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Frauke Meyer; Ide Katrine Birkeland; Anne Berit Emstad; Deidre M. Le Fevre – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2023
Solving complex problems is critical to educational leaders' ability to achieve improvement in schools. Much of this problem-solving is carried out in conversations with staff. This paper draws on theories of collaborative problem-solving and interpersonal effectiveness to examine the behavior of leaders in such conversations -- in Norway and New…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Educational Improvement, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
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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
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Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Ulriksen, Lars – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
The Bologna process and the 3+2-degree structure presents students with several decision points in higher education, both which bachelor's programme to choose, and whether to continue beyond bachelor. Based on a small-scale survey containing both closed and open-ended questions, this paper studies reasons the students give for entering a master's…
Descriptors: Educational History, Academic Degrees, Cross Cultural Studies, International Cooperation
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Varga, Zoltan; McGuinn, Nicholas; Naylor, Amanda; Rimmereide, Hege Emma; Syed, Ghazal Kazim – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2020
Using William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" as a stimulus, researchers from Norway, Pakistan and the United Kingdom explored the potential of a literary text to encourage intercultural dialogue. The innovative research method used was to combine Literature Circles and Google Documents to provide a platform for asynchronous online…
Descriptors: Novels, Cross Cultural Studies, Intercultural Communication, Dialogs (Language)
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Medola, Fausto Orsi; Pavel, Nenad; Baleotti, Luciana Ramos; Santos, Aline Darc Piculo; Ferrari, Ana Lya Moya; Figliolia, Amanda Coelho – Design and Technology Education, 2021
Product design pedagogical approaches require a specific mix of competences that demand multiplicity of perspectives, hybrid knowledge that exceeds professional field silos, and continuous problem reformulations. To do this, design studio education follows many traditions, among which is design critique. Design critique is believed to provide…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Design, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Biseth, Heidi, Ed.; Hoskins, Bryony, Ed.; Huang, Lihong, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2021
This open access book presents an in-depth analysis of data from ICCS. An international group of scholars critically address the state of civic and citizenship education in the four Nordic countries that participated in the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) in 2009 and 2016. The findings are of particular relevance to…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Democracy, Teaching Methods