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National Swedish Board of Education, Stockholm. – 1982
A summary of the findings and recommendations of the Swedish Government's Committee on Linguistic Minorities among Children of Preschool Age is provided in this report. The first six chapters supply background material. Chapter 1 describes the target group and its estimated size, and suggests new definitions for use in native language backing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Training and Development, 1994
Examination of best practices for training and school-to-work transition in Germany, Sweden, Japan, and Singapore revealed commonalities: national full-employment policies; commitment to high-skill, high-wage economy through investment in education and training; continual upgrading of worker skills; and diffusion of costs across the public and…
Descriptors: Competition, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Lundman, Margita; And Others – 1978
The report gives an account of the needs of the speech impaired for technical aids, and presents a draft of a proposed research and development program coordinated by the Swedish Institute for the Handicapped in collaboration with the International Commission on Technical Aids, Housing and Transportation. The development of communication skills is…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Development, Electromechanical Aids, Foreign Countries
von Hofsten, Anne – Environmental Education, 1995
Describes the administrative framework of Sweden's government, most notably its Environmental Protection Agency, and explains how it shaped Sweden's national environmental education program. Legislation supports rights to basic information on environmental issues. Such underlying values have been incorporated into the new national curriculum.…
Descriptors: Ecology, Economics, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Benseman, John R. – 1980
This paper examines the "needs" approach as it is used in curriculum and program planning in continuing education. The paper is divided into six sections. Part 1, the introduction, examines the general issue of curriculum and program planning in continuing education, the conventional sources for curricula, and reasons for the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Ministry of Education and Social Affairs, Stockholm (Sweden). – 1979
A Swedish report on day care for children between the ages of 7 months and 3 years is summarized in English in this document. Preparation of the original report involved reviewing Swedish and foreign research concerning day nursery for the very young and conducting exploratory and evaluative studies of small children in day nurseries. Chapter by…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Cognitive Development, Community Characteristics, Community Surveys
