Regional Policy Spaces, Knowledge Networks, and the “Nordic Other”
This chapter examines the use of regional policy knowledge and the importance of Nordic cooperation in the latest education reforms in Finland,...
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Upper Secondary Education in the Nordic Countries: Governance and Choice
Education policies globally have seen shifts from ‘state control’ or ‘big government’ of the welfare state towards ‘governance’ and ‘efficient free...
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Nordic Student Teachers’ Evaluation of Educational Theory, Subject Didactics, Practice Training, Time on Task and Turnover Intentions
This chapter compares the quality of aspects of teacher education in the Nordic countries. Scandinavian countries employ nationwide surveys in higher...