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Dichotomous and Multifaceted: Teacher Educators' Understanding of Professional Knowledge in Research-Based Teacher Education
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Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Fiskum, Tove Anita; Aspfors, Jessica; Eklund, Gunilla – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
In the Nordic countries, teacher education programmes are shifting towards a research-based design, thus placing new expectations and requirements on teacher educators. In this study, we aim to explore teacher educators' understanding of professional knowledge in research-based teacher education. We interviewed 16 Norwegian and six Finnish teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Evidence Based Practice, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Constellation of Trajectories and Fast Policy Worlds: A Spatiotemporal Reading of Experts' Positions and Social Encounters in Finland's and Norway's Recent Curriculum Reforms
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Volmari, Saija – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2022
As evidence has become the predominant requirement for decision-making on policy in modern democracies, the importance of experts has increased tremendously. Education reforms are no exception. International organizations have gained power globally in national education policy and politics, particularly through the data they produce and the policy…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Power Structure, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Newly Qualified Teachers' Understandings of Research-Based Teacher Education Practices--Two Cases from Finland and Norway
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Jakhelln, Rachel; Eklund, Gunilla; Aspfors, Jessica; Bjørndal, Kristin; Stølen, Gerd – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This study examines newly qualified teachers' (NQTs) understandings of research-based teacher education practices by looking at two cases in Finland and Norway. The NQTs were interviewed after they had finished their master's degrees and before they started their careers. The results of the individual semistructured interviews and a thematic…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
What Works in Nordic School Policies? Mapping Approaches to Evidence, Social Technologies and Transnational Influences. Educational Governance Research. Volume 15
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Krejsler, John Benedicto, Ed.; Moos, Lejf, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2021
This book offers an original contribution to the area of international research on comparative education policies and the influence of transnational agencies on national school policy and reform. With a focus on grasping what "the Nordic model" or "the Nordic dimension" means in school and educational policy, the book explores…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Policy, Comparative Education, Policy Analysis
Comparing International Vocational Education and Training Programs: The KOF Education-Employment Linkage Index
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Renold, Ursula; Bolli, Thomas; Caves, Katherine; Bürgi, Jutta; Egg, Maria Esther; Kemper, Johanna; Rageth, Ladina – National Center on Education and the Economy, 2018
Vocational education and training (VET) is a major policy topic for countries all over the world, who are eager to learn from the best examples where participation in VET is high and youth unemployment is low. Policymakers want to know how strong VET systems manage challenges like rapid technological change, matching labor market demand for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship
Education Policy Outlook 2018: Putting Student Learning at the Centre
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OECD Publishing, 2018
Taking the students' perspective, Education Policy Outlook 2018: Putting Student Learning at the Centre analyses the evolution of key education priorities and key education policies in 43 education systems. It compares more recent developments in education policy ecosystems (mainly between 2015 and 2017) with various education policies adopted…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education