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Download full textAutio, Ossi; Jamsek, Janez; Soobik, Mart; Olafsson, Brynjar – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2019
The research is based on a comparative study of craft and technology education curriculums and students' attitudes towards craft and technology in Finland, Slovenia, Estonia and Iceland. The study was undertaken by the Helsinki University, University of Ljubljana, University of Tallinn and University of Iceland. A literature review was completed,…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, National Curriculum
Autio, Ossi; Olafsson, Brynjar; Thorsteinsson, Gisli – Design and Technology Education, 2016
This research was undertaken in Finnish and Icelandic schools during the years 2013-14, in order to explore students' technological knowledge and reasoning at the ages of eleven and thirteen. The research considered the congruence between students' undertakings within Craft and Design education in the national curriculum and their ability to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Questionnaires, Design Crafts
Direct linkHännikäinen, Maritta – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The aim of this study was to review the national steering documents on early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, with the focus on children up to the age of three, posing the question: What do these documents tell us about ECEC for younger children in the Nordic early childhood settings?…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Young Children, Content Analysis
Österlind, Eva; Østern, Anna-Lena; Thorkelsdóttir, Rannveig Björk – Research in Drama Education, 2016
The aim of this article is to present a Nordic curriculum perspective on drama and theatre in education ranging from preschool to upper secondary education and cultural schools. Underlined in the Nordic welfare model is an equity, inclusive and democracy perspective, which guarantees free access to compulsory education and to upper secondary…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Social Systems, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
De Coster, Isabelle; Borodankova, Olga; De Almeida Coutinho, Ana Sofia; Paolini, Giulia – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2012
This publication aims to capture how policies and measures relating to citizenship education have evolved over recent years in European countries. It focuses on the following areas which are integral to the provision of citizenship education: (1) Curriculum aims, approaches and organisation; (2) Student and parent participation in school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, National Curriculum, Teaching Methods
Thorsteinsson, Gísli; Ólafsson, Brynjar; Autio, Ossi – Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Craft education in both Finland and Iceland originated over 140 years ago and was influenced by the Scandinavian Sloyd pedagogy. Since then, the subject has moved away from craft and towards technology, with the aim being to increase students' technological abilities. In the beginning, the subject largely focused on the students copying artefacts,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handicrafts, Technological Literacy, Thinking Skills
