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Marklund, Sixten; Eklund, Harald – 1976
This study discusses innovation in the inservice education and training of teachers (INSET) in Sweden. Section I presents some information regarding background and the present situation of INSET in Sweden. Section II examines five case studies. These are: coordination of INSET and policy-oriented educational research and development; study days…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Innovation
Maclure, Stuart – 1971
This publication is one in a series of case studies dealing with educational innovation in various western European countries and the United States. This particular report discusses educational innovation in Sweden. The author attempts to describe the basic structure and character of the Swedish educational system, in addition to examining…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Administration
Heywood, John – 1974
The purpose of this study was to reveal trends, indicate fields for further research and action, and expose problem areas for further study at the international level. The study objectives are to review: (1) the course patterns and degree structures developed at the Open University in the United Kingdom, (2) new degree courses in the United…
Descriptors: Colleges, Courses, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Willmann, Bodo – Western European Education, 1978
Discusses reform in the Swedish public school system since 1962. Reform efforts have centered around equality of opportunity and meeting individual needs. Topics discussed include experimental high schools, open classrooms, student motivation, individualized instruction, and social integration. (DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
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Brandstrom, Sture – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1996
Addresses questions of how students learn to play the piano and what is the role of the teacher. Discusses a project in which piano students were allowed to set their own learning goals. Shows that most students had favorable opinions of the project and felt that their playing improved. (DSK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation
Lundgren, Ulf P. – 1982
This paper examines educational reform and practices in Sweden from 1940 to the present. There are three major sections. The first section discusses the first generation of school reforms from 1940 up to the end of the sixties. Section two examines the second generation of school reforms which started in the late sixties and are still going on.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum, Educational Change
Fountain, Adrienne – 1979
Several aspects of children's services and teacher education in Sweden, including day care centers and preschool teacher education, are reported by an Australian early childhood educator who, as the recipient of a guest scholarship, visited Sweden in August/September, 1979. The report includes (1) the itinerary of the visit; (2) a few facts about…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Day Care Centers, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Western European Education, 1988
Discusses Swedish efforts to promote sexual equality by enhancing female interest in technology rather than traditional female employment. Examines programs designed for students aged 7-20 and recognizes the need for inservice teacher training. Equating economic equality with sexual equality, the goal is to encourage females to pursue technical…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Wiberg, Mikael – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Traditional non-computerized learning environments are typically founded on an understanding of learning as acquiring silence for an effective "individual learning process". Recently, it has also been reported that the high expectations for the impact of computer-based technology on educational practice have not been realized. This paper…
Descriptors: Interaction, Learning Processes, Social Networks, Educational Innovation
Schefstrom, Dick; Widen, Johnny; Parnes, Peter; Synnes, Kare; Soderlund, Anders – 1998
This paper reports on Education Direct, a project at Lulea University of Technology (Sweden) in which the next generation Internet technology, based on IP (Internet Protocols) multicasting, has been used in practice over large geographic distances involving a wide variety of secondary and postsecondary students and teachers. Education Direct…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Innovation
Nicholson, Simon – Educational and Psychological Interactions, 1982
"Gruppo Futuro" (Future Group), a novel educational project linking futures studies to multimedia and giving children control of the content of their instruction by focusing on their views of the future, was implemented in a Swedish fourth-grade class. Participating in the project were 29 children in Tullingebergsskolan, their teacher,…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Galton, Maurice – Western European Education, 1988
Discusses the background of Sweden's Primary Education Development Project and summarizes five lectures delivered at the 1987 Council for Cultural Cooperation Project No. 8 Symposium (Stockholm, Sweden). Highlighting recent developments in school-based innovation, concludes that locally initiated innovation is most valuable when actively supported…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Wallin, Erik – 1982
Using examples of school change, this document discusses both Swedish experiences with local educational development and theories of schools and change. An introduction gives background information on Sweden's schools and its parlimentary activities on education. Section 2 reviews the history of local educational development, especially…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Research, Educational Theories
National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges, Stockholm. Research and Development Unit. – 1979
Taken from an international conference organized by the Swedish National Board of Universities and Colleges, the report consists of six overview papers, five reports from discussion groups, and a transcript of the concluding discussion. The conference was designed to allow an informal exchange between researchers and practitioners in the field of…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Role, Comparative Education, Educational Research
Becker, Franklin; Quinn, Kristen L.; Rappaport, Andrew J.; Sims, William R. – 1994
This document reports a study that examined implementation processes for new workplace practices--nonterritorial offices--in five international organizations in four countries. The organizations are IBM and Ernst & Young in the United Kingdom; Digital Equipment's Natural Office in Sweden; SOL Cleaning Company headquarters in Finland; and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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