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Vocational Education, Transitions, Marginalisation and Social Justice in the Nordic Countries: Reflections on the Special Issue
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Avis, James – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
This paper engages with and reflects on the arguments developed by contributors to the special issue. These papers serve to provide a corrective to English and, on occasion, European perceptions, which often view the Nordic countries as being all of a piece and beacons of progressivism. The contributors provide analyses that not only point to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Justice, Neoliberalism
Governance and Choice of Upper Secondary Education in the Nordic Countries: Access and Fairness. Educational Governance Research. Volume 18
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Rasmussen, Annette, Ed.; Dovemark, Marianne, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2022
This work discusses how the complex relationship between welfare policies of equity and market efficiencies/deficiencies of education policies is handled in local practices. It offers contributions from the five Nordic countries - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland - and pays special attention to questions about access and diversity in…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
Vocational Education, Transitions, Marginalisation and Social Justice in the Nordic Countries
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Nylund, Mattias; Rosvall, Per-Åke – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
The five articles in this special issue present studies focusing on two key aspects of vocational education and transitions in the Nordic countries in relation to social justice: (a) impacts of policies and reforms on transitions and (b) content, practices, curriculum and equality. Collectively, the articles outline important similarities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Justice, Educational Policy
A Review of the Literature on Leadership in Early Childhood: Examining Epistemological Foundations and Considerations of Social Justice
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Nicholson, Julie; Kuhl, Katie; Maniates, Helen; Lin, Betty; Bonetti, Sara – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
With the increasing acknowledgement of the benefits of early childhood education, there is a need to ask critical questions about whether ample leadership exists for guiding ambitious systemic change in the field. This review of leadership in early childhood educational contexts between 1995 and 2015 examines the epistemological assumptions…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Social Justice, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Qualities
Nordic Perspectives on Disability Studies in Education: A Review of Research in Finland and Iceland
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Hakala, Katariina; Björnsdóttir, Kristín; Lappalainen, Sirpa; Jóhannesson, Ingólfur Ásgeir; Teittinen, Antti – Education Inquiry, 2018
Disability studies in education (DSE) is an interdisciplinary field derived from the need to re-conceptualise special education dominated by a medical perspective on disability. In this article we identify what characterises DSE research and consider whether there is a case for arguing for a specific field of DSE in Finland and Iceland. Our…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Cross Cultural Studies, Special Education, Social Environment
Evaluation -- The (Not so) Softly-Softly Approach to Governance and Its Consequences for Compulsory Education in the Nordic Countries
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Hudson, Christine – Education Inquiry, 2011
Public sector reform involving decentralisation and marketisation has led to "soft" indirect forms of governance aimed at steering more fragmented systems. Although based on information and guidance rather than hierarchy and legislation, these new methods of regulating through evaluation and quality control may be as powerful as more…
Descriptors: Governance, Compulsory Education, Educational Change, Administrative Organization