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Placements Abroad and Scaffolding Structures
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Aamaas, Åsmund; Duesund, Knut; Lauritzen, Solvor Mjøberg – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This paper uses scaffolding theory to examine structures surrounding Norwegian preschool student teachers on placement in India. Through a case study involving a teacher-training programme in Norway, we explore the extent to which learning outcomes from international placements in a foreign cultural context depend on scaffolding structures. Using…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, Placement, Preschool Teachers
Norwegian Students Abroad: Experiences of Students from a Linguistically and Geographically Peripheral European Country.
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Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke – Studies in Higher Education, 2003
Surveyed the experiences and viewpoints of Norwegian students abroad. They find studying abroad academically advantageous, and they put much emphasis on the social, personal, linguistic, and cultural rewards they acquire in addition to professional skills. Compared to students in Norway, those studying abroad are more satisfied with their…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
Labour Market Outcomes of Higher Education Undertaken Abroad
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Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke; Try, Sverre – Studies in Higher Education, 2005
The aim of this article is to analyse the transferability of higher education undertaken abroad to a domestic labour market. More specifically, how do Norwegians who have undertaken their education abroad cope on the labour market compared to those who have a corresponding education from Norway? To examine this, we analyse short-term labour market…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Wages, Probability